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Out of a towering mountain of waste near Ben Gurion Airport, methane gas is being captured to create thermal energy for a nearby factory.
In the Negev Desert, solar panels are on loan to Bedouin villages that don't have electricity, allowing the residents to run refrigerators needed to store medicine for ill children.
These are two of a small but growing wave of Israeli projects to help reduce the country's carbon footprint by curbing carbon dioxide emissions -- part of the global battle to arrest climate change.
How to erase carbon footprints in Israel
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Noam Gressel, Elysium’s managing partner, says Israel can be especially competitive in the carbon offsetting market because it is emerging as a clean technology hub where local industries can tap into wind, solar and bio-fuel technologies being pioneered in the Jewish state.
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#1 - Mon Feb 9, 2009 12:09 PM ESTExciting news! Once again, the free, democratic, prosperous and dynamic nation of Israel shows how it should be done!
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