Environment and Climate in the Middle East

Recent Posts

• The Jordan Valley springs: Between the rock of the occupation and the hard place of settlers – WAFA
• Authorities dismantle illegal pipeline diverting water in Muwaqar – Jordan Times
• Government report: 28% increase in cancer-linked air pollution in 2018 – Jerusalem Post
• Emissions free and pollution free: Israel unveils massive solar power plant – YNET
• Eyes skyward: Sunlight for powering all of Israel – Jerusalem Post
• Eilat cleans up its coast in bid to save coral reef – YNET
• Red Sea Chamber of Diving joins Greenfins initiative – Egypt Independent
• Interspecies coexistence: Israeli farmers being trained to get along better with birds – Haaretz
• NGOs Warn Lebanon Skies a Death Trap for Migratory Birds – Naharnet
• In Israel, the struggle for nature preservation may do more harm – Haaretz
• ISF Says Beaten Man in Video Not Involved in Wildfires – Naharenet
• Polluting and laughing – Haaretz
• Global climate change crisis: Best thing to ever happen to Israeli hasbara – Haaretz
• Environmentalists Slam Banks over Aramco IPO Support – Naharnet
• Nothing new under the sun: As the world turns to solar energy, Israel falls behind – Haaretz
• Siemens Gamesa starts building 250MW wind farm in Egypt – Egypt Independent
• U.N. Calls for Greater Heat Protection for Workers in Qatar – Naharnet
• DEWA connects 1,354 solar installations with grid – Environment and Development5
• Burning garbage a major cause of Israeli air pollution – Haaretz
• Ghabawi landfill turns waste into bio-gas – Jordan Times
• Jreissati Replies to Criticism over Trash Sorting Plants – Naharnet
• UJ joins EU waste management project – Jordan Times
• DAWAR: Waste collection app allows citizens to manage and report trash – Egypt Independent
• 13,747 electricity theft cases detected in first 9 months of 2019 — EMRC – Jordan Times
• State panel rejects wind turbine project in Israel’s Lower Galilee – Haaretz
• Israel’s Golan Druze see a blow in wind energy plan – YNET
• ‘Shapes of Water’ exhibit traces flow of precious resource in different cultures – Jordan Times
• ‘Adaptability, creativity key to surmounting climate change’ – Jordan Times
• The Heschel Center Sustainability Updates, September 2019
• Ecopeace Peacebuilding Newsletter , September 2019
• 1st phase of solar project to power 2,213 homes — Zawati – Jordan Times
• DEWA joins Nestlé in inauguration of UAE’s largest ground-mounted private solar plant – Environment and Development
• Jreissati Launches Campaign to Reduce Plastic Bags – Naharnet
• EBRD allocates 8.4m euros to revamp ‘Pepsi Pool’ – Jordan Times
• Authorities dismantle illegal pipeline diverting water in Muwaqar – Jordan Times