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Going Green Ends With Water from the Sea
Desalinated water is costly for Israel, and practically no one is talking about the hidden costs. Making drinking water from sea water has been touted...
Newton Becker, a Bright Source for Solar Thermal Energy, Dies at 83
Considered by some as the father of solar thermal electricity generation, Newton Becker, was the founding investor and Chairman of the Board of Luz International...
Man Evolved When Elephant Meat Ran Out
Losing elephant steaks was stressful, but helped shape modern man says new study on the Middle East Dietary change led to the appearance of modern...
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...
Egypt Losing its Mighty Nile Drop by Drop
Ethiopia and other African countries upstream have plans to divert Nile River water. What does this mean for Egypt? Leaking water pipes, evaporation and a...
Earth Summit Initiators Prepping in Israel Today
Israeli leaders have started hosting a preparatory meeting for the 2012 Earth Summit (Rio + 20), the UN Conference for Sustainable Development, to be held...
Why I Am Fighting Air-Megeddon
A new international airport is slated to be built in Israel’s pastoral Jezreel Valley. Concerned activist Hadas Marcus explains why plans should be scrapped –...
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...
Dead Sea naked activism
This was more than just being about 1,000 people in the buff. This was about bringing attention to the cause of the Dead Sea and...
What do LED lights do to our biological clocks?
For the first time scientists examined melatonin suppression in a various types of light bulbs, primarily those used for outdoor illumination, such as streetlights, road...
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