Tag: Saudi Aramco

Qatar’s climate hypocrisy rides the London Underground

Qatar remains a master of doublethink—burning gas by the megaton while selling “sustainability” to a world desperate for clean air. Wake up from your slumber people.

The Dumat Al-Jandal wind farm is Saudi Arabia’s first wind farm

The Dumat Al-Jandal wind farm with a capacity of 400MW, stands as a pioneering endeavor in Saudi Arabia's renewable energy landscape in an ancient land. 

Saudi Arabia hosts World Environment Day, un unlikely choice

If I look at the track record of Saudi Arabia with its production and manipulation of cost of fossil fuels by Saudi Aramco and its apparent lack of awareness for sustainable development, it would make more sense to choose a country like Israel to host World Environment Day.

The dirt on chemical recycling in plastics

Choking on plastic bags. Turns out 100 companies are leading greenwashing recycling in the plastics industry. Their so-called "sustainable" approach to reusing plastics is much much worse than you can imagine.

Saudi Arabia and a 4-day workweek?

Are we just held captive by the workplace looking for ways to escape? Working less gives us more time to refresh.

Fly net positive with Saudia

Emirates might be the world's sexiest airline (though we don't suggest joining the Mile High club on a journey to Dubai) but Saudia but be the most eco-sexiest so far. The airline we have never heard of, the national flag carrier of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, has operated the world’s longest net positive flight in May this year.

Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iran, Turkey: hot spots for SO2 emissions

Despite the general decrease in SO2 emissions around the world, the Middle East is still one of the worst polluted regions, specifically emissions around the Gulf region which did not witness any significant change between 2018 and 2019.

Should you consider investing in oil in 2019?

Whether you love the idea or not, ever since the first oil refinery opened in Baku in 1837, oil,...

Kingdom renewables so slow, Saudi oil empire to take over

Saudi Aramco may be taking over the Kingdom's renewable energy industry in order to hasten the uptake of solar, wind and other alternative...

Don’t be Fooled by Saudi Aramco’s LEED Platinum Tower

One of the world's largest oil producers has just received LEED Platinum for its Al-Madra Tower in Saudi Arabia,...

Big Oil’s Saudi Aramco Builds LEED Certified Homes in Riyadh

KAPSARCs architects, the American design firm HOK, and the US Green Building council worked for a number of years to establish a pilot program. KAPSARC is among the first to participate.