Tag: Saudi Arabia
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Saudi Arabia Aims For 41 GW Solar Power By 2032
Saudi Arabia and renewable energy probably don't roll off your tongue right now, but that's all about to change.
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Arab States Stockpiling Food As Hedge Against Price Rises & Scarcity (Revolution?)
Global food prices have been rising for some time, are predicted to rise up to 20% in 2011, and have played a background role in the successful and ongoing popular uprisings in North Africa. Now, United Arab Emirates' The National reports that several
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Peak Oil & Our Culture of Denial
Brian Merchant already reported on WikiLeaks revelations about Saudi Oil reserves being overstated by 40%, a claim that could mean that Peak Oil would be upon us as early as 2012. Now Jeremy Leggett over at The Guardian is also raising the alarm,
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Vulture Suspected of Spying Arrested in Saudi Arabia
In the cloak and dagger world of international espionage, it takes a cool head and nerves of steel to get the job, though being a human isn't necessarily a prerequisite -- at least that's according to authorities in
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Wikileaks Cables Show US Pressured Saudi Arabia to Back Copenhagen Accord, and More
So far the classified US cables released by Wikileaks have mostly dealt with issues of only tangental environmental concern, but now the New York Times (which, along with The Guardian is the only news outlet
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Two South Africans Make Mecca Pilgrimage by Bike
Every year, some 2 million Muslims descend upon Mecca to fulfill the Islamic tenet that every able-bodied believer must make the pilgrimage to the religion's
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Saudis Stop New Oil Exploration to Prolong Petroleum Supply for Future Generations: King Abdullah
For the radar: The Saudi Gazette reports King Abdullah has announced that the nation has stopped oil exploration on new fields to protect the petroleum supply for future generations.King Abdullah, who expressed hope that oil will last for a long time,
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Saudi Arabia Running out of Sand
Sounds crazy, that's what the place is made of. Who would think that Saudi Arabia could be running out of sand? Yet the Kingdom has halted exports of the stuff, a major component of concrete, and it is causing
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Saudi 'Solution' to Traffic Jams: No Foreign Drivers
From instituting traffic calming measures to building metrobus systems, there are plenty of ways to ease congestion on the roads. But radio
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Road to Copenhagen, Saudi Aid, & World Business Forum 2009
A weekly wrap up of green and socially minded business news from the gang at TriplePundit.com.
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Green Prophet's Top 7 Mideast Eco-Tourism Spots
From historic rivers to the world's largest desalination plant, from a futuristic city to a 100-year-old tree-planting
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Saudi Arabia Claims Climate Talks Threaten Their Economic Survival
On the sidelines of recent climate change talks in Bonn, Germany, Saudi Arabia expressed concern that any major global shift from fossil fuels to
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The Days of Oil are Far From Over, Says Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia, the world's biggest oil exporting country, has just issued a warning against a "premature shift" to renewable energy. In related news, bottled water companies have issued a warning against a "premature shift" to tap
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We Need to Make Climate Freeloaders Pay Up! Per Capita Carbon Emissions of Some 'Developing' Nations Exceed Those of the US, Europe
As Fred
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It Slices, It Dices: Wireless Router Vase
Electronics are often so ugly and inanimate; why not make them do multiple functions like this combination wireless router and vase? Finally, electronics you can really call green! No doubt the flowers will last so much longer in that energizing bath
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World Will Struggle To Meet Oil Demand, Says International Energy Agency
Ready for peak oil, anybody? The Financial Times has gotten hold of a draft of the International Energy Agency's annual report, which states that the rate of output decline is 9.1 per cent at the
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Will Oil and Water Ever Mix?
A UN proposal to set up a Middle East environmental training center focused on sustainable water solutions was shot down by the Arab League this past week during a meet in Cairo (see TreeHugger’s post on the event).
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Let Bygones Be Bygones Already, for the Environment's Sake!
Due to security issues, the date has not been released yet, but we are happy to announce that Middle East environmentalists are putting political pet peeves aside to focus on one goal: preserving the environment.
