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Green-Roofed Istanbul International Financial Center Breaks Ground

Istanbul residents have been dreading this moment: construction has broken ground on an enormous International Financial Center designed to position the Turkish economy among the...

Seedy 40 Ton GMO Shipment in Egypt Shrouded in Mystery

A new report published by a non-for-profit organization that promotes crop biotechnology has cast doubt on the status of a 40 ton shipment of genetically...

Libya’s Oil Reserves Pale in Comparison to Solar

Libya has long relied on its crude oil resources for revenue, but the country possesses a natural resource far more abundant and hardly tapped at...

Jordan’s Solar Mamas Betrayed by Apathy and Misogyny

We all had so much hope for Jordan’s Solar Mamas – two women who traveled from a dusty village to India in order to become...

Israel’s Self-Sufficient Solar Decathlon Home Shapes Up

In 2012, Green Prophet reported from the front lines of the Solar Decathlon in Spain, but this year the event is taking place in China...

First Solar Takes on More Serious Desertec Role

First Solar has until recently participated as an associate partner of the Dii initiative designed to develop renewable energy projects throughout the Middle East and...

Award-Winning Egyptian Traffic App Hits the World Stage

  Cairo’s traffic is the stuff of legends. It’s easy to spend hours in total gridlock while trying to get from one side of the...

OMA to Mastermind Doha Airport City in Time for 2022 World Cup

Starchitects OMA have won an international design competition to be the master planners for Doha’s new Airport City in Qatar. Occupying a 10 kilometer square...

Ancestors of Desert Camels Roamed the Arctic 3.5 Million Years Ago

An artist’s impression of the Arctic camel. Illustration by Julius Csotonyi via The Guardian Millions of years ago, the ancestor of modern-day camels once roamed...

Qatar’s First Passivhaus on Track for 2013 Completion

A host of private and government organizations in Qatar have teamed up to build the emirate’s first Passivhaus – one of the world’s most sustainable...
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