Abu Dhabi Pioneers Concentrated Solar Thermal A/C With Chromasun
Breakthrough sustainable clean energy technology gets a field test in forward-thinking Abu Dhabi
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US Firms Look to Israel for “Clean-tech” Partnerships
Daniel Birns, international activities advisor at the U.S. Department of Energy, speaks Dec. 15 at a US-Israel environmental symposium at the Israeli Embassy in Washington, DC. Virginia’s largest electric utility is eagerly seeking Israeli “clean-tech” partners that offer innovative technologies aimed at slashing the world’s dependence on fossil fuels through the development of renewable energy […]
Poison at the Pump: Israel Gas Stations Major Groundwater Polluters
OECD lays down the law: Israeli gas stations still causing pollution, despite efforts to improve. Above: seaside gas station in Tel Aviv. Petroleum and the refined products made from it –– gasoline and diesel fuel –– are not the only main polluters to our environment. Gas stations, including those sparkling new ones being erected in […]
Trim the Fat and Your Carbon Emissions with… Lipo-Diesel?
Is using human fat as lipo-diesel going too far in the name of environmentalism? In general, most people look for ways to trim the fat. Trim some fat out of your diet, or your budget, or, if you’re “green”, trim some fat out of your carbon emissions. But how do you know if you’re going […]
Green Tidings from The American University in Cairo
American University in Cairo’s new campus was designed for efficient energy and water usage. Most observers would not think of Egypt as an environmental leader. Instead, the smog and litter of Cairo come to mind, or the negative environmental impact of the Aswan Dam. Yet we recently reported here that Egypt ranks No. 1 in […]
Evergreen Supertanker Arrives In Israel To Fight Carmel Fire
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUEqbLVfpGc&feature=fvsr[/youtube] A private American company has sent the world’s largest firefighting plane to help Israel fight the Carmel fire. The international community has poured out assistance to Israel as it struggles against the worst fire on record. Turkey, Greece, the United States, Russia and Britain are among thirteen nations that have demonstrated their support. As […]
The Green Business Blog Carnival #25
Green Prophet hosts the Green Business Blog Carnival. Step right up for hot green business news. A travelling circus is our chance for a brief moment in the year to see sights, sounds and acts from far and oft. For a week or more the old dusty parking lot near the strip mall is transformed […]
Israel Fire Still Raging Out of Control Friday Morning
The fire rages on in Israel’s Carmel Mountains, a nature reserve. With untold damage to wildlife and one of Israel’s only forests, Friday morning in Israel a wildfire that broke out yesterday at noon, still rages out of control, picking up speed as it rips through the western part of the Carmel Mountains teetering on […]
Climate Change and Hanukah – A Connection?
The 8-day Jewish holiday of Hanukah starts tonight. Is there a connect with climate change?
Obama Tried to Get Saudis on Board at Copenhagen, Wikileaks Reveals
ClimateWire has revealed that leading up to the UN meeting at Copenhagen last December, the Obama administration leaned hard on the Saudis to get them to agree to the Copenhagen Accord. According to Wikileaks of private communications within the state department, the administration went right to the source of opposition to climate negotiations. The Saudis. […]
Interview With American Oil Shale Expert Jeremy Boak
The Director of the Center for Oil Shale Technology and Research (COSTAR) talks to Green Prophet about the benefits and detriments of oil shale exploration. When we first submitted our open letter to David de Rothschild, in which we asked him to intervene in an oil-shale development project in the Elah Valley now backed by […]
Gore Says Oil Shale is “Utter Insanity” (VIDEO)
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0sJm5CDXCc&feature=related[/youtube] As a quick follow-up to the new oil shale pilot about to be conducted in Israel, here is a video of Al Gore saying how oil shale exploration is “insanity.” From the 2008 video, speaking about oil shale in America, Gore says: “It would vastly multiply the amount of CO2 from every gallon of gasoline. […]
Biodiversity Is In Peril: Thought Leaders Appeal for Change at Desert Conference
Dr. Gotlieb reports from the the Drylands, Deserts and Desertification Conference in Israel – an event drawing hundreds from ten countries. With a species extinct every 20 minutes the problem is more severe than we might think. Dire predictions, and new approaches, described the tenor of presentations made during the opening day of the Drylands, […]
13 “Better Place” Cars Hit the Streets of Israel To Test “Charge”
With all the hype, 13 Better Place EV cars are finally being imported in Israel to test charge spots. They are being tested as taxis in San Francisco and Tokyo, and in Israel you can even test drive the battery-switchable fully electric (EV) car developed by Better Place/Renault. Within the next couple of weeks, Globes […]
Why He’ll Be Eco-Networking With A “Green” MBA
The environment is floundering at best, and people are looking more than ever to put real meaning in their career lives. While he’s overseas and far from the Middle East, Green Prophet talks with John Lehnert (left), an IT specialist and clean tech consultant for Expansion Media, on why he decided to earn a “green” […]