Much of the Middle East is now slated to essentially turn to desert over the coming decades and centuries owing to climate change, and exacerbated by poor human judgment and … [Read full article]
Tag: Israel
Israel: Public Utility Authority Plans 1GW Solar Tender
The Public Utility Authority (PUA) of Israel has announced it plans to issue more than 1GW of a new solar tender following a two-year hiatus from any new solar development. … [Read full article]
Understanding Concentrated Solar Power Technology
Among various solar energy technologies, one is referred to as concentrated solar power, or concentrating solar power. The acronym CSP applies to either. Worldwide CSP systems generate solar power by using mirrors … [Read full article]
Israel & Iran Love Story (VIDEO)
This is a beautiful video about an even more beautiful story. Someone passed it along to me some months back, but I just got around to watching it (yep, Christmas … [Read full article]
Ariel Sharon Park, A Revolution In Waste Management & Urban Planning
What do you do if you have a lot of trash, limited landfill space, problematic floodplains, and a growing population? It’s a common problem across the world, as the trends … [Read full article]
Slow but Micro Powerful: Living Snail Turned into Fuel Cell
I’m sure that if gastropods (snails and their ilk; word mean “stomach-foot”) could speak, they’d have a few words of protest over this exploitation of their enzymes… but one snail … [Read full article]
Amman from Space {Photo of the Day}
The Landsat 5 satellite captured this image of Amman in natural-colour, on December 3, 2010.
Kate Winslet, PETA Oppose Foie Gras
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAzrSl0ztsQ Foie gras is a “luxury food” or delicacy. However, if you watched the video above, I imagine you’d rather not pay anything for it. Completely horrifying. It is nice … [Read full article]
Israeli Fire Typical of Climate Change in Mediterranean
Recent fires to sweep through the Carmel Mountains near Haifa in Israel are a typical example of the effects of climate change and a bitter taste of the future according … [Read full article]
Friends of the Earth Middle East (FoEME) Wins Big Award
The Aristotle Onassis Public Benefit Foundation announced on Friday that Friends of the Earth Middle East (FoEME) was awarded its inaugural “Prize for the Protection of the Environment.” Along with the honor … [Read full article]
Jordan River Expected to Run Dry by 2011
The Jordan River, once a beautiful river with rapids and waterfalls and sacred to the religions of Judaism and Christianity, could run dry by 2011. [social_buttons]Environmentalists from Friends of the … [Read full article]
Giant Kangaroo Rat Will Be the First Endangered Species Monitored from Space
A scientist named Tim Bean, who is a PhD student at the University of California Berkeley writes the following on a website: “I expect that ‘Counting Rats from Space,’ the … [Read full article]
Alternative Energy, the Solution to Terrorism – Peres
It may sound simplistic, but Israeli President Shimon Peres makes a good point; “The problem itself (terror and Iran), is like a swamp with mosquitos. It’s preferable to dry out … [Read full article]