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Abu Dhabi Neuters and Chips 5,000 Stray Cats and Dogs

This poor Lebanese stray dog might have a chance if neutered and then adopted out While some people might be against the neutering of stray...

Salt Cedars are Carbon Sinks in the Desert

Considered a pest in California, a tamarix salt cedar tree found in the Arava Desert could sequester greenhouse gases on barren, desert land. Fears of...

Cyprus Researcher: Protect Sea from Natural Gas Drills

Drilling for undersea gas in Cyprus's Exclusive Economic Zone may have serious impacts on marine life. Like 0ther-energy poor countries in the eastern Mediterranean basin,...

Naked Dead Sea Picture Released by Spencer Tunick

Naked Dead Sea and naked Israelis were the talk of the Internet last month as 1,200 Israelis volunteered to strip all to save the Dead Sea from environmental decay.

Trees4Life Tell British Muslims To Plant Trees In Palestine And Reduce Waste

British Muslim environment campaign Trees4Life explains why Islam encourages tree planting, with hopes to to reduce carbon emission and reforest Middle Eastern/Asia regions, in an exclusive Green Prophet interview.

Israeli Gov’t Denies Eye-Popping Disease that Kills Sacred Sea of Galilee Fish

Israel's Ministry of Agriculture denies that a crazy eye-popping disease is killing a substantial population of fish in the Sea of Galilee. A bizarre disease...

Breaking News: Devastating 7.3 Earthquake Hits Eastern Turkey

A devastating earthquake has hit Turkey near its border with Iran. A 1976 earthquake in the same vicinity killed 5,000 people. The Kandilli Observatory has...

1 Million Migrating Songbirds are Killed for Pickled Dish in Cyprus

Every year trappers in Cyprus kill millions of migrating songbirds that are boiled or pickled - a national delicacy called ambelopoulia. Wildlife conservationists want...

Middle East’s Wildlife Smuggling Putting Species At Risk

The demand for exotic animals in the Middle East – and particularly in the Gulf and Egypt- is putting animal's lives at risk From...

Iraqis Pour Their Art Out at Venice Biennale

Azad Nanakeli returned to his Kurdish home Erbil to find all of the wells contaminated with waste and chemicals. AU is one among many...

Pine Nut Truce Brokers Temporary Peace in Afghanistan

Taliban holds fire thanks to tooth-sized nut. Image via the NY Times. Some say all is fair in love and war, but for...

Clearing the Arava Dunes to Make Way for Concrete

Joshua is an environmental attorney and writer living in Tel Aviv. He has worked for several conservation groups in his native United States, including The Nature Conservancy and Defenders of Wildlife. Joshua specializes in laws and policies aimed at protecting natural areas. He has a particular interest in freshwater and marine habitats.

Middle East Joins Worldwide Campaign For Greener Transport (Photos)

Environmentalist in countries such as Iraq, Egypt and Lebanon joined 350.org's 'Moving Planet' campaign to celebrate and support greener forms of transport The stifling heat...

In Remotest Anatolia, Lone NGO Speaks Up On Nature’s Behalf

Çağan Şekercioğlu founded ecological research and conservation NGO KuzeyDoğa in 2007 to promote biodiversity and resist environmental degradation in Turkey's fast-developing eastern region. As thermal...

3 Palestinian Men Killed by Wastewater Flood Beneath Gaza

Three Gaza strip smugglers were killed when wastewater leaked into a tunnel, causing it to collapse. Little is said about the drama that unfolds beneath...

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HelloFresh’s pride prepping ad raises a bigger question: we are we still outsourcing dinner?

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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

The Energy Tower idea never made the leap from drawings and engineering studies to full-scale construction. But nearly two decades after most people stopped talking about it, the concept is quietly evolving in two unexpected places: China and Iran. The concept let dreamers dream and doers do - figuring out more pleasing designs and engineering.

A visit to Amirim, Israel’s first all-vegetarian village in the Galilee

Just 15 kilometers from Tzfat there is a moshav that was founded in the late 50s that was ideologically influenced by organic, vegetarian and vegan principles. My hostess at Ohn-Bar, the tzimmer where I stayed, explained that the people of Amirim were among the pioneers of Israel’s strong vegetarian movement.
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