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New Drug Is The Bees' Knees for America's Bees

Karin Kloosterman | Posted 09.24.2008 | Green

Read More: Bees, Ecology, Colony Collapse Disorder, Agriculture, Sustainable Agriculture, Food, Israel, United States, Animals, Pollution, Treehugger, Green News
Karin Kloosterman

America's bee colonies are collapsing. It's a big mystery, with much at stake. Green websites like TreeHugger have been on the case since the phenom...

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Obama's and McCain's Green Promises Are Just a Matter of Speech

Karin Kloosterman | Posted 09.10.2008 | Green

Read More: Obama Energy Policy, Obama Speeches, Energy, Solar Energy, Mccain Energy Policy, Climate Change, Renewable Energy, Environment, Mccain, Obama, Treehugger, Election, Green News
Karin Kloosterman

Obama said this about solar power. McCain said that about climate change. You no longer have to spar with your "green" friends over who is saying what...

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The Next Wonder Drug? Just Ask Mother Nature

Karin Kloosterman | Posted 09.03.2008 | Green

Read More: Mother Nature, Disease, Health, Nature, Environment, Israel, Cancer, Cures, Tel Aviv University, Treehugger, Flower Power, Green News
Karin Kloosterman

I talk with scientific researchers every day, and can't help but notice a growing trend: what was once relegated to the realm of naturopaths, witchdoc...

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Why John McCain May Have More Green Staying Power

Karin Kloosterman | Posted 08.27.2008 | Green

Read More: John McCain, Environment, Foreign Oil, Oil Independence, Barak Obama, Treehugger, Energy Policy, Green News
Karin Kloosterman

Gal Luft is the most hated man in Riyadh, Detroit, and Des Moines, according to Esquire Magazine who's voted him as one of America's brightest in 200...

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Middle East Oil Barons Turn America's Oil Woes Into Clean Technology

Karin Kloosterman | Posted 08.13.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Fossil Fuels, Middle East, Peak Oil, Environment, Oil, Clean Technology, Treehugger, America, Green News
Karin Kloosterman

One would think that members countries from the OEPC in the Persian Gulf who are sitting on a quarter of the world's oil reserves would like to stall the development of clean technologies and thereby the creation of alternatives to oil, right? Nope.

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100 Months and Counting Until Climate Change Is Irreversible

Karin Kloosterman | Posted 08.07.2008 | Green

Read More: Taxes, United Kingdom, Oil Prices, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, China Carbon Dioxide Emissions, Carbon Credits, Greenhouse Gases, Climate Change, United States, Treehugger, Global Warming, Green News
Karin Kloosterman

Runaway changes in weather patterns will start, there will be droughts; we can expect to see the collapse of species in the sea and on land. Basically, terribly scary stuff is expected to happen.

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Five Reasons Why Preserving Summer Fruits Like Grandma Is Green

Karin Kloosterman | Posted 07.24.2008 | Green

Read More: Organic Food, Fruit, Cooking Recipes, Cooking, Environment, Food, Canada, Diy, Treehugger, Health, Green News
Karin Kloosterman

I say we need a revolution -- one where people spend less time at shopping malls, and more in the kitchen.

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Palestinians' New Agriculture Park Might Spell Catastrophe for Peace and the Environment

Karin Kloosterman | Posted 07.16.2008 | Green

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Sea of Galilee, Israel-Palestine, Water, Environment, Environmentalism, Israel, Palestinians, Treehugger, Water Insecurity, Green News
Karin Kloosterman

Israel and its surrounding region suffers greatly from water shortages. Water is a national concern, and if there is one thing that concerns everyone ...

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Eco-Touring in the Middle East: How About Jordan, Iran and Lebanon?

Karin Kloosterman | Posted 07.09.2008 | Green

Read More: Jordan, Iran, Green Travel, Middle East, Environment, Lebanon, Travel, Treehugger, Eco-Tourism, Eco-Travel, Global Democracy, Israel, Green News
Karin Kloosterman

ISA issues aside, eco-touring is no longer a concept found only in the West. More Middle Eastern organizations are starting to cater to the ecologically minded and are marketing eco-tours.

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Killing the Dead Sea Twice Is Good for Politicians, Not the Environment

Karin Kloosterman | Posted 07.02.2008 | Green

Read More: Jordan, Politics, Red Sea, Shimon Peres, Ecology, Middle East, World Bank, Environment, Israel, Palestine, Treehugger, Dead Sea, Green News
Karin Kloosterman

The Dead Sea, shared by Israelis, Palestinians and Jordanians should be listed as one of the Wonders of the World -- and it's in danger of drying up.

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When Ugly Is Greener

Karin Kloosterman | Posted 06.25.2008 | Green

Read More: Tel Aviv, Going Green, Design, Green, Israel, Bicycling, Green Living, Treehugger, Transportation, Bike, Green News
Karin Kloosterman

I've gone through about seven different bikes in as many years. The relative speed at which each bike was stolen was related to how beautiful it was.

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Wind Power Success Stories, Part 2

Michael Graham Richard | Posted 06.13.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Wind Power, Environment, Green, Environmentalism, Treehugger, Alternative Energy, Green News
Michael Graham Richard

There's a kind of Moore's Law that will apply. And while it took many years to get t the first 1%, the next one will take a lot less because of exponential growth.

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Israeli Cleantech Experts Prepare For China, But Not Greenpeace

Karin Kloosterman | Posted 05.30.2008 | Green

Read More: Tel Aviv, Clean Technologies, Renewable Fuel, Shimon Peres, Renewable Energy, Israel, Isaac Berzin, United States, Greenpeace, Treehugger, Cleantech, Global Warming, Greenfuel, Al Gore, China, Environment, Green News
Karin Kloosterman

When it comes to global warming, the U.S. thinks they are the center of the world.

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Treehugger: Bush Is Right On Farm Subsidies

Treehugger | Jeremy Elton Jacquot | Posted 05.02.2008 | Business

Read More: Farm Subsidy, Bush Farm Subsidy, Green, Treehugger, Business News

It's not often we find ourselves agreeing with President Bush's viewpoint but, in the case of the subsidy-larded farm bill, we'll make an exception. A...

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