Middle East Green News

Rescue operations were still continuing particularly in the badly affected areas to the east of the city as the death toll of the recent torrential rains and floods that swept through Jeddah was put at 85 by Civil Defense on...

Wednesday�s rain flooded the entire ground floor of the Indian Consulate. The water reached more than one meter high, covering tables, file drawers and computers. �There was even a short circuit and the electricity went out...It was very difficult to...

Director of Caspian Marine Research Center Sergei Monakhov said based on the agreement, Russia and Iran would launch joint marine patrols to control the environmental status of the biggest lake of the world. Oil, pesticides, as well as toxic metals...

Four joint American-Israel energy projects have been chosen to receive $3.3 million in grants, the US Department of Energy announced this week. The awards, which are the first to be handed out under the US-Israel Energy Cooperation Act, according to...

COP15 climate change summit in Copenhagen, which starts on December 7.  “I am categorically optimistic...It praised individual green initiatives in the Gulf and North Africa, including the Masdar zero carbon city in Abu Dhabi, the energy studies program at King...

Solar panel manufacturers are hoping to pick up orders from alternative energy projects in the UAE and the Middle East. A number of projects similar to Abu Dhabi's $22 billion (Dh80.8bn) Masdar zero-emissions city are being planned in Saudi Arabia,...