by Hana Namrouqa | Oct 30, 2012 AMMAN — Storage at the country’s major dams is low and at “discouraging levels” despite the heavy rain in the northern region earlier this week, a government official said on Tuesday. Although the country witnessed rainfall during Eid Al Adha, which caused floods in the northern governorates and […]

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Israel, Canada announce cooperative venture YNET New Energy, Science and Technology Fund to create jobs, strengthen countries’ economies Daniel Horowitz Published: 10.31.12 Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources Joe Oliver and Israeli Minister of Energy and Water Resources Uzi Landau announced on Sunday the establishment of an exciting cooperative venture between the two countries with the […]

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by Ahmad Y. Majdoubeh | Nov 01, 2012 | 22:14 Over the Eid, I had the opportunity to head south, with family and friends, to Aqaba and Sharm El Sheikh. The weather was simply spectacular: sunny and warm. The area, especially Sharm El Sheikh, was full of tourists both from the region and abroad. On […]

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By SHARON UDASIN 10/28/2012 Yosef Abramowitz launches global solar firm with $10m. deal; Arava Power president named “Person of the Year.” With the George Harrison’s “Here Comes the Sun” playing in the background, Arava Power Company President Yosef Abramowitz received the “Person of the Year” award at the 2012 Israel Energy and Business Convention on […]

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By SHARON UDASIN 10/30/2012 High Court combines petition by Adam Teva V’Din (Israel Union for Environmental Defense) with another for December hearing. The High Court on Monday postponed hearing a petition by Adam Teva V’Din (Israel Union for Environmental Defense) on oil shale standards and elected to combine it with a second petition from the […]

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Report by Zalul group warns drilling for gas, oil in Mediterranean prior to setting clear regulations, leak contingencies in place may prove disastrous Ynet Published: 10.29.12 A new report by the Zalul Environmental Association warns that the government’s lax guidelines regarding oil and gas drilling permits in the Mediterranean Sea may prove disastrous, Ynet has […]

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By SHARON UDASIN 10/28/2012 Leading environmentalists hold heated debate at the 2012 Israel Energy and Business Convention in Kfar Maccabiah, Ramat Gan. A roundtable discussion among natural gas industry stakeholders on Sunday became heated as the parties argued over the benefits and risks of exporting the country’s new resource. Environmental Protection Ministry director-general Alona Shefer-Karo […]

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Top shareholder Israel Corp. to pump $67 million into US-Israeli electric car venture in this round, on top of previous investments of some $250 million Associated Press Published: 11.02.12 US-Israeli electric car venture Better Place says investors have pledged it $100 million in additional financing. Top shareholder The Israel Corp. says it will pump in […]

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Mindy Baha el Din Tue, 23/10/2012 North African wetlands constitute important stopover sites and wintering grounds for water birds breeding in Eurasia, including many globally threatened species. In order to develop a regional program to support mid-winter surveys in the region, a workshop titled “Brainstorming on International Water bird Census in North Africa” was held […]

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Al-Masry Al-Youm Sat, 27/10/2012 Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources Mohamed Bahaa Eddin said Saturday that ongoing work on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam in Ethiopia was still exploratory, and in a statement to Al-Masry Al-Youm added that Egypt is looking to avoid further disputes with Nile Basin countries after President Mohamed Morsy’s visit to […]

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By STEVE LINDE 10/25/2012 JNF focuses on developing the desert at its “most succesful conference” in Orlando. ORLANDO, Florida – There was something surreal but inspiring about the Jewish National Fund’s National Conference in the theme park capital of the world earlier this week. In the warm setting of the plush Hilton hotel in the […]

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Rana Khaled Mon, 22/10/2012 Although experts often advise that people eat fish three times a week, in Egypt, you might think twice before taking such a risk. Many local fish farms have been found to use sewage water that causes serious diseases. Sherif Sadek, founder and manager of the Agriculture Consulting Office, says only a […]

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Steven Viney Fri, 26/10/2012 Environmentalists, activists and bystanders gathered Saturday at various locations around Cairo and Alexandria to join a seed bombing campaign known as “Bozoor Baladi” (Seeds of My Country). Seed bombing is considered a political act of “guerilla gardening” in which small, tightly compacted balls of clay, fertilizer and seeds are thrown into […]

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Persian Gulf emirates, Arab nations worldwide mark Annual Environment Day; main summit aims to address various Arab environmental concerns News agencies Published: 10.26.12 Arab world marks Environment Day Persian Gulf emirates, Arab nations worldwide mark Annual Environment Day; main summit aims to address various Arab environmental concerns News agencies Published: 10.26.12, 14:05 / Israel Environment […]

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by Hana Namrouqa | Oct 25, 2012 | 22:32 AMMAN — When Mohammad Ali Hassan shops for his family every weekend at a supermarket in Amman, he leaves the store with over 40 plastic bags. Hassan said he doesn’t mind the huge number of plastic bags, as his wife reuses them for different purposes. But […]

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An Emirati teen actor received the Gold Dolphin award at the Cannes Corporate and TV Festival for his role in a UAE environmental film, a UAE daily reported on Friday. Fourteen-year-old Ahmed al-Dahouri received the award for his role in ‘The Turtle’, a film produced in light of the UAE’s decision to ban plastic bags […]

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JT | Oct 25, 2012 | 22:37 AMMAN — Greenpeace said the dispute between the government and French company AREVA over the uranium mining agreement raises questions “related to the deal itself”. The dispute “leads us to question… the planning processes involved in approving uranium extraction, which poses unacceptable health and environmental risks”, Greenpeace said […]

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Electric car venture set to slash Israel workforce by another 40%, mostly from development and infrastructure departments ahead of launch of sales activity. Company lost $132 million in H1 2012 Golan Hazani, Calcalist Published: 10.28.12 Better Place will dismiss 150 to 200 of its 400 employees in Israel this week, Calcalist has learned. The move […]

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By SHARON UDASIN 10/25/2012 Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust funds project overseen by Weizmann Institute the Technion. Scientists across Israel will be receiving portions of a $15 million gift to develop solar energy and biofuels research, in a project overseen by the Weizmann Institute of Science and the Technion- Israel Institute of […]

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Electronics giant to lay off 70 employees in Beit Shemesh plant, thereby pulling out of Ashalim tender for thermo-solar power stations in Negev Lior Gutman, Calcalist Published: 10.22.12, Siemens announced Monday morning that it was pulling the plug on all of its solar power operations. The company explained that the decision stemmed from changes in […]

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