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Dubai, Abu Dhabi ban high energy incandescent light bulbs

Posted on February 21, 2014 by Tafline Laylin in Cities with 2 Comments
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After July, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), one of the world’s largest oil producers, will no longer import high energy incandescent light bulbs. And by the end of the year, it will be impossible to buy them. Hit the jump to find out what this means for you.

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Photoflow Generates Energy and Captures Rainwater with One Elegant Unit

Posted on August 16, 2013 by Tafline Laylin in Green Tech and Gadgets with 6 Comments
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The Middle East faces dire water scarcity and in some places energy comes at a premium too, but we have yet to see simple solutions that address both issues at once – until now. Check out the Photoflow by NOS below.

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World’s First ‘Tablet Cafe’ Circumvents Chronic Power Cuts

Posted on June 30, 2013 by Tafline Laylin in Green Tech and Gadgets
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The world’s first tablet cafe has opened in Dakar and already Google’s latest experiment is turning out to be a major game changer. Bordered by Mauritania and Mali in West Africa, Senegal battles with frequent power outages and sluggish internet connections that cut into any cyber cafe’s bottom line, but tablets circumvent both problems.

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Grabbing Foreign Lands to Buffer Resource Shortages

Posted on November 15, 2012 by Faisal O'Keefe in Health
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It’s real-life Hunger Games, and the Middle East is among the busiest land-grabbers. In the last decade, nearly half a billion acres of land – eight times the area of Great Britain – were sold or leased in transnational deals, according to a 2012 report published by the Land Matrix project, a coalition of research […]

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Floating Power Plants from Turkey to Ease Energy Cuts in Lebanon

Posted on July 14, 2012 by Tafline Laylin in Business
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Like Egypt, Israel, and the Palestinian territories, Lebanon has been slammed with energy shortages this summer. In some parts of the country, outside of Beirut, people are often without power for twelve hours a day. These cuts have inflamed the local populace, sometimes resulting in tire-burning protests that further degrade the environment. But help may be […]

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