October 10, 2019, will be remembered as the date on which the Israeli government made a decision that threatens to turn the West Bank into “the garbage bin of Israel.” By CARMIT LUBANOV, MOSSI RAZ FEBRUARY 10, 2020 22:04 October 10, 2019, will be remembered as the date on which the Israeli government made a […]

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Feb 06,2020 AMMAN — Teams from the Royal Department for Environment Protection (Rangers) on Thursday seized a wastewater tanker that discharged its contents in an area of Marj Al Hamam in Amman, according to the Ministry of Water and Irrigation/Water Authority. The ministry added in a statement on Thursday that the tanker was driven by […]

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By Maria Weldali – Feb 06,2020 AMMAN — The 2019 Recycling in Jordan Country-Wide Research Report stated that Recycling and Solid Waste Management (SWM) on an individual level in the Kingdom is impeded by a lack of infrastructure and recycling facilities. Commissioned by OXFAM, a charitable organisation devoted to alleviating global poverty, the report noted […]

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Ministries of environment, agriculture and partners join hands to increase Kingdom’s green cover By Maram Kayed – Feb 06,2020 AMMAN — Ten million forest trees are to be planted over the next 10 years all over the Kingdom as part of a national afforestation project implemented by the Ministry of Environment and the Ministry of […]

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February 3, 2020 Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm Environment Minister Yasmine Fouad, Minister of Agriculture Mohamed al-Qusayr and Qaliubiya Governor Abdel Hamid al-Haggan signed a protocol of joint cooperation on Sunday for the afforestation of streets at the cities of Khanka and Abu Zaabal, and to supply trees to the Ministry of Environment’s department in […]

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Israel has secured its place as an early and leading player in the fields of plant-based culinary innovation and cultured meat, grown in the laboratory from extracted animal cells. By EYTAN HALON FEBRUARY 10, 2020 The wafting scent of scrumptious schnitzels, heavenly hamburgers and sizzling shwarma is not usually associated with plant-based diets. That is, […]

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By YOSEF ISRAEL ABRAMOWITZ FEBRUARY 5, 2020 Here’s some great climate crisis news just in time for Tu Bishvat, the Jewish people’s environmental holiday: The Arava region – from the Red Sea to the Dead Sea – is about to be powered 100% during the day by the sun. Yes, that includes Eilat, all the […]

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Israel’s newly opened rig is being praised by energy executives and government officials as the path to energy independence; but will the natural gas exploitation lead to catastrophic consequences, as it often has in the past? Max Kaplan-Zantopp, ZAVIT – Science and Environment News Agency Published: 02.07.20 It is now 2020, and with that comes […]

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A supply vessel, Lundstrom Tide, arrived at Beirut Port in preparation for offshore drilling and exploration works, LBCI reported on Wednesday. Rented by Total, the vessel prepares to start exploration in bloc 4. A drill vessel, Tungsten Explorer, is expected to arrive in Lebanon on February 15 to start the drilling Last year, Lebanon signed […]

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Waters by Israel and Lebanon have warmed by over 3 degrees Celsius and the invading rabbitfish are eating all the algae: The urchin population has collapsed Ruth Schuster | Feb. 10, 2020 Purple sea urchins have effectively vanished from the waters of Lebanon and reports coming from Turkey indicate they are endangered there as well. […]

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