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Energy Ministry to subsidize replacing inefficient boilers – Jerusalem Post

By SHARON UDASIN 10/18/2012 Project will cost NIS 13 million, and the ministry will be subsidizing about 35 percent of the price of the new systems. Old water boilers will now join aging refrigerators, air conditioners and light bulbs in the Energy and Water Ministry’s ongoing effort to subsidize the replacement of electricity-guzzling machinery. The […]

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Mikati urges focus on disaster management – Daily Star

October 18, 2012 BEIRUT: Prime Minister Najib Mikati urged academics and universities across Lebanon Wednesday to focus more research on disaster management and the environmental challenges facing Lebanon. “Researchers have a primary role in intensifying their research on environmental dangers and our natural resources,” Mikati said in a speech at the opening of the “National […]

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Ministries add environment education to school curriculum – Daily Star

October 18, 2012 01:12 AM By Stephen Dockery BEIRUT: Lessons on animal and plant life, ecosystems and the importance of environmental preservation will be making their way into the country’s school curriculum for the first time next year, education and environment officials announced Wednesday. Environment Minister Nazem al-Khoury and Education Minister Hassan Diab launched the […]

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NIS 160m. allocated for waste separation – Jerusalem Post

By SHARON UDASIN 10/16/2012 Environmental Protection Ministry awards money to local authorities joining its waste separation “recycling revolution.” The Environmental Protection Ministry will award NIS 160 million to local authorities joining the office’s waste separation “recycling revolution,” it announced on Monday. In addition to funding infrastructure for waste separation at the source, the money will […]

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A hospital powered by wind – EU Neighbourhood Info Centre

Spreading the word about renewable energy is one thing, but who would have thought that you could run a hospital on wind power? Well, you can and the proof is in Hebron, where the Al Ahli Hospital plans to use wind power to cover about 40% of its energy needs. The project, which is the […]

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A Pragmatic Way to Resolve the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict – National Geographic

Posted by Saleem Ali of University of Queensland (Australia) on October 4, 2012 Six years ago, I received an invitation to participate in an event on peace-building in the Middle East at the University of California, Los Angeles. The seminar had been organized by a local lawyer, Josef Avesar, along with academics at UCLA to […]

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West Bank settlers ‘stealing soil’ from Palestinians – Ma’an

12/10/2012 TEL AVIV, Israel (Ma’an) — Israel’s Civil Administration is ignoring the theft of soil from Palestinian land enclosed in illegal West Bank settlements, Israeli media reported Friday. Israel’s Haaretz daily reported that Almon settlement, near Jerusalem, has many large plots of private land within its fences and some are missing tons of soil worth […]

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Fire erupts at Sidon dump – Daily Star

October 13, 2012 04:24 PM By Mohammed Zaatari SIDON, Lebanon: A fire erupted Saturday at the southeastern sector of the infamous landfill in the coastal city of Sidon. Civil Defense teams and the city’s firefighters were dispatched to the scene of fire, which caused plumes of white smoke to fill the Sidon sky. The fire […]

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J’lem reservoir build could cost 800 pine trees – Jerusalem Post

By SHARON UDASIN, MELANIE LIDMAN 10/12/2012 Facility next to Har Adar will destroy KKL forest, residents charge. Itzhak Rabihiya hikes in the forest around his home in the Jerusalem suburb of Har Adar nearly every morning, weaving through 50-year-old pine trees that were planted by the Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael-Jewish National Fund (KKL-JNF) to create the […]

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On UN World Habitat Day, urban planners reflect on Cairo’s potential – Egypt Independent

Steven Viney On a day designated for ideas and discussions about towns and cities, urban planners discussed ways of improving Cairo at a conference Monday. “We are at a critical time in Egypt’s development where the only way out is to compromise and find a way for all parties involved — academics, policymakers, institutions — […]

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How to grow a rooftop garden and wring pollution’s neck – Egypt Independent

Louise Sarant Egypt’s capital spreads cement tentacles over what used to be extremely viable agricultural land, replacing it with rickety brick towers. North and south, east and west, as far as the eye can see, Cairo is an immensity of grey, dotted with millions of satellite dishes planted on derelict rooftops that compete for space […]

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Israeli eco-activists set up commune in shadow of millionaires’ mansions – Haaretz

Former tent protesters living off the land near exclusive Arsuf enclave. By Roy (Chicky) Arad | Oct.14, 2012 Between the wealthy coastal plain community of Arsuf, southwest of Kibbutz Shefayim and Moshav Rishpon on seven dunams (1.75 acres ) of the most expensive land in the country, an ecological community was established in May, most […]

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New biogas facility to turn dung into electricity – YNET

Biggest biogas conversion installation inaugurated in Be’er Tuvia; will treat livestock, organic waste Published: 10.14.12 A new biogas conversion facility was recently inaugurated in Be’er Tuvia, a mosahv in southern Israel. The facility aims to turn livestock waste – such as cattle-shed, hen-house and other organic waste – into elasticity. The biogas installation was built […]

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Bleak fish return to middle of Yarkon after 50 years – Jerusalem Post / Haaretz

By SHARON UDASIN 10/12/2012 Acanthobrama telavivensis re-inhabit area after improvement in water quality, ecological conditions, river authority says. For the first time in 50 years, Yarkon Bleak fish – known in Hebrew as the Lebanon fish – have been spotted in the once highly polluted middle portion of the Yarkon River. Since the river became […]

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Mediterranean Footprint Report – AFED

Venice, 2/10/2012 AFED participated in the launching of the Mediterranean Footprint Report at the UNESCO office in Venice. The report was produced by the Global Footprint Network (GFN), who are AFED’s partners for the report on Ecological Footprint in Arab Countries. AFED Secretary General Najib Saab presented an overview on the state of natural resources […]

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‘Police fail to prosecute Palestinian trees vandalism’ – YNET / WAFA

Human rights group says 162 complaints filed by Palestinians over alleged orchard vandalism by settler last seven years have yielded only one indictment Elior Levy Published: 10.11.12 The Yesh Din – Volunteers for Human Rights group leveled harsh criticism at the Judea and Samaria District Police Thursday, saying the department is failing to prosecute cases […]

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Truth or dare – Haaretz

Environmental activist found guilty of libel after criticizing container-collection company; lawyer calls ruling ‘grave blow to freedom of speech.’ By Zafrir Rinat | Oct.11, 2012 A recent court ruling is liable to have environmental activists cautious in the future about the criticism they sling at government authorities and corporations. The Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court has found […]

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Israeli court orders IMI head to testify in groundwater-pollution case – Haaretz

Although the groundwater and surface water pollution was discovered about 20 years ago, this will be the first time IMI executives will be forced to testify. By Zafrir Rinat | Oct.10, 2012′ The head of Israel Military Industries has received a court order to testify about the worst groundwater pollution in Israel, which geological surveys […]

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Campaign aims to reduce air pollution – Daily Star

October 12, 2012 BEIRUT: Environment Minister Nazem Khoury launched Thursday a national campaign to reduce air pollution, saying that the transportation sector is its primary source. In a speech at the Environment Ministry, Khoury said that the ministry has decided to support “The National Campaign For Air Pollution Reduction in Lebanon Through Efficient Energy Use […]

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Cleaning Up CoNew bill to tackle illegal construction waste dumps – YNET

Knesset’s Environment Committee begins debate on new legislation meant to set new mechanism for disposal, recycling of waste produced by construction sites Zvi Lavi Published: 10.03.12 The Knesset’s Internal Affairs and Environment Committee is currently working on new legislation meant to battle the illegal disposal of construction waste. According to the Environmental Protection Ministry, Israel’s […]

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