If approved, the new policy would substantially expand the ability of Jewish settlers in the West Bank to take control of additional land. By Chaim Levinson The Israel Defense Force’s Civil Administration in the West Bank is promoting legislation that would allow Jewish settlers to build new dirt roads without planning approval if their purpose […]

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On the same festive day when Netanyahu was planting a tree, Aisha and Salma Abu Keif from Umm Batin, the ancient village to the east, could see the mixture of waste known as Nahal Hebron. By Tal Niv Benjamin Netanyahu planting a tree is the most positive image the prime minister could aspire to. In […]

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By SHARON UDASIN 02/08/2012 02:38 Contract to develop solar field was first signed a year-and-a-half ago, will be funded by US gov’t agency. Beduin leaders and Arava Power Company president By Hannah Schafer The Public Utility Authority on Monday night issued the first license for a solar power facility on Beduin land, approving the Tarabin […]

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Local government officials warn that the move is improperly funded, and may require hikes in municipal taxes to pay for them. By Zafrir Rinat The Ministerial Committee for Legislation on Monday approved a government-sponsored bill mandating that electronic scrap be recycled, paving the way for a Knesset vote on the issue. The bill joins several […]

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Recycling programs in new ecology push By JTA/JESSICA STEINBERG 02/11/2012 00:50 Proponents of recycling say that little by little, Israelis are learning to become more conscious of their environment. recycling in Jerusalem By Yossi Zamir/JTA The still-new recycling center in the Givat Shaul neighborhood of Jerusalem is fairly quiet on a crisp winter afternoon. Several […]

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By SHARON UDASIN 02/15/2012 23:17 Bill proposed by Environmental Protection Ministry staff would curb soil pollution and rehabilitate contaminated lands. Polluted stream – illustrative photo By Zalul The Knesset’s Internal Affairs and Environment Committee began on Tuesday to prepare a bill that would curb soil pollution and rehabilitate contaminated lands for its second and third […]

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February 18, 2012 02:09 AM By Van Meguerditchian The Daily Star The waterway of Nahr Beirut turned red after a sewage pipe expelled an unidentifiable stream of effluvium into it, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012. (The Daily Star/Mohammad Azakir) The waterway of Nahr Beirut turned red after a sewage pipe expelled an unidentifiable stream of effluvium […]

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By SHARON UDASIN 02/16/2012 04:32 With an investment of roughly NIS 25.4m., the ministry now partially subsidizing 1.5m. 20-watt fluorescent bulbs. compact flourescent light bulb By Jupiter Images As a young woman slurps a chocolate milkshake, the incandescent light bulb hanging above her simultaneously gulps down and swallows a heap of energy. The woman and […]

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Magnesium will not be added to desalinated water, despite being recommended by experts. By Zafrir Rinat Despite the recommendations of experts, the government has opted not to add magnesium to desalinated water after balking at the prohibitive costs. The treatment had been estimated at a few hundred million shekels. The decision was made following a […]

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Telling the truth about climate change would require pulling away the biggest punchbowl in history, says Bill McKibben. Middlebury, Vermont – If we could see the world with a particularly illuminating set of spectacles, one of its most prominent features at the moment would be a giant carbon bubble, whose bursting someday will make the […]

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By Jay Michaelson February 7, 2012 1. It’s getting hot in here Israel has a lot to worry about. Nuclear threats from Iran, a seemingly intractable stalemate with the Palestinians, the uncertainties of the year-old Arab Spring. But according to a small but growing consensus of scientists and environmentalists, there’s another looming crisis to add […]

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RAMALLAH, February 9, 2012 (WAFA) – The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Thursday celebrated, in an official ceremony in Ramallah, the launching of the National Strategy to Combat Desertification in the occupied Palestinian Territory (oPT). The Palestinian Ministry of agricultural in cooperation and full coordination with all relevant parties prepared the agricultural sector strategy; the […]

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Megan Detrie Tue, 07/02/2012 – 22:41 On a small rooftop in a residential building in Maadi, Sherif Hosny has swapped satellite dishes for hydroponics to grow crops using mineral nutrient solutions in water, without soil. And he hopes to soon do the same to rooftops in surrounding lower-income areas. The name of this micro-agriculture initiative, […]

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By Charlotte Alfred MASAFER YATTA (Ma’an) — Development organizations and green energy pioneers face a political quagmire when working in Palestinian communities under full Israeli control. In recent months, the army issued demolition warnings against six solar and wind power systems in the South Hebron Hills, which were funded by European governments and development groups. […]

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By Charlotte Alfred MASAFER YATTA (Ma’an) — Pylons tower over South Hebron Hills village Um al-Kher, hoisting electricity cables that bisect the agricultural community. But like hundreds of their Palestinian neighbors, this tiny hamlet has no access to the power grid. The cables running above the heads of the 150 Um al-Kher residents supply a […]

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By SHARON UDASIN, JERUSALEM POST CORRESPONDENT 02/08/2012 01:15 Amid the cactus-strewn mountains of southern Spain, a bright yellow Israeli tulip stands tall. AORA ‘power flower’ solar thermal power station By Sharon Udasin ALMERIA, Spain – Amid the cactus-strewn mountains of Andalucía, in southern Spain, a bright yellow Israeli tulip stands tall above a sea of […]

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By SHARON UDASIN 02/08/2012 23:15 A team of Americans plans to bring the solar tulip technology of Yavne-based AORA Solar to the sprawling Arizona desert. AORA ‘power flower’ solar thermal power station By Sharon Udasin A team of Americans plans to bring the solar tulip technology of Yavne-based AORA Solar to the sprawling desert of […]

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Former employees at the Negev Nuclear Research Center in Dimona say were given only dusk masks, goggles during an official search for the rare mineral. By Gili Cohen Workers at the Dimona nuclear reactor were sent to search for uranium ore across Israel without the necessary protective gear, a court hearing discussing the class-action suit […]

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By NADAV SHEMER 02/13/2012 03:39 There are 33 battery-switch stations already in operation or close to completion around Israel. THE FLUENCE ZE (Zero Emission) By Nadav Shemer Better Place has unveiled its nationwide network of battery-switch stations, ahead of the scheduled commercial launch of its fleet of Renault Fluence ZE electric vehicles (EV) in the […]

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By SHARON UDASIN 02/14/2012 04:14 Groups decry five-year, NIS 830 million budget for Dead Sea environmental protection and tourism. Dead Sea’s Ein Bokek By Marc Israel Sellem/The Jerusalem Post After the cabinet unanimously approved a five-year, NIS 830 million budget for Dead Sea environmental protection and tourism on Sunday, green groups were not wholly satisfied […]

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