Experts are concerned that the culling of wolves in northern Israel could put the animal’s future in the country at risk. By Zafrir Rinat | Jul.13, 2012 The daytime sight of grazing cattle on the Golan Heights gives way to a nighttime drama – packs of wolves set on the herds. And this problem might […]

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The outcome of last month’s United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro, known as Rio+20 to commemorate 20 years of the Earth Summit in 1992, is being heavily criticized by environmental NGOs and activists – many had predicted earlier in the year that the conference was doomed for failure. However, while heads […]

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While world leaders were speaking in the Plenary and NGO’s were protesting in the streets, an open forum for the presentation and discussion of the green economy took place across the road from the Rio+20 Conference on Sustainable Development. The World Green Summit (WGS) attracted so much attention that the Rio de Janeiro Government Pavilion […]

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July 11, 2012 01:09 AM By Mohammad Zaatari WAZZANI, Lebanon: The owner of the tourist resort in south Lebanon at the center of Israeli concerns about the diversion of water from the Hasbani River has described Israel’s reaction to his development as “jealous.” Khalil Abdallah, who returned to Lebanon from the Ivory Coast three years […]

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By SHARON UDASIN 07/06/2012 04:22 Israel’s decision to partner with Cyprus on gas exploration could further strain tense relations, expert tells ‘Post’. Israel’s decision to become an active partner with Cyprus on issues of natural gas – despite the island nation’s unsolved political disputes with Turkey – has left Ankara “disturbed” by its ally, according […]

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The country’s green organizations are not critical enough of Environmental Protection Minister Gilad Erdan. By Zafrir Rinat | Jul.05, 2012 | 1:28 AM The environmental movement is supposed to play a leading role in society’s criticism of decision makers, including those responsible for protecting the environment. But it appears that for the last three years […]

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By SHARON UDASIN 07/10/2012 03:51 Arava Power president hopes solar energy work makes Israel “renewable light unto the nations.” CNN has named Yosef Abramowitz, president and cofounder of the firm responsible for Israel’s first solar field, as one of six global “Green Pioneers.” A program about the six pioneers will appear on CNN for the […]

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A group of nine men move from olive tree to olive tree beneath the scorching sun. At every stop, within a matter of seconds, they call out a number — an estimate of how many kilos of olives they think each tree will produce. The men work for Wadi Food, and they are gathered at […]

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Megan Detrie Thu, 05/07/2012 As the world gathered to discuss climate change and sustainable development at the UN Rio+20 conference last week, environment specialists in Egypt say more must be done to improve government infrastructure and address the immediate health risks of pollution before the country would be able to tackle larger environmental issues. Egypt […]

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The failure of the Rio + 20 sustainable development conference shifts the focus of environmental policy-making from the international to the municipal level. By Itai Trilnick | Jul.03, 2012 | 9:31 AM Last month, the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio +20) in Brazil adjourned with disappointment hanging thickly in the smoggy air. Three […]

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by Hani Hazaimeh | Jul 10, 2012 | 23:39 AMMAN — Jordan has witnessed drastic demographic changes during the past 60 years, with the population rising more than tenfold from 586,000 in 1952 to over 6.2 million by the end of last year, the Department of Statistics (DoS) said on Tuesday. In a statement issued […]

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by SHARON UDASIN 07/10/2012 04:04 Agreement will focus on ensuring a sustainable supply of energy and water in line with international environmental standards. Israel’s Energy and Water Ministry and the European Commission’s Joint Research Center (JRC) signed a memorandum of understanding on Monday to deepen their cooperation on energy and water desalination. The agreement is […]

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By SHARON UDASIN, MELANIE LIDMAN 07/09/2012 02:53 Deputy mayor: ‘We are thinking about how to introduce recycling to Old City and neighborhoods with narrow streets. For Jerusalem Old City resident Henry Goodelman, the constant build-up of plastic bottles in his Aish HaTorah dormitory trashcans gradually became unnerving. “No one was thinking how many plastic bottles […]

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July 04, 2012 01:06 AM By Rakan al-Fakih HERMEL, Lebanon: To witness firsthand the growing problem of desertification in Lebanon, one only has to look at the barren plain which starts at the edge of the city of Baalbek and spreads for 60 kilometers until the village of Al-Qaa at the border with Syria. Most […]

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By YAAKOV KATZ 07/09/2012 00:51 Israel is deliberating responses to the possibility that Lebanon will divert water from the Hatzbani River. The IDF is deliberating responses ahead of the possibility that Lebanon will divert water from the Hatzbani River, a move that Israel has in the past viewed as a casus belli – justification for […]

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IDF confiscates water containers from Palestinians and Bedouins in Jordan Valley. By Gideon Levy | 01:22 08.07.12 Avi is an inspection coordinator for the “Civil Administration” – the occupation regime, to speak without euphemisms. Presumably Avi likes his job. Maybe he’s even proud of it. He doesn’t bother mentioning his last name in the forms […]

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JERICHO (Ma’an) — Jericho’s solar power station will be connected to the Palestinian Jerusalem Electricity Company for a week’s pilot testing, the head of the energy authority said Saturday. Omar Katana said the plant will provide Palestine 300 kilowatts of energy per day to power the city of Jericho through the electricity company. The first […]

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Substance discovered by Water Authority during a series of routine groundwater examinations. By Zafrir Rinat | Jul.09, 2012 The Water Authority has found a high concentration of a suspected carcinogen on the grounds of the El-Op electronics factory in northern Rehovot’s Science Park. The substance was discovered during a series of routine groundwater examinations that […]

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By SHARON UDASIN 07/09/2012 02:42 “Emergency March to Save the Beaches” to protest of the destruction of the nation’s coasts. Several hundred activists will embark on a “Emergency March to Save the Beaches” on Tuesday evening, in protest of the destruction of the nation’s coasts. The demonstration, which will begin at Tel Aviv City Hall […]

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Green watchdog to appeal decision on whether it can join suit that was filed to allow private events, including weddings, on the beach. By Zafrir Rinat | Jul.06, 2012 There is no public interest in a suit against holding private parties on a Netanya-area beach, and therefore, the Israel Union for Environmental Defense (Adam Teva […]

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