November 08, 2012 05:50 PM BEIRUT: Climate change is a matter of serious concern to Lebanon, and the country must implement policies to deal with its fallout and mitigate its future impact, Environment Minister Nazem Khoury said Thursday. “Climate change has serious consequences for the Arab world and for Lebanon, in spite of its relatively […]

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by Hana Namrouqa | Nov 08, 2012 | 22:24 AMMAN — Climate change experts and renewable energy consultants on Thursday started formulating a national policy for the mitigation of and adaptation to climate change impact in Jordan. Under the national climate change policy, experts will propose strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in several sectors, […]

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By SHARON UDASIN 11/06/2012 Environmental protection minister at SPNI confab: “There must be separation between permit giver and body that controls everything,” While developing natural gas resources will be crucial to the economy, the government must take much greater care when doing so to prevent environmental disaster, experts agreed at a conference in the capital […]

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By SHARON UDASIN 11/07/2012 Head of association claims 300 MW designated for wind energy is being funneled to solar. The Israeli Wind Energy Association accused Energy and Water Minister Uzi Landau of “burying” the wind energy industry in favor of solar energy development – in a letter sent to the minister on Tuesday. “In recent […]

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By SHARON UDASIN 11/06/2012 University of Haifa promoting construction and cultivation of greenery at on campus roofs While environmentalists around the country are striving to protect Israel’s nature on the ground, the University of Haifa is now promoting the construction and cultivation of greenery at a bird’s eye view – on campus roofs. Israel’s first […]

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Louise Sarant Thu, 08/11/2012 Egypt’s food production suffers from schizophrenia: it ranges from a tomato grown in sewage water and sprayed by killer pesticides to a perfect orange, grown following strict international quality and safety standards. The fruit and vegetable stalls in souqs all over the country are flooded with produce belonging to the former […]

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Rana Khaled Mon, 05/11/2012 Many Dahshur residents complain the nearby Royal Lake is being dried out to make room for a tourist village and that many antiquities thefts are taking place on its land, despite the US$3.1 million allocated in 2009 from a joint United Nations-government program to develop the area. Residents have sent their […]

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Site’s management, two workers convicted of damaging sensitive coral reef during work meant to improve dolphin habitat PsakDin Published: 11.07.12 The head of the Eilat Dolphin Reef and two of the site’s workers were recently convicted by the Eilat Magistrate’s Court of severely damaging the sensitive coral reef off the southern resort city’s shores. The […]

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Company says it sold 48 electric cars in auto show; however, half of buyers cancel order following replacement of CEO Tomer Hadar, Calcalist Published: 11.06.12 Nearly half of the orders placed for Better Place’s electric cars at the auto show the company held last month were canceled shortly after, Calcalist has learned. Last September, Better […]

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Growing populations and growing affluence globally mean that more and more crucial resources – carbon fuels, rare and less rare metals, water, even soil – are in short supply. And the competition to get at what’s left is only going to get harder and angrier. By Shefa Siegel | Oct.22, 2012 The Race for What’s […]

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by Hana Namrouqa | Nov 05, 2012 AMMAN — Eighty-seven per cent of the Disi Water Conveyance Project has been completed and the mega-venture is progressing according to schedule, a source involved in the implementation of the project said on Monday. Fifty-five per cent of the project’s production wells have been drilled and 97 per […]

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by Taylor Luck | Nov 06, 2012 AMMAN — Egypt has agreed to boost Jordan’s gas supplies, Minister of Energy Alaa Batayneh announced on Tuesday, ending a months-long dispute over the country’s former primary energy source. According to Batayneh, Egyptian Minister of Oil Osama Kamal agreed on Tuesday to raise gas quantities from a recent […]

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Agriculture Ministry inspectors intercept sunflower seeds shipment infested by dangerous insects; ants pose danger to local ecosystem 11.05.12 A species of fire ants almost made its way to Israel last week, inside a shipment of sunflower seeds. According to an Agriculture Ministry statement, ministry inspectors discovered an unfamiliar insect during a routine inspection. The infested […]

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By SHARON UDASIN 11/01/2012 Agriculture Ministry: CBS report doesn’t take into account significant decrease of pesticides in recent years. Israeli farmers use the largest amount of active chemical pesticides per agricultural dunam out of all OECD countries, a Central Bureau of Statistics survey has revealed. The report, titled “Survey of Pesticides in Agriculture 2008- 2010,” […]

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By SHARON UDASIN 11/04/2012 Pan-European project called CITI-SENSE aimed at increasing cooperation and awareness regarding air pollution. The City of Haifa will participate in a pan-European project called CITI-SENSE aimed at increasing cooperation and awareness regarding air pollution. Officially called “CITISENSE – Development of sensor-based Citizens’ Observatory Community for improving quality of life in cities, […]

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The capital is at the forefront of growing efforts to preserve nature in urban areas. By Zafrir Rinat 1.11.12 In recent years, environmental protection organizations, planners, and landscape architects have been discovering the importance of preserving nature in urban areas. The issue will take center stage next week at the tenth annual convention of the […]

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by SHARON UDASIN 11/02/2012 Green course describes Transportation Ministry budgeting priorities as out of touch, says it leaves Israelis “stuck in traffic.” The environmental activism movement Green Course slammed the Transportation Ministry for allocating the majority of its funds to private transportation projects and leaving Israelis “stuck in traffic.” Members of the group stood outside […]

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by Hana Namrouqa | Nov 01, 2012 AMMAN — As the Mujib Biosphere Reserve prepares to close its doors to aqua adventurers and hikers for the winter, the popular eco-tourism destination reported a rise in the number of tourists this year. “We received 17,000 tourists in 2011. The number rose to 20,000 this year, 85 […]

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5 Morocco in the eye of the sun (editorial by Najib Saab) 14 Success of Doha climate summit is a responsibility of Arab countries AFED’s memo to Arab leaders 26 South Korea’s 4 years of green growth policies by Soogil Young (cover story) 32 Resource efficiency key to economic development Global green growth forum in […]

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By SHARON UDASIN 11/05/2012 Society for the Protection of Nature: “State demonstrates that it’s not prepared for sea pollution, and there’s no clear urgency for drilling.” The Society for the Protection of Nature (SPNI) filed on Sunday an official opposition to oil drilling by the Shemen Oil and Gas Resources company, which is slated to […]

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