Yale University Environmental Performance Index ranks countries on 22 aspects of environmental performance comparing countries’ achievements in applying environmental policy goals. By Zafrir Rinat * * Published 02:14 01.02.12 * Latest update 02:14 01.02.12 Israel receives middling ranking in green survey Yale University Environmental Performance Index ranks countries on 22 aspects of environmental performance comparing […]

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SPNI and JNF battle over the nature of Israel’s north, as Tu Bishvat, Jewish Arbor Day nears. By Zafrir Rinat On the eve of Tu Bishvat, two of the country’s leading ecological groups are feuding over the character of open spaces in northern Israel. The Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel (SPNI ) […]

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By SHARON UDASIN 02/02/2012 06:08 Available pollution info is lacking, green group says. Pollution By REUTERS The brunt of lower and western Galilee factories does not comply with the standards of the Clean Air Law, a local green group found. Only two of three surveyed wastewater-treatment facilities in the region comply with the country’s sewage […]

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Overflow from Ga’aton River, which runs through Nahariya, causes extensive property damage each year. By Zafrir Rinat Townships in the Western Galilee have for the first time prepared a plan to prevent recurrent floods that damage property and waste precious water every winter. The Ga’aton River, which runs through Nahariya, serves as drainage for much […]

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By SHARON UDASIN 02/03/2012 04:37 All but one of 22 Palestinian villages refuse connection to sewage line, Environmental Protection Ministry says. Gilad Erdan tours Samarian communities By Courtesy Environmental Protection Ministry Swirling in the strikingly green valley below the southern Samaria community of Nofim is a rambling stream amid grass and trees – filled with […]

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By SHARON UDASIN 02/02/2012 06:02 200% increase in diesel fuel consumption, 108% rise in jet fuel oil use seen in 2011. Power station in southern city of Ashdod By Amir Cohen/Reuters Due to the lack of production reserves in the electricity sector, Energy and Water Minister Uzi Landau said he expects there to be temporary […]

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Samaria in a sewage stalemate By SHARON UDASIN 02/03/2012 04:37 All but one of 22 Palestinian villages refuse connection to sewage line, Environmental Protection Ministry says. Gilad Erdan tours Samarian communities By Courtesy Environmental Protection Ministry Swirling in the strikingly green valley below the southern Samaria community of Nofim is a rambling stream amid grass […]

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