Environment and Climate in the Middle East

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Environment and Climate in the Middle East

It’s the environment, stupid – Haaretz

Hatnuah has absorbed the Green Movement, but only Meretz and Hadash emphasize green issues in their election platforms. By Zafrir Rinat | Dec.20, 2012 Environmental issues are barely registering in the current election campaign, even though they raise important existential concerns such as energy and water supply, building plans for the coming years, public health […]

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Climate change poses threat to marine life – Al Jazeera

Carbon dioxide absorption is making oceans acidic, and sea life might not be able to adapt. 26 Dec 2012 video report: http://www.aljazeera.com/video/middleeast/2012/12/2012122611536560157.html One of the biggest impacts of climate change is on the oceans, which absorb up to 30 percent of all the carbon dioxide pumped into the atmosphere. This is making sea water more […]

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Iraq calls for Arab action on climate change – Daily Star

BAGHDAD: Iraq’s most senior energy official called for coordinated Arab action on climate change while Egypt’s environment minister proposed a regional green fund at a conference in Baghdad on Monday. Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Affairs Hussein al-Shahristani warned of the risk of flooding, and also pointed to desertification and sandstorms affecting Iraq in his […]

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‘Haifa Bay environment association negligent’ – Jerusalem Post

By SHARON UDASIN 12/26/2012 02:28 State comptroller finds area of half-million people ‘has hazardous materials in air, water, land and sea.’ The Haifa Bay Municipal Association for Environmental Protection has done an insufficient job in managing a region that is filled with explosive, flammable and radioactive toxins, State Comptroller Joseph Shapira argued in a report […]

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Court rejects petitions against drilling regulations – Jerusalem Post

By SHARON UDASIN 12/24/2012 23:26 Adam Teva V’Din-Israel Union for Environmental Defense had deemed government’s new oil, gas drilling standards insufficient. The High Court of Justice rejected on Monday morning a petition from environmental activism group Adam Teva V’Din-Israel Union for Environmental Defense that had deemed the government’s new oil and gas drilling standards insufficient. […]

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7,000 Trees: Development Association takes Green Initiative to the Streets – Egypt Independent

Rana Khaled Fri, 21/12/2012 Giza is getting a bit more green as part of the “A million roses and 10,000 trees initiative.” Al-Amal Association for Development launched the project several months ago and has so far planted 7,000 trees in squares and on streets around Giza, in cooperation with governorate officials. The green initiative is […]

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Court rejects Caesarea residential neighborhood – Jerusalem Post

By SHARON UDASIN 12/24/2012 23:20 After 7-year legal battle, Jerusalem court rejects plan to build neighborhood over site off coast of Aqueduct Beach. Following a seven-year legal battle, the Jerusalem District Court has decided to reject a plan to build a neighborhood over a site off the coast of Aqueduct Beach, just north of the […]

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Hajj Hasan: U.S. helping Israel claim maritime zone – Daily Star

BEIRUT: Hezbollah Minister Hussein Hajj Hasan accused the U.S. Sunday of indirectly aiding Israel to claim part of the Lebanese maritime economic zone by presenting a plan to resolve this issue, the National News Agency reported. “The Zionist ambitions in Lebanon have never stopped and, from what we have heard about an American plan to […]

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Open sesame: Joint regional project creates extraordinary new science research hub – Egypt Independent

Nicola Abe Mon, 17/12/2012 The joint research facility Sesame, supported by Middle East countries including Egypt, Jordan, Turkey, Iran, Israel and Palestine, is almost ready to kick off. It is not only meant to promote scientific excellence but also peace and understanding. When Egyptian scientist Tarek Hussein visited Jordan and entered the building that will […]

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Mass., Israel cooperate to build water innovation – Jerusalem Post

By SHARON UDASIN 12/18/2012 An Israeli firm specializing in rapid microbiological water testing is set to showcase its system in the New England hi-tech hub. As Massachusetts eagerly seeks Israeli partners in water innovation, a Herzliya-based firm specializing in rapid microbiological water testing will get the chance to showcase its systems in the New England […]

