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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...

School’s In: Turkish Teachers Learn How To Teach Ecoliteracy

How should teachers incorporate environmental ethics and lessons on sustainability into their classrooms? That's the focus of a four-year educational ecoliteracy project -- Turkey's...

NASA Space Junk Falling – Wear Helmet Today!

It is expected to fall today: a dead six-ton satellite will hit earth today, NASA predicts. Where it will fall is anyone's guess. Iran,...

Egypt Declares a State of Emergency Following Oil Spill

Who needs terrorism when we've got oil spills? "The Mega Leisure Destination on the Red Sea" has sprung an oily leak so serious that the...

New Life Found In Dead Sea! (Amazing Photos)

New Life at the Dead Sea: How do they survive and what is their energy source is the next big question. All the attention...

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AIR ONE electric flying car is getting closer to your garage

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Mantle8 takes its natural hydrogen hunt from the Pyrenees to Dubai

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AIR ONE electric flying car is getting closer to your garage

Israeli eVTOL startup AIR has moved beyond prototypes, with a new Florida production facility, eight aircraft in production and about $50 million raised. How close is AIR ONE to your garage?

Stardust’s solar geoengineered $10 billion plan to blot out the sun

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Does Starbucks use lab-grown milk? Here’s what we found

Does Starbucks use lab-grown milk? Starbucks tested precision-fermented milk from Perfect Day in 2021, but is it hiding in your latte today?

Alien chemistry crashed through a roof in New Jersey

meteorite crashed through a New Jersey roof carrying ancient salts, organic compounds and amino acids. After a few too many visits to Ontario’s Crystal Cave — and my own mysterious fireball in the forest — I have questions about the alien chemistry falling around us.

Adidas wanted to sell one shoe. Then it stepped into a global culture war

Adidas Israel featured amputee runner Shalev Biton in its Single Shoe campaign, designed to let people who need only one shoe buy one instead of a pair. The local campaign has since sparked international boycott calls and an apology from Adidas.

Scientists make lead-free perovskite solar cells that can weather the elements

Scientists have developed a “raincoat” for lead-free tin perovskite solar cells, helping them withstand air, moisture and heat while maintaining high efficiency.

Europe’s mountain plants are paying off an extinction debt

Europe’s mountaintops may look richer in plant life, but rising species numbers are masking the disappearance of alpine specialists as temperatures climb.
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