Environment and Climate in the Middle East

Recent Posts

• Environment minister warns of ‘Beirut-like disaster’ in Haifa Port – YNET August 5, 2020
• Arava Institute: Summer 2020 Update August 5, 2020
• Israeli start-up enables farmers to grow crops in salty water – Jerusalem Post August 5, 2020
• Gantz’s Herzlian challenge: Appoint a Green Zionist to run KKL-JNF – Jerusalem Post August 5, 2020
• In Mecca, Dreams of a ‘Green Hajj’ – Naharnet August 5, 2020
• UNEP: what’s in a name? – Environment and Development August 5, 2020
• Jordan imported 261,000 barrels of oil from Iraq in July — Energy minister – Jordan Times August 5, 2020
• Cabinet endorses global partnership on sanitation, potable water for all – Jordan Times August 5, 2020
• Water desalination as an option to balance the water demand and supply equation of Jordan – Desalination and water treatment July 31, 2020
• Does it pay to protect nature? A new study weighs in – Environment and Development July 31, 2020
• Hizbullah, AMAL MPs Throw Support behind Controversial Dam Project – Naharnet July 31, 2020
• Lebanon’s Bisri Valley Dam faces uncertain future after funding halt – Middle East Eye July 31, 2020
• Steinitz on breaking the Arab boycott and becoming an energy superpower – Jerusalem Post July 31, 2020
• Environmental Protection Ministry to drill in preparation for oil spill – Jerusalem Post July 31, 2020
• Workshop on transboundary water governance concludes at JUST – Jordan Times July 31, 2020
• Ajloun witnessed more than 600 forest fires in 2020 — official data – Jordan Times July 31, 2020
• Queen visits Ajloun Forest Reserve, meets founders of Sawwah platform – Jordan Times July 31, 2020
• Ministry, KADDB join hands to expand aerial surveillance of water resources — Abul Saud – Jordan Times July 31, 2020
• Kibbutz sues IDF for exposure to ‘very strong’ Iron Dome radiation – YNET July 23, 2020
• Steinitz: Israel to use green power for 30% of needs, asked: Not more? – Jerusalem Post July 23, 2020
• Chevron BuyoutThe Americans Saw the Suckers in Israel and Realized Noble Energy Was a Great Deal – Haaretz July 23, 2020
• Chemicals Manufacturer, Oil Refineries Top Israel’s Industrial Pollution Index Governmental – Haaretz July 23, 2020
• Environmental Groups in Israel Call to Cancel Unfriendly Changes to Regulation – Haaretz July 23, 2020
• Afforestation project to increase Kingdom’s green cover — Kharabsheh – Jordan Times July 23, 2020
• Wildfires scorch 3,000 dunums of forest in summer — Agriculture Ministry – Jordan Times July 23, 2020
• Sharks Effectively Extinct in 20 Percent of World Reefs – and Dying in the Mediterranean – Haaretz July 23, 2020
• Online birdwatching programme in energy projects launches – Jordan Times July 23, 2020
• New campaign seeks to ban wildlife hunting in Israel – Jerusalem Post July 23, 2020
• COVID 19, Human Waste and Wastewater: A Discussion Paper for Cooperation on Water and Wastewater Management in Israel, Jordan and Palestine – Ecopeace July 20, 2020
• Israeli water infrastructure hit with more cyberattacks – YNET July 20, 2020
• Young Gazans sell recycled cloth bags to challenge plastic – Environment and Development July 20, 2020
• Israeli scientists use waste in hygiene battle against coronavirus – YNET July 20, 2020
• Chevron Agrees to Buy Noble, Key Player in Israeli Energy Sector, for $5 Billion – Haaretz July 20, 2020
• Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia deadlocked on Nile dam in new talks – Environment and Development July 20, 2020
• Check your hummus: Environmental organization finds possible carcinogen – Jerusalem Post July 20, 2020