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Turkish Cabinet Invokes Wartime Law To Seize Property For Hydro Projects

The more than 20 hydroelectric projects that Turkey has built on the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers have been sharply criticized for displacing populations and...

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The Kala on Samui Sets Eco Bar for Thailand

We took a family holiday to Koh Samui and relaxed in this eco retreat. with people who walk the walk.

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Soaring temperatures and low precipitation could not occur at a worse time for many farmers in the United States, and around the world. Intensifying...

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It's hard to convince a sushi lover that the Atlantic Bluefin Tuna doesn't exist for them alone. I know this because I used to...

Egyptian Bedouins Maimed by Land Mines in Achingly Beautiful Portraits

We have often written about the land mines that riddle Egypt's desert. Originally planted during World War II by both Axis and Allied forces,...

Field Notes from a Sharjah Desert Summer Trek

Early morning on a Saturday in May I headed out on my routine weekend nature trip into the desert. My visit was to a...

A Desert Shrub That Outwits Mice

While humans inch closer to their eventual demise by burning up the resources upon which they so richly depend, the earth's "lower" species are...

Israel’s Marine Center Will Reveal Sea Secrets

Deep sea corals off Tel Aviv's coast will be more of what new marine center will investigate. Despite having a gorgeous coastline of sandy...

Win a Climate Change Summer Camp in Jordan

A free, week-long summer camp on climate change at the end of the summer, in Jordan. Apply now! The Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung Foundation (HBS) in Ramallah, along...

Treehugger Friend to Sick Trees

"Trees can sense that you've come to help them" - Oded Yaffe: Photo by Ilya Melnikov Helping to save and protect trees is an ongoing...

Black Sea Village Turks Use Bird Language Instead of Cell Phones

In Kuşköy, which literally means "Bird Village" in Turkish, the villagers have been able to communicate across long distances well before the invention of...

Qatar’s City of Birds and Islam’s Teachings On Animals (INTERVIEW)

“In Qatar, the birds have built their own hidden city. They live in the towers and stairwells of an abandoned palace...” Over at Guernica Magazine,...

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Black fathers live longer than non-fathers, new study

Researchers found that fatherhood was associated with lower rates of early death among Black men, while early fatherhood was linked to poorer long-term health outcomes.

Dan Zaslavsky’s energy tower dream is rising again in Iran and China

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