A new OECD report paints a bleak future for our environmental future, unless we cut our rampant consumption of the planet’s resources. By Zafrir Rinat Environmental Protection Minister Gilad Erdan is in Paris to address other government ministers on Thursday about “Making Green Growth Deliver.” The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development convened the meeting […]

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Red tape, frequent change of energy ministers delay plans, pundits say by Omar Obeidat | Apr 01,2012 | 00:06 AMMAN — A group of energy experts has suggested several possible solutions to help policy makers put an end to the Kingdom’s energy woes. In a study prepared by the economic policy development forum, launched by […]

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March 27, 2012 02:02 AM By Mamdouh G. Salameh The Daily Star In 2006, U.S. oil company Noble Energy and Israel’s Ratio Oil Exploration received a license to explore “Leviathan,” a deep-water gas field in the Mediterranean about 130 kilometers off of Israel’s coastline. At the end of 2010, the two companies announced that Leviathan […]

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April 02, 2012 12:59 AM By Fareed Zakaria The Daily Star No one could have predicted that oil prices would rise to today’s levels. Saudi Arabia’s oil minister, Ali al-Naimi, says they are irrationally high, pointing out that world demand is lower than the available supply and that Saudi oil inventories around the world are […]

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By SHARON UDASIN 03/29/2012 03:15 Experts at energy forum say Israel’s natural gas reserves can create more than just a valuable supply for Israel. Israel’s ample natural gas reserves can create more than just a valuable energy supply for Israel and the countries that may import the resource, experts said at a forum on Wednesday. […]

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Desalination systems account for a fifth of the freshwater used in Israel and, according to existing plans, by the end of the decade that amount will be doubled. By Zafrir Rinat Increasing desalination can improve water quality and save the economy some NIS 500 million a year, according to a new survey commissioned by the […]

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Can overfishing here and abroad be stopped in time to save the last undomesticated food? By Netta Ahituv Published 12:40 29.03.12 Latest update 12:40 29.03.12 As Israelis consume more seafood, Mediterranean and Kinneret produce less Can overfishing here and abroad be stopped in time to save the last undomesticated food? By Netta Ahituv While humans […]

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By SHARON UDASIN 03/30/2012 00:01 Bezalel design student believes water purification projects could help solve clean water shortage issues across the globe. Bossmat Eliezer’s modern take on the biosand filte By Oded Antman Equipping children with the hands-on ability to easily assemble a natural water filtration unit with their own raw materials could help solve […]

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