Environment and Climate in the Middle East

Recent Posts

• Ending the sewage—Israel and PA combine efforts to save Kidron Valley – YNET
• Garbage Dumped in Sea Off Lebanese Coast Sparks Outrage – Naharnet
• Two arrested for ‘emptying sewage tanker next to well’ – Jordan Times
• OECD Slams Israel for Slacking on Environmental Legislation Vows – Haaretz
• Ramallah facing severe water crisis; Israel to blame, says Water authority – WAFA
• How low can you go: Sea of Galilee lowest in 97 years – YNET
• Aoun Chairs Meeting on Israel Theft of Lebanon Water, Says Country Won’t Bow to Pressures – Naharnet
• Egypt reportedly offers electricity to Gaza in exchange for security coordination – Ma’an
• UN says Gaza crisis is ‘internal Palestinian dispute’ on 10th year of Israeli blockade – Ma’an
• Gaza power shortage to worsen as Israel reduces supply – Al Arabiya
• Water Drilling Plan in Golan Heights Draws Ire of Israeli Environmentalists – Haaretz
• PA official blames Hamas for ‘obstructing’ solution to Gaza electricity crisis – Ma’an / WAFA
• Israel removes retaining wall used to stop settlements’ wastewater pollution – Wafa
• Dead Sea Likely to Recede Back to Lowest Point Ever, Israeli Researchers Warn – Haaretz
• Israel’s East Jerusalem Cleanup Won’t Include Areas Beyond Separation Barrier – Haaretz
• Pollution, desertification and women’s rights linked — SIGI – Jordan Times
• Tax-free wood imports will reduce illegal logging — Agriculture Ministry – Jordan Times
• Jerash water networks to be renovated by end of year – Jordan Times
• Three projects to improve water supply started in Balqa — officials – Jordan Times
• Environmental Peacebuilding Newsletter, June 2017 – Ecopeace
• new publication: Conflict Versus Consensus Strategic Orientations Among Environmental NGOs: An Empirical Evaluation – VOLUNTAS
• Jordan hopes to ‘go green’ with National Green Growth Plan – Jordan Times
• RSCN confiscates 280 illegally hunted, kept animals last year – Jordann Times
• Israeli Bees Being Exposed to Dangerous Pesticides – Haaretz
• Refuge for Wild Plants Tries to Save Nature That’s Disappearing Around Israel – Haaretz
• Hitching a Ride From the Red Sea To the Med Sea Inside a Fish’s Guts – Haaretz
• Nasser urges summer 2017 water funding plan for refugees, host communities – Jordan Times
• Picnickers urged against lighting fires in forests – Jordan Times
• Mafraq water networks to be renovated as demand rises by 40 per cent since 2011 – Jordan Times
• Aqaba Marine Park to be listed as first marine nature reserve – Jordan Times
• Consumers buy and waste ‘more than usual’ at Ramadan start – Jordan Times
• Vegan campaign puts a damper on dairy ahead of Shavuot – Jerusalem Post
• Government approves plan to overhaul east Jerusalem sewage, waste systems – Jerusalem Post
• Gaza power authority says it has receive no reply from PA over electricity crisis – Maan
• Energy Authority says no agreement on ending Gaza electricity crisis – WAFA