Tag: fossil fuel

Arab Nations De-Vesting in Oil to Invest in Renewables

Countries with fossil fuel-dependent economies are making a marked shift towards renewable energy. Substantial financial investments in solar and wind projects throughout the Middle East and North Africa have gained global recognition as the hydrocarbon market looks to bolster alternative economies.

How microbes find an oil spill

When containing a massive disaster like an oil spill, small microbes play a big role. Arezoo Ardekani, a Purdue University...

Turkish locals displaced coal, new report by 350.org

The global climate crisis, mainly generated by the biggest fossil fuel corporations in the world, is seriously aggravating the...

The Gulf Monarchies and Climate Change – A Book Review

Working in Qatar has clearly given the academic Mari Luomi access to lots of information about the climate change...

Israel’s Offshore Natural Gas Good to Burn for 150 Years – If Handled Wisely

Drilling for natural gas is one thing, but getting it safely ashore with terror elements in the region...

We Interview Bill McKibben: Be More Confrontational

I speak to the recently arrested environmental author Bill McKibben, who insists that campaigners need to be more confrontational...

Coal-Clad Celebrities Take Part in Greenpeace Israel Exhibition

Israeli celebrities pose for coal-clad glamor shots in order to protest the construction of a new coal-burning electric plant...

Saudi Oil Company Relocates Corals From Path of Pipeline

A coral reef facing certain destruction was moved from harm's way. Will it survive? We care about corals, an indicator...

When Oil Or "Texas Tea" Was Good For Us

  Being an environmentally-conscious website, many articles posted here on Green Prophet have tried to show the bad side of ...

Ormat's Opti Takes On Oil Sands In Alberta, A Dirty Deed For The Company's "Clean" Image

  Israel's ORMAT Industries Ltd  (NASDAQ:ORA) has joined with its subsidiary Opti Canada Inc (TSE:OPC) in a project in extract and...

Dow Licenses BioPetroClean's Tech To Gobble Up Oil In Wastewater

Even the CEO was initially skeptical about BioPetroClean's simple and effective solution for cleaning up industrial wastewater, but it...