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Julia Harte
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Darwin clashes with the Quran and internet filters in Turkey
Internet filters against evolution: Evolutionary biologists find it increasingly harder to work in Turkey
A 2012 Energy Forecast For Turkey: Heading Down A Tried-And-False Path
Increasingly smoggy skies are in store for Turkey if it follows the energy paths predicted. A mostly dismal list of 2012 predictions that recently appeared...
Turkish Energy Analyst Says Biggest Emitters Avoided Durban Commitments
The countries that emit the most greenhouse gases only agreed to “vague, fragile” reduction targets at the recent climate change conference in Durban, according to Özgür...
Turkey’s First Green Lifestyle Website Yeşilist, Now Bilingual
Living in Turkey and curious about where to find your nearest organic market? How to recycle? Where to take yoga classes? Yeşilist offers Turks tips...
10,000 Turks Gather To Protest Coal-Fired Power Plant
“Let our lovely Gerze stay lovely,” reads the banner. “We don’t want a thermal power plant to come to our Gerze…” On Saturday, the Turkish...
Solar Light Bulbs Brighten Relief Effort In Earthquake-Stricken Turkey
Nokero solar light bulbs charge by day and provide hours of light each night for about a year and a half before the battery must...
Turkish Town Bewildered By Strange Chemical Precipitation
That bluish stuff on their hands? Sticky powder that can’t be washed away with regular cleaning products — and is probably coming out of one...
Turkey’s Most Sustainable Cities Share A Spotlight
Gaziantep is the only city in Turkey with its own climate change action plan. Everything from sustainable agriculture to waste-to-energy technology will be on the...
Rebuilding In Earthquake-Stricken Turkey With Eco-Friendly Strawbale Architecture?
By choosing more quake-proof, sustainable, and cost-effective materials, developers could avoid future scenes like this one in Van, Turkey. In the aftermath of a devastating...
Turkish Water Projects Stirring Resentment Around The Region
The Tigris River has sustained the inhabitants of modern-day Iraq for millennia. Are Turkey’s hydraulic projects threatening this vital resource? Turkey’s massive Southeastern Anatolia Project...
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