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Israeli greens up in arms over building plans on last stretch of major sand dunes – Haaretz / Jerusalem Post

Israeli greens up in arms over building plans on last stretch of major sand dunes – HAARETZ The planned industrial park, which will cater to high-tech firms, will encompass an area of 400 dunams (100 acres), of which 130 dunams will actually be built on. By Zafrir Rinat | Dec.18, 2012 The Southern District Planning […]

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250 b. barrels of shale discovery a ‘game-changer’ – Jerusalem Post

By SHARON UDASIN 12/17/2012 US expert celebrates find, says molecular research of new resource will provide better understanding of alternative fuels. Developing a firmer understanding of shale oil’s chemical complexities is crucial to the search by oil explorers in both Israel and North America drilling at home in shale rock and sands for alternatives to […]

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Impact of Israeli gas field has been hugely underestimated, says analyst – Haaretz

CEO of Epsilon Mutual Fund says that Tamar natural gas field will contribute NIS 12 billion to Israel’s economy in 2013 alone. By Eran Azran | Dec.12, 2012 The Tamar natural gas field could contribute as much as NIS 12 billion to Israel’s gross domestic product in 2013, considerably more than the NIS 6 billion […]

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Forests under ‘fierce attack’ by armed timber gangs – Jordan Times

by Hana Namrouqa | Dec 17, 2012 AMMAN — Organised timber gangs in the Ajloun and Jerash governorates have chopped down hundreds of trees over the past three months, a government official said on Monday. The country’s remaining forests are under a “fierce attack” from these gangs, with centennial trees being chopped down and shipped […]

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Beersheba opts for trees over urban sprawl – YNET

Negev’s capital to plans to plant 1360-acre forest in lieu of construction of 16,000 housing units Ilana Curiel Published: 12.19.12 Beersheba Mayor Rubik Danilovich announced recently that he has decided to revoke plans to build 16,000 new housing units in the city’s Ramot Gimel neighborhood in favor of planting a new forest. The urban forest […]

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Israel’s High Court orders state to find alternative to separation fence at West Bank village – Haaretz

Battir’s 5,000 residents own about 3,000 dunams on the Israeli side of the Green Line. By Nir Hasson | Dec.14, 2012 The state must come up with an alternative to constructing the separation fence near Battir in order to prevent damage to the West Bank village’s ancient agricultural terraces, the High Court of Justice said […]

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Study: CO2 emissions up 2.6% in 2012 – YNET

Carbon dioxide emissions note worldwide increase; China, India key top polluters’ list Reuters Published: 12.11.12 Carbon dioxide emissions from industry rose an estimated 2.6% in 2012, a study released last week showed. The study by the Global Carbon Project, an annual report card on mankind’s CO2 pollution, also said that emissions grew 3.1% in 2011, […]

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The coming food crisis is here – Haaretz

The proportion of food that goes to waste in developed countries comes to more than 30 percent – that is, nearly a third of the food produced ends up in the trash. By Yoram Kapulnik | Dec.14, 2012 No one can say with certainty what will happen in the future, but one thing is clear: […]

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The myth of an Israeli-Palestinian demographic disaster – Haaretz

Prophets of doom like Paul Ehrlich warn of demographic disaster, but the data show that the human race is diminishing in numbers. The Arab world is a major case in point. By Oded Carmeli | Dec.13, 2012′ Since the 19th century, and more intensively since the 1960s, demographers like Paul Ehrlich, who was interviewed in […]

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That They May Have Life: A Youthful Documentary by the Arab Forum for Environment and Development – AFED

Beirut, 14 December 2012 The Arab Forum for Environment and Development (AFED) has launched the documentary “That They May Have Life,” which discusses ecological footprint and survival options in Arab countries, as part of a series of environmental awareness documentaries that AFED produces. The seven minute film summarizes the findings of the “Survival Options: Ecological […]

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