Power-supply reductions and interruptions in Bethlehem and other cities due to the Palestinian Authority’s accumulated debt of 1.7 billion shekels, say Israel Electric Corp. officials. Jack Khoury Apr 04, 2016 The Israel Electric Corporation cut power Monday to large areas of the West Bank city of Bethlehem. The outage was part of a plan to […]

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RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Israel Electric Corporation (IEC) cut two-thirds of the power supply for the central West Bank district of Jericho on Thursday, the head of the Jerusalem District Electricity Company (JDECO) said. Hisham al-Omari said that JDECO had not been officially informed of the “illegal procedure.” IEC’s decision sets a “dangerous precedent,” al-Omari said, […]

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$148 million wind power project inaugurated in Maan AMMAN — Energy Minister Ibrahim Saif on Sunday in Maan inaugurated a wind energy project to generate electricity, funded by the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED), the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported. The $148-million project aims at supporting the national economy and developing Maan, and […]

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MMAN — The fifth international conference for “Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency in Desert Areas” kicked off on Monday at the University of Jordan. Inaugurated by HRH Prince Hamzah, the conference will discuss issues related to renewable energy and challenges facing investments in the sector, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported. UJ caretaker President Azmi […]

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Maya Gebeily, AFP Monday, 4 April 2016 Text size A A A Imagine living near a trash dump so putrid that you would rather move to war-torn Syria. That’s what Fayyad Ayyash, his wife Riham and their four young daughters plan to do next week, leaving behind their home in Lebanon for neighbouring Syria. Their […]

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By Hana Namrouqa – Apr 05,2016 A regulation setting penalties for cutting old trees has come into effect (Photo courtesy of Barakat Zaza) AMMAN — A new regulation listing the names of centennial, rare and wild endangered trees and plants and banning cutting them down has entered into force after being issued in the Official […]

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By Merza Noghai – Apr 04,2016 PETRA — In 2008, local community members met to discuss a project aimed at protecting the natural heritage in Petra, which resulted in some recommendations the UNDP adopted in 2014. On Sunday, a ceremony was held in the red-rose city to launch the project. Called “Mainstreaming biodiversity conservation in […]

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