The country’s green organizations are not critical enough of Environmental Protection Minister Gilad Erdan. By Zafrir Rinat | Jul.05, 2012 | 1:28 AM The environmental movement is supposed to play a leading role in society’s criticism of decision makers, including those responsible for protecting the environment. But it appears that for the last three years […]

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By SHARON UDASIN 07/10/2012 03:51 Arava Power president hopes solar energy work makes Israel “renewable light unto the nations.” CNN has named Yosef Abramowitz, president and cofounder of the firm responsible for Israel’s first solar field, as one of six global “Green Pioneers.” A program about the six pioneers will appear on CNN for the […]

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A group of nine men move from olive tree to olive tree beneath the scorching sun. At every stop, within a matter of seconds, they call out a number — an estimate of how many kilos of olives they think each tree will produce. The men work for Wadi Food, and they are gathered at […]

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Megan Detrie Thu, 05/07/2012 As the world gathered to discuss climate change and sustainable development at the UN Rio+20 conference last week, environment specialists in Egypt say more must be done to improve government infrastructure and address the immediate health risks of pollution before the country would be able to tackle larger environmental issues. Egypt […]

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The failure of the Rio + 20 sustainable development conference shifts the focus of environmental policy-making from the international to the municipal level. By Itai Trilnick | Jul.03, 2012 | 9:31 AM Last month, the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio +20) in Brazil adjourned with disappointment hanging thickly in the smoggy air. Three […]

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by Hani Hazaimeh | Jul 10, 2012 | 23:39 AMMAN — Jordan has witnessed drastic demographic changes during the past 60 years, with the population rising more than tenfold from 586,000 in 1952 to over 6.2 million by the end of last year, the Department of Statistics (DoS) said on Tuesday. In a statement issued […]

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by SHARON UDASIN 07/10/2012 04:04 Agreement will focus on ensuring a sustainable supply of energy and water in line with international environmental standards. Israel’s Energy and Water Ministry and the European Commission’s Joint Research Center (JRC) signed a memorandum of understanding on Monday to deepen their cooperation on energy and water desalination. The agreement is […]

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By SHARON UDASIN, MELANIE LIDMAN 07/09/2012 02:53 Deputy mayor: ‘We are thinking about how to introduce recycling to Old City and neighborhoods with narrow streets. For Jerusalem Old City resident Henry Goodelman, the constant build-up of plastic bottles in his Aish HaTorah dormitory trashcans gradually became unnerving. “No one was thinking how many plastic bottles […]

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July 04, 2012 01:06 AM By Rakan al-Fakih HERMEL, Lebanon: To witness firsthand the growing problem of desertification in Lebanon, one only has to look at the barren plain which starts at the edge of the city of Baalbek and spreads for 60 kilometers until the village of Al-Qaa at the border with Syria. Most […]

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By YAAKOV KATZ 07/09/2012 00:51 Israel is deliberating responses to the possibility that Lebanon will divert water from the Hatzbani River. The IDF is deliberating responses ahead of the possibility that Lebanon will divert water from the Hatzbani River, a move that Israel has in the past viewed as a casus belli – justification for […]

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IDF confiscates water containers from Palestinians and Bedouins in Jordan Valley. By Gideon Levy | 01:22 08.07.12 Avi is an inspection coordinator for the “Civil Administration” – the occupation regime, to speak without euphemisms. Presumably Avi likes his job. Maybe he’s even proud of it. He doesn’t bother mentioning his last name in the forms […]

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JERICHO (Ma’an) — Jericho’s solar power station will be connected to the Palestinian Jerusalem Electricity Company for a week’s pilot testing, the head of the energy authority said Saturday. Omar Katana said the plant will provide Palestine 300 kilowatts of energy per day to power the city of Jericho through the electricity company. The first […]

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Substance discovered by Water Authority during a series of routine groundwater examinations. By Zafrir Rinat | Jul.09, 2012 The Water Authority has found a high concentration of a suspected carcinogen on the grounds of the El-Op electronics factory in northern Rehovot’s Science Park. The substance was discovered during a series of routine groundwater examinations that […]

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By SHARON UDASIN 07/09/2012 02:42 “Emergency March to Save the Beaches” to protest of the destruction of the nation’s coasts. Several hundred activists will embark on a “Emergency March to Save the Beaches” on Tuesday evening, in protest of the destruction of the nation’s coasts. The demonstration, which will begin at Tel Aviv City Hall […]

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Green watchdog to appeal decision on whether it can join suit that was filed to allow private events, including weddings, on the beach. By Zafrir Rinat | Jul.06, 2012 There is no public interest in a suit against holding private parties on a Netanya-area beach, and therefore, the Israel Union for Environmental Defense (Adam Teva […]

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The horizon between Ashdod and Ashkelon is set to shrink because of plans to build a high-tech industrial zone. By Zafrir Rinat | Jul.06, 2012 Only one coastal area remains in the country where you can see golden sands spread out to the horizon: the dunes between Ashdod and Ashkelon. Now that horizon is set […]

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Property developers refuse to back down in their drive to develop the beaches, and are chipping away at the protections created by planning officials. By Zafrir Rinat | Jul.04, 2012 Environmental groups in recent years felt they’d made headway in their perennial drive to protect Israel’s beaches from development. The number of development plans was […]

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RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — A weekly Nabi Saleh protest achieved what activists called Friday a historic victory as they reached confiscated lands despite the presence of Israeli forces. The demonstrators were able to reach a spring that was confiscated for the use of settlers, two of whom were bathing in it when a group of protesters […]

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Water and Energy minister says Israel will overcome its water shortage over next decade; says ‘by end of decade the water we’ll all drink will be desalinated’ Ran Rimon Published: 06.28.12 Water and Energy Minister Uzi Landau said Tuesday that the State of Israel will get through its water crisis in the upclong decade. Speaking […]

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Jerusalem, Ottawa add another tier to bilateral trade, scientific collaboration with agreement to develop renewable energy research projects News agencies Published: 07.01.12 CCanada and Israel signed a new energy cooperation agreement, Ynet has learned. The deal was inked during Canadian Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver’s visit to Israel last week. The agreement will allow Jerusalem […]

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