Jesse Fox

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  With Light Rail Stalled, A Push for BRT in Tel Aviv

  After a decade of fits and starts, the Tel Aviv light rail project finally collapsed last week. Following months of last-ditch negotiations, government officials announced that

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  Battle Over Natural Gas Royalties Heats Up in Israel

  When massive natural gas reserves were discovered off the coast of Israel in early 2009, it seemed as if the country's energy problems were solved. Many expected that a

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  Construction Begins on Amman BRT

  Having already begun to reclaim its sidewalks for pedestrians, the city of Amman, Jordan is setting out to reclaim its streets from traffic chaos.

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  Jerusalem Real Estate Scandal Topples Giants, Buildings Remain Standing

  A massive corruption scandal involving some of the most powerful people in Israel and an almost universally loathed building complex in Jerusalem has highlighted the

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  Tel Aviv Invites Public to Help Redesign Boardwalk

  If there is anything approaching a holy place in this devoutly secular city, it's the beach. People here are serious beach-goers, and

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  So Long Suburbia: Construction in US Cities Shifting Back to Urban Core

  The boundless growth of suburban sprawl in the US, long blamed for everything from climate change to social segregation, may finally be slowing down. According to a new study by the EPA, new construction in the

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  Israel Prepares to Meet Copenhagen Carbon Goals

  In a sign that it intends to take its climate change commitments seriously, Israel has appointed a high-level committee to find

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  Controversy Erupts Over Planning Reform in Israel

  Israel's planning system is inefficient, and long overdue for a reform - on this, almost everyone agrees. What kind of reform? On this there is no consensus, but plenty of ideas are

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  Friends of the Earth Launches Spooky Anti-Nuclear Ad Campaign

  Prominent environmental organization Friends of the Earth has already made clear its opposition to the Obama Administration's support for the nuclear industry, which it is calling a "preemptive bailout." Now, the group has started running eerie TV ads

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  Solar-Powered Camels and More From Israel Renewable Energy Conference (Slideshow)

  Located far from power and water infrastructures, the collective farming communities of Israel's sparsely populated south are betting on a new cash crop: renewable energy. With the sun shining year round and an abundance of fallow land, solar panels

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  Solar-Powered Camels and More From Israel Renewable Energy Conference

  A pair of solar panels draped over a camel's hump. I came across this scene last week outside the Eilat-Eilot Renewable Energy Conference and wasn't quite sure what to make of it. One solar firm's attempt to make some sort of metaphorical statement about

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  Remote Region Spearheading Israel's Renewable Energy Revolution

  Dorit Banet is not one to throw around hackneyed expressions (such as "making the desert bloom") when

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  Israel's Solar Industry Aims to Regain its Edge

  Half a century ago, Israel was a world leader in renewable energy. With solar water heaters on every rooftop, Israel was at the forefront of innovation. Today, Israelis are looking to once again position their country as a pioneer

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  Next in Line for a Bailout: The Nuclear Industry?

  The Obama Administration has been pretty upfront about its support for an energy policy that promotes both clean energy technologies and renewed investment in old technologies such as nuclear, coal and offshore drilling. "I

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  Out of the Ruins, A More Sustainable Haiti?

  With over a million left homeless and its capital city all but destroyed, Haiti is set to become the focus of an enormous rebuilding effort. Internationally, many are calling for a full-fledged "Marshall Plan" to rebuild the

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  China's Zero-Carbon City Dongtan Delayed, But Not Necessarily Dead, Says Planner

  Last year, I wrote a post mourning the demise of one of the world's most exciting construction projects: an ecologically sustainable city for half a million people off the coast of Shanghai called Dongtan.

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  Failure, Yes. But Copenhagen Still a Game-Changer

  Last month's climate change summit in Copenhagen, which inspired so much expectation, seems to have pleased no one. Asked to describe their feelings post-Copenhagen in

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  UK Ecovillage, Initially Rejected by Planning Authorities, Wins Government Grant

  After an exhausting planning process, during which the initiative was twice rejected by local planning authorities, a group of families building a 74 acre ecovillage in Wales won £350,000