Jamal Khashoggi Saudis begin to live the ‘green’ life  11/11/2013

The Saudi people’s mood has greatly improved in recent days, although the state did not raise salaries and did not accomplish any of the residential projects they promised to accomplish three years ago....more

NAJIB SAAB Revolutions do not Substitute Resource Management  11/11/2013

So how can a regional organization dedicated to environment adapt to the bitter reality in an area where more than half the population witness revolts and uprisings? It appears almost impossible to implement an environmental agenda in a region whose inhabitants struggle for survival and are totally uncertain about their future....more

NAJIB SAAB Arabs do not read  4/10/2013

Edgar Choueiri, Princeton University plasma physicist, questioned how the Arabs could become full and equal partners with those who shape the world’s economy, security and future, if they remain just consumers of science and technology rather than producers. He contested the rhetoric about the contributions which ancient Arab civilizations had made to physics, biology, mathematics and astronomy, saying that this is something of a remote past....more

NAJIB SAAB Silent Death  18/9/2013

As hundreds of tons of radioactive water were leaking from the wrecked Japanese Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant hit by the tsunami in 2011, thousands of people were being killed by chemical weapons on the outskirts of Damascus. ...more

Mycle Schneider and Antony Froggatt Nuclear Power’s Renaissance in Reverse  17/9/2013

Duke Energy, America’s largest utility, has shelved plans to build two reactors in Florida, after having spent $1 billion on the project.Duke Energy, America’s largest utility, has shelved plans to build two reactors in Florida, after having spent $1 billion on the project. The decision came only three months after the company abandoned investment in two new units in North Carolina....more

NAJIB SAAB Solar Impulse: Shift Gear, Drop Weight, Change Altitude  24/7/2013

Ten weeks after its departure from San Francisco, on the West Coast of the United States, Solar Impulse landed in New York on the East Coast. During many stopovers between the kickoff and final destination, cities were awarded green certificates for supporting eco-friendly technology, and millions visited the plane to have closer look on solar power in action....more

NAJIB SAAB Sustainability is not occasional outbursts  28/6/2013

If you think that our Arab societies have bypassed the complex of “the first”, “the tallest” and “the greatest”, then you are wrong...more

MOHAMED EL-ASHRY Sustainable energy for a prominent Arab position in international markets  28/5/2013

Let me start with the simple fact that “development is not possible without energy and sustainable development is not possible without sustainable energy....more