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Archives for September, 2011

Palestinians and Israelis control cross-border blaze – Ma’an

ENIN (Ma’an) — Palestinian and Israeli firefighters on Saturday controlled a huge blaze in a forest between the northern West Bank village of Anin and the city of Umm Al-Fahim on the Israeli side of the separation wall. Palestinian crews worked on the fire near Anin while Israeli firefighters battled the blaze near Umm Al-Fahim. […]

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First Beduin solar field approved by Interior Ministry – Jerusalem Post / YNET

First Beduin solar field approved by Interior Ministry – Jerusalem Post By SHARON UDASIN 09/12/2011 05:18 ‘New photovoltaic field will offer improved economic opportunities to Beduin population.’ Talkbacks (2) The Interior Ministry’s Southern Regional Planning and Building Committee approved for the first time on Sunday morning a Beduin solar field, a joint 8- megawatt project […]

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Israel says offshore gas secure after Turk challenge – Jerusalem Post / Haaretz

By REUTERS 09/11/2011 18:59 Israel will develop, defend gas platforms discovered in its waters, says Energy Minister Uzi Landau following Turkish vow to boost naval patrols. Talkbacks (31) Israel will develop and defend gas platforms recently discovered in its waters, Energy Minister Uzi Landau said on Sunday after Turkey vowed to boost naval patrols in […]

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Palmahim plant seeks 45m. cubic meter desalination increase – Jerusalem Post

By SHARON UDASIN 09/08/2011 04:54 Proposal would allow desalinated water to account for 85 percent of domestic consumption by the year 2013. Talkbacks (6) The Palmahim desalination plant has submitted a proposal to the Interministerial Tenders Committee for Water Desalination to increase its output by 45 million cubic meters per year. That would allow desalinated […]

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Saudi Arabia’s water needs eating into oil wealth – Jerusalem Post

By REUTERS 09/13/2011 19:58 Lack of water poses major challenge to agriculture, mining industries; kingdom uses double amount of water per capita than global average. Long before it understood the value of oil, the desert kingdom of Saudi Arabia knew the worth of water. But the leading oil exporter’s water challenges are growing as energy-intensive […]

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Israel’s tycoons can survive a fairer division of profits – Haaretz

An opinion issued by the Attorney General’s Office with regard to Dead Sea Works helps to establish principles that are important not only from an economic standpoint, but no less so from a moral and social standpoint too. Haaretz Editorial An opinion issued Sunday by the Attorney General’s Office with regard to Dead Sea Works […]

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Jordan to review reactor bids next week – Jordan Times

By Taylor Luck ENERGY OFFICIALS ARE scheduled to open financial bids for the country’s first nuclear reactor next week as the Kingdom’s atomic energy programme moves closer to another milestone. According to Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Khaled Toukan, energy officials are to start the review of financial offers from international vendors for the […]

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Stellar Startups: Alternative-energy smackdown! – Jerusalem Post

By DAVID SHAMAH 09/05/2011 22:55 7 most promising Israeli renewable-energy innovators will gather at Tel Aviv University for the semifinals of the Energy Storage Challenge. Talkbacks (2) In the area of renewable energy, it seems as if every silver lining has a cloud. Solar energy, for example, is great when the sun is shining, but […]

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Badgers are not considered dangerous animals – RSCN – Jordan Times

By Hana Namrouqa AMMAN – The Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature (RSCN) on Sunday said the “strange animal” caught by authorities in Mafraq on Saturday is the Eurasian badger, an animal indigenous to Jordan. The Civil Defence Department handed over the animal to the RSCN, which will release it into the wild, Ehab […]

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The Jordan River: Declining, Disappearing, Endangered [Revolve]

By: Yosra Albakkar and Catherine Brown. August 23, 2011 On November 20, 1847, Commander William F. Lynch sailed out of the Brooklyn Navy Yard with a burly crew of 14 men on the first U.S. Expedition to the Jordan River and the Dead Sea. Equipped with two boats, Lynch and his crew sailed across the Atlantic […]

