By SHARON UDASIN 06/12/2012 06:07 C’tee approves plans for power station despite ongoing protests about environmental, security concerns from area residents. Hundreds of Be’er Tuviya and Kiryat Malachi residents protested outside the building housing the National Committee for Planning and Building on Monday after it approved plans for a new natural gas power plant in […]

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Cabinet approves plan to expedite construction of two offshore, two land-based processing plants by end of next year Avital Lahav Published: 06.15.12 The government has approved a proposal by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to construct four natural gas collection and processing facilities – two on land and two offshore – by the end of 2013. […]

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By SHARON UDASIN 06/15/2012 02:48 Israeli company TIGI Ltd. was one of three winners in the solar-thermal category at this week’s Intersolar Europe Exhibition. Israeli company TIGI Ltd. was one of three winners in the solar-thermal category at this week’s Intersolar Europe Exhibition, a forum for promoting solar technologies that has gathered annually since 1991. […]

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The Environmental Protection Ministry’s report for 2011says pollution was found in 407 sites out of 689 monitored. By Zafrir Rinat | Jun.15, 2012 The Environmental Protection Ministry’s report for 2011 points to long-standing pollution trends and the difficulties the ministry faces in tackling them. Specifically, the report highlights the damage to ground water near gas […]

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Baking yeast manufacturer ordered to pay for exceeding its water pollution allowance by 300%; company to appeal fine Billie Frenkel Published: 06.12.12, Paka Industries, which produces the popular baking yeast brand “Shimrit,” was slapped with a NIS 2.6 million (roughly $670,000) fine for polluting the ocean, Ynet learned. The Environmental Protection Ministry imposed the fine […]

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By SHARON UDASIN 06/13/2012 03:12 “The IDF is disregarding the government decision and bases continue to pollute water and land resources,” Erdan said. Environmental Protection Minister Gilad Erdan slammed Defense Minister Ehud Barak for failing to connect most of the 150 IDF bases and camps to the country’s sewage systems, two years after the government […]

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Ministerial Legislative Committee mulls proposal to form designated judicial body to handle environmental violations, legislation Tova Tzimuki Published: 06.14.12 The Ministerial Legislative Committee has recently discussed a proposal to form a judicial body that will focus solely on environmental issues. The proposal was brought before the committee by MK Dov Khenin (Hadash). Fumbling Khenin suggested […]

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By SHARON UDASIN 06/14/2012 22:32 Environmental Protection Minister Gilad Erdan talks about Israel’s green innovation ahead of UN Conference on Development. As a 66-member Israeli delegation makes its way to Rio de Janeiro for a global climate summit, the country’s environmental leaders hope to help provide answers to the planet’s looming environmental crises. The Rio+20 […]

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Greening the seventh summit of ROI Community By SHARON UDASIN 06/12/2012 06:16 Young entrepreneurs group implementing initiatives to lower the environmental impact of their latest summit. To offset the carbon footprint that participants are creating in flying to and from their summit this week, the ROI Community will be providing solar water heaters to 51 […]

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Shortly before Holland’s finance minister visits Israel, Ynet explores Netherlands’ green technologies Billie Frenkel Published: 06.09.12 The Netherlands – More than half of The Netherlands was once covered by water until residents drained the and for settlement and agriculture through a sophisticated system of dams and the country’s now-iconic windmills. However, this means that despite […]

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by Hana Namrouqa | Jun 12,2012 | 22:41 AMMAN — The Ministry of Environment is preparing a national report identifying the sectors that produce greenhouse gases, the quantities of these emissions and strategies to reduce them, a government official said on Tuesday. The Third National Communication to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change […]

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AP | Jun 12,2012 | 22:44 DES MOINES, Iowa — An Israeli scientist who has reached across political and ethnic boundaries to help dozens of countries in the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and South America improve agriculture with new irrigation methods will receive the World Food Prize, the prize’s foundation announced Tuesday. Daniel Hillel, who […]

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Opponents say decision by zoning board is another way of imposing Israeli control over Palestinian resources. By Nir Hasson | Jun.12, 2012 A right-wing organization that was granted use yesterday of an ancient East Jerusalem spring said the move would keep Haredi men from bothering the tourists by taking illicit dips in the nude. But […]

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BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Rural villages near Bethlehem are facing a water crisis despite sitting on top of the second largest reservoir in the West Bank, an official delegation to the area said on Monday. Seven villages have not had running water for more than 15 days, in an area with a population of 30,000, the […]

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by Hana Namrouqa | Jun 09,2012 | 23:12 AMMAN — A set of multimillion-dollar projects to improve water and wastewater services in Zarqa Governorate is on track and will be completed on time and budget, Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) CEO Daniel Yohannes said. Yohannes, whose organisation is funding the project, told The Jordan Times that […]

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Chairman of Israel’s water company says firm is closing deals worth hundreds of millions of dollars with various countries, and doesn’t rule out working with Arab countries Reuters Published: 06.10.12 Israel’s national water company Mekorot wants to use its expertise in finding unconventional sources for clean water to help it expand globally, as countries step […]

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NIS 220 million job would remove pollutants from river bottom. By Zafrir Rinat | Jun.06, 2012 A project to rehabilitate the bed of the Kishon River, which has been polluted for years, is due to be launched in the coming days. The Environmental Protection Ministry announced yesterday it had issued a tender last week to […]

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By AFP KARBALA Iraq Trees as far as the eye can see are the weapons one Iraqi province is using in the fight against desertification in a country where decades of conflict have exacted a terrible environmental toll. Karbala, 110 kilometers (70 miles) south of Baghdad, is best known as the site of the shrines […]

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By SHARON UDASIN 06/11/2012 05:01 Bill by MK Alex Miller transfers authority from Agriculture Ministry to Environmental Protection Ministry. The cabinet approved a bill by MK Alex Miller (Yisrael Beytenu) that transfers the authority over animal welfare from the Agriculture Ministry to the Environmental Protection Ministry during its weekly meeting on Sunday. “Animals are helpless […]

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by Heikki Holmås | Jun 10,2012 | 22:48 I am working for a more just world. At the same time, parents all over the world want their children to have a better life than they had. This is why we must promote economic growth and create jobs and security for millions of people. We must […]

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