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Who’s Watching Baby’s Food? Plea Bargain in Infant Formula Scandal
The death of helpless newborns makes us wonder about the quality of all manufactured foods. Haaretz reports that the Israeli court accepted a plea bargain for Israeli Health Ministry officials who failed to inspect infant formula. The faulty soy powder ultimately caused the death of three babies. In 2003, Remedia Israel imported soy formula, manufactured […]
Israel Ministry Rules Against Unsightly Transmission Lines For Ramon Crater
Thanks to a recent decision by Israel’s National Infrastructure Minister, Tourists heading for Ramon Crater won’t have to compete with unsightly transmission lines. As we push to exploit the Negev desert’s ubiquitous solar energy, we inevitably have to deal with evacuating said energy. Typically that involves unsightly transmission infrastructure: towers, lines, transformers, and more. Israel […]
Green Gas Station Meets Stringent New Dubai Building Code
It’s still just where the oil fix is dispensed. But greener. Dubai’s first green gas station, that we covered here in January is not a glamorous architectural extravaganza, but it is one of the first new buildings in Dubai to meet its new zero energy building codes. The many sustainable features of the new Enoc/EPPCO […]
Doha and Tel Aviv Launch Two-Wheel Options for Urban Transportation
Tel Aviv is preparing to launch a bike-sharing program, joining over 200 cities in the world that already operate such systems. The pessimists and optimists will continue to disagree about the ultimate outcome of the amazing wave of protests sweeping through the Middle East (including bicycle-riding protestors in Cairo), but here’s one revolution everyone can […]
Leviathan and Solaris Synergy Imagine if the Water for the Shower Can Make the Energy Needed to Turn on the Light
Israel powers up a new round of EUREKA grants – two make electricity from municipal water supplies A €33 million fund to help fuel the development of 25 projects in renewable energy, biotechnology and clean-tech industrial manufacturing across Europe was announced by the EUREKA network at a meeting in Israel Sunday. Since Israel’s chairmanship that […]
Masdar Reps Head Stateside To Recruit Bright Green Talent
Masdar’s big recruitment drive started at the UAE embassy in Washington D.C. The success of Masdar City and future cities like Masdar depends in part on steering our budding youth away from aspirations to become the next bajillionaire Wall Street banker. Instead, we need to get them interested in the other green-lined path, in good […]
Part 2: Weighing up the Green (and Not So Green) Aspects of Hajj
According to our calculations, a pilgrimage to Mecca from the UK releases more tonnes of carbon than the average French person does in a year In part 1 of our feature on Green Hajj, we worked out that the carbon footprint of the average UK Hajj pilgrim is pretty high. Our guinea pigs, the Hussain […]
Egyptian Man Takes Biking To A Whole New Level… Under Water
A cyclist with a sense of adventure, last year Yasser took his bike for a swim, I mean spin in the Red Sea. Earlier today, our newest superstar blogger called for a cycling revolution. Inji discusses critical mass biking events, a monthly activity that occurs throughout the world and is sometimes referred to as political-protest […]
SolarPower for Small Portable Solar Grids Virtually Anywhere
Smaller “stand alone” solar power plants may work better than larger more costly ones One of the issues regarding the widespread use of solar energy to create electricity has been that many solar energy panel “farms” involve large numbers of expensive solar panels or reflector mirrors spread out over a large land area. Large solar […]
Time For A Cycling Revolution and “Critical Mass” In Cairo
Before the 25th of January no more than 150 cyclists could pedal together without attracting police authorities’ attention. In Cairo, Inji El Abd from Cycling for Change, talks about a revolution for bikes. Che Guevara had his motorcycle and they had their bicycles: Revolutionaries on wheels went from all corners of Cairo to Tahrir Square to demand […]
Israel Cleantech Intelligence: Renewable Energy and 6 Headlines
Cleantech funding, California’s interest in Israeli technology, IDE’s latest desal plant deal in China, and more headlines related to Israeli cleantech and the environment. During the past week, the Eilat Eilot Renewable Energy Conference took place in Israel and several companies struck deals and agreements were signed. Chicago and Jerusalem formed an environmental partnership, while […]
Celebrate the Jewish Holiday of Purim the Old-Fashioned Way
Cooking and baking are one way that Jews celebrate the Purim holiday of salvation. Jews celebrate the holiday of Purim on the 14th day of Adar II, which falls this year on the evening of Saturday, March 19 until sunset on March 20. In Jerusalem and other ancient walled cities, the one-day celebration begins Sunday […]
Dubai Gets Frozen Air From Europe
Sustainable air conditioning made locally from the heat of the sun is perfect for Dubai.