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Saudi Arabia to Transition to 100% Renewables

October 19, 2:32 PM by Mat McDermott in Renewable Energy

Comments by Prince Turki Al Faisal Al Saud hint at an interesting oil end game for oil producing nations, in an all renewable energy future.
Saudi Arabia Dumping Ground Becomes a Desert Oasis

June 9, 9:45 AM by Jennifer Hattam in Urban Design

A decade-long restoration project in Riyadh has cleaned up a polluted river valley and turned it into a vast public park.
Saudi Arabia Aims For 41 GW Solar Power By 2032

May 10, 7:20 AM by Mat McDermott in Renewable Energy

Saudi Arabia and renewable energy probably don't roll off your tongue right now, but that's all about to change.
Arab States Stockpiling Food As Hedge Against Price Rises & Scarcity (Revolution?)

February 23, 10:51 AM by Mat McDermott in Corporate Responsibility

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
Peak Oil & Our Culture of Denial

February 14, 8:30 AM by Sami Grover in Corporate Responsibility

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,
Vulture Suspected of Spying Arrested in Saudi Arabia

January 5, 8:14 PM by Stephen Messenger in Corporate Responsibility

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
Wikileaks Cables Show US Pressured Saudi Arabia to Back Copenhagen Accord, and More

November 30, 1:15 PM by Mat McDermott in Corporate Responsibility

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
Two South Africans Make Mecca Pilgrimage by Bike

November 21, 5:17 PM by Jennifer Hattam in Cars

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
Saudis Stop New Oil Exploration to Prolong Petroleum Supply for Future Generations: King Abdullah

July 8, 1:00 PM by Mat McDermott in Corporate Responsibility

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,
Saudi Arabia Running out of Sand

December 11, 5:17 PM by Lloyd Alter in Green Architecture

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
Saudi 'Solution' to Traffic Jams: No Foreign Drivers

November 13, 1:27 PM by Jennifer Hattam in Cars

From instituting traffic calming measures to building metrobus systems, there are plenty of ways to ease congestion on the roads. But radio
Road to Copenhagen, Saudi Aid, & World Business Forum 2009

October 9, 6:12 PM by Nick Aster in Corporate Responsibility

A weekly wrap up of green and socially minded business news from the gang at TriplePundit.com.
Green Prophet's Top 7 Mideast Eco-Tourism Spots

August 8, 10:33 AM by Jennifer Hattam in Natural Sciences

From historic rivers to the world's largest desalination plant, from a futuristic city to a 100-year-old tree-planting
Saudi Arabia Claims Climate Talks Threaten Their Economic Survival

April 8, 11:19 AM by Mat McDermott in Corporate Responsibility

On the sidelines of recent climate change talks in Bonn, Germany, Saudi Arabia expressed concern that any major global shift from fossil fuels to
The Days of Oil are Far From Over, Says Saudi Arabia

March 16, 3:51 PM by Brian Merchant in Corporate Responsibility

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
We Need to Make Climate Freeloaders Pay Up! Per Capita Carbon Emissions of Some 'Developing' Nations Exceed Those of the US, Europe

January 30, 1:48 PM by Mat McDermott in Corporate Responsibility

As Fred
It Slices, It Dices: Wireless Router Vase

November 21, 2:54 PM by Lloyd Alter in Gadgets

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
World Will Struggle To Meet Oil Demand, Says International Energy Agency

October 29, 4:50 AM by greenz.jp in Corporate Responsibility

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