Current events could lead to another oil embargo by Saudi Arabia, and it could be 1973 all over again

Having all your eggs in one basket is never wise, especially if baskets are going out of fashion.

Deserts are sunny, so they're ideal for solar power. But they're also very dusty, which is a problem for obvious reasons.

Tomorrow, Saturday October 26, women in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will defy the ban against driving and women's rights activists around the world are rallying around their cause to show their support.

Bike culture is mostly a local thing, varying from city to city, with larger regional trends. If you've been following it for a while, you develop a kind of portrait of what things are like in certain places (ie. Portland, New York City, Amsterdam, etc).

If there's one thing that Saudi Arabia has in greater quantity than oil, it's sunlight...

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.

A decade-long restoration project in Riyadh has cleaned up a polluted river valley and turned it into a vast public park.

Saudi Arabia and renewable energy probably don't roll off your tongue right now, but that's all about to change.

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

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,

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

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

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

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,

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

From instituting traffic calming measures to building metrobus systems, there are plenty of ways to ease congestion on the roads. But radio

A weekly wrap up of green and socially minded business news from the gang at TriplePundit.com.