Archive for the ‘Environment’ Category
Wednesday, January 27th, 2010
Project Better Place, the ambitious electric car venture founded by Israeli-American entrepreneur Shai Agassi, has received a $350 million investment from a consortium led by HSBC. The project's backers say the electric car will drastically reduce oil dependence, cut carbon emissions and blaze a trail for more environmentally friendly transport. ...
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Friday, August 7th, 2009
This recent Ynet article sheds light on an obscure - and troubling - issue: Syria is running out of water, and its drought may have a huge impact on Israel.
Syria is drying up
If given the opportunity, Syria will ruin our main water source
by Guy Bechor
Ynet, 08.03.09
Syria is experiencing an economic ...
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Wednesday, March 25th, 2009
Israel was named the world's most efficient recycled water user in a United Nations report, issued in honour of International Water Day, March 22, 2009. The UN report also ranked Israel as one of the world's leaders in desalinated water use. Israel purifies and reuses almost 70 ...
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Wednesday, March 18th, 2009
An Israeli energy startup wants to turn rush hour traffic into electricity. Innowattech, an energy company affiliated with Israel's Technion Institute of Technology, said generators placed under roads, railways and runways can harvest enough energy from passing vehicles to mass-produce electricity. You can read more in the Calgary Herald.
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Wednesday, November 26th, 2008
Israel is turning the Hiriya, a 2,000-acre garbage dump on the outskirts of Tel Aviv, into Ayalon Park, featuring recreation facilities alongside an environmental learning centre. When completed, it will rank as one of the largest metropolitan parks in the world. Learn more at Treehugger.com.
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Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
Circle of Blue|Water News, a nonprofit concerned with the global freshwater crisis and its solutions, has an interesting report on a proposal by former Israeli foreign minister Shlomo Ben Ami: "Perhaps the conflicts in the Middle East might be easier to solve when civilians can meet their everyday water and ...
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Wednesday, September 10th, 2008
A new video from Israel21C highlights Project Better Place, Israel's ambitious plan to mass produce electric cars. The goal is to become oil free within 20 years.
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Wednesday, September 10th, 2008
Scientists at Israel's Bar-Ilan University have discovered a new way to test for water pollution by "listening" to plants growing in the water. By shining a laser beam on the tiny pieces of algae, the researchers said they hear sound waves that tell them the type and amount of contamination ...
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Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
The blog "MetaEfficient," which covers green products, has an entry on the widespread use of solar water heaters in Israel.
Blogger Justin Thomas writes (quite poetically): "When viewed from above, Jerusalem often glitters with the shine of the thousands of solar heaters that adorn rooftops. "
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