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Dead Sea Works , Environmental Damage – Haaretz / Jerusalem Post

State: Dead Sea Works must pay for damage to area Assistant district attorney Avi Licht, who published the document, also determined that the industries have to increase the portion of their profits they pay the state. By Zafrir Rinat The Dead Sea mineral works on the southern Dead Sea shore must pay most of the […]

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Israel/neighbours must cooperate to stop the food crisis – Common Ground News Service

by Naava Mashiah 06 September 2011 Print Email Geneva – The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is facing hard times as it struggles with a growing food security crisis. Food security has been in the headlines since 2008, due to the rise of oil prices and a growing demand for certain crops by […]

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‘Palestinians must step up sewage recycling’ – Jerusalem Post

By SHARON UDASIN AND LAHAV HARKOV 09/08/2011 23:17 Erdan says PA should creating desalination plants and sewage treatment facilities. Talkbacks (4) While the Palestinian Authority continues to rely on Israeli water and electricity sources to keep its residents powered and quenched, Environmental Protection Minister Gilad Erdan said that he felt the PA “can have an […]

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Power monitors – Daily Star

At long last, the Lebanese Cabinet has approved a plan to solve the country’s long-standing electricity problems, relying on a typically Lebanese solution. Ministers spent much of the last few weeks sniping at each other, issuing threats and doomsday scenarios, until finally pulling back from the brink and arriving at a compromise in which each […]

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Erdan: Environment is combined with economy – Jerusalem Post

By SHARON UDASIN AND LAHAV HARKOV 09/08/2011 23:22 Minister says compliance with environmental demands can help solve housing crisis. Talkbacks () Addressing the government’s ability to solve the housing crisis, Environmental Protection Minister Gilad Erdan said he felt that intrinsic to preserving the economy and providing affordable housing to all is the duty to “comply […]

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Unrecognized Bedouin villages (2 articles) – Haaretz

  1) Arabs make the desert bloom – Haaretz In the ultimate of ironies, there is no better manifestation of the Zionist concept of making the desert bloom than the unrecognized Arab villages of the Negev – vibrant islands in a sea of gold, in the middle of nothing whatsoever. By Oudeh Basharat While the […]

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Cases of wildfires, illegal logging drop this summer – Jordan Times

By Hana Namrouqa AMMAN – The number of wildfires and cases of illegal logging in the Kingdom’s forests has dropped this summer, the Ministry of Environment said on Thursday. “The number of wildfires dropped because the ministries of environment and agriculture and the Rangers intensified monitoring in heavily wooded areas,” Ministry of Environment Spokesperson Isa […]

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Chukar, partridge populations dwindling: RSCN – Jordan Times

By Hana Namrouqa AMMAN – Chukar and partridge populations are declining due to a scarcity of rainfall and illegal hunting, according to conservationists. Hunters’ ignorance of the hunting schedule set by the Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature (RSCN) has led to a decline in the number of the two species – ground-nesting birds […]

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Wineries fencing off vineyards in Judean Hills, SPNI Protests – Haaretz / Jerusalem Post

Wineries fencing off vineyards in Judean Hills face boycott calls – Haaretz SPNI says 16-km barrier near Jerusalem endangers wildlife. By Zafrir Rinat The fencing of vineyards in the Judean Hills is creating death traps for wild animals, leading nature and animal rights groups to consider calling for a consumer boycott of the wineries behind […]

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Permaculture Tour in Israel – September 2011

Between Sept. 26th and Oct. 2nd 2011, soon after the Permaculture tour in Palestine (Sept. 25-26th), which follows the IPC10 conference in Jordan (Sept. 16-24th), over Jewish New Year’s holiday, we will be travelling across Israel, visiting communities, PC projects, ecological farms & experts, with guidance in English. You are welcome to enjoy, learn, support […]

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