Tag: Iraq

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  Eco-Heroes Risk Jail, Censure to Green the Mideast

  The Middle East environmental site Green Prophet names 11 eco-heroes for 2011 who are working -- sometimes at great personal risk -- to make the region a cleaner, healthier place.

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  Middle Eastern Artists Eye Environmental Threats

  With water shortages and air pollution posing increasingly grave threats to the Middle East, artists in the region are working to make environmental issues more visible, both at home and in international

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  Turning Wartime T-Walls into Iraqi Affordable Housing

  At a Pecha Kucha session during this summer's Dwell on Design conference, I was inspired by a series of seven 7-minute presentations proposed on the theme of

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  Mideast Nations to Work Together to Fight Sandstorms

  Though conflicts over sparse water supplies have created rifts between Turkey and its neighbors, the sandstorms they exacerbate have brought countries in the region

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  650 Dogs Killed In Baghdad Every Day

  The Associated Press is reporting that 58,000 of Baghdad's estimated 1.25 million stray dogs have been killed in the last three months. The effort is being seen as necessary in order to combat the

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  Naturally Temperature-Conditioned Traditional Courtyard Homes: Ready for a Renaissance?

  Recycled denim insulation and programmable thermostats are all well and good (really good), but people 4,500 years ago managed to keep their homes appropriately warm and cool without high technology -- and without wasting energy. How did they do it?

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  Toxin in Iraqi Water Pipes Kills First US Soldier

  When soldiers are engaged in battle, either foreign or domestic, they expect a certain amount of risk. Death by environmental exposure, though, isn't really one of them. This week Indiana National Guardsman Lt. Col.

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  Nature Iraq's 'Second Creation Story' (Video)

  A grassroots environmental group in Iraq is working against the odds to try and bring about a sort of "second creation story" in the area thought by many to be the home of the biblical Garden of Eden.

• Iraq to Turn Rotten Dates Into Bioethanol

  Making Lemonade Out of Lemons... Iraq has a lot of oil (the world's third largest oil reserves), that's a well known fact. But there's something else that Iraq has a lot of: rotting dates. The country used to produce about 900,000 tonnes of dates per

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  Portions Of Iraq Drying Up Completely

  Certainly the headline is a bit of hyperbole; but, the underlying point should not be lost. The human impact of climate change, combined with the demands of a burgeoning regional

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  Turkey Vows to Build Controversial Dam Despite Iraqi Complaints, Loss of European Support

  Austria, Germany, and Switzerland have pulled the plug on funding for a 1,200-megawatt hydroelectric plant that Turkey wants to build on the Tigris River, saying Turkish plans to resettle towns and safeguard cultural treasures are insufficient.

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  Turkish Dams Leaving Iraqi Fields Thirsting for Water

  In ancient times, Iraq was called Mesopotamia, which means 'between the rivers' in Greek. But today, the life-giving Tigris and Euphrates rivers are not providing enough water, and Iraqi officials are pointing the finger squarely at neighboring Turkey.

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  Matthew Modine on Why BMXing Can Be Subversive & Bicycle For a Day's Trojan Horse

  Among the other green advocates at yesterday's Earth Day festivities in Times Square, Matthew Modine made an appearance. You may be more familiar with his films, but he's also the founder of Bicycle For a Day and an

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  Drought: The New Serpent in the Garden of Eden

  The return of water to Iraq's ancient marshlands, thought to be the home of the biblical Garden of Eden, was once seen as a bright spot amid the war-torn country's many tragedies. But

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  Solar Powered Medical Clinic Will Save Lives in War Torn Iraq

  In Iraq, where rolling blackouts and severe electricity restrictions plague the nation, a reliable power supply can mean the difference between life and death. Without it, important medical centers can't provide the necessary

• Can Sarah Palin Become an Energy Security Specialist?

  So it looks like Sarah Palin has declared that she'll be taking on energy security as her primary mission if McCain wins the election.

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  US Bootprints On The Ground...Out Of The Heart Of Climate Darkness

  Camel soldiering, a very old British military tactic in the Middle East, is not a a real option for modern armies.. Apologies in advance, though, to Joseph Conrad and T. E. Lawrence for the metaphor. The [Army's] goal is to bring Army emissions of

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  Solar-Powered Street Lights to Illuminate Parts of Baghdad

  Baghdad may not be able to provide city residents enough electricity from the grid to keep the lights on in people's homes and businesses for more than half the day, but the streetlights may soon may have a more reliable source