December 11, 2013 12:28 AM By Elias Sakr BEIRUT: Despite an annual rainfall average of 8 billion cubic meters, Lebanon posted a deficit of 73 million cubic meters in water supply in 2011, according to the latest available official statistics. Yet, the country could reverse the trend and generate more than $600 million from a […]

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by Hana Namrouqa AMMAN — Rainfall over the past two days channelled around 10 million cubic metres (mcm) of water into the country’s dams, which currently hold 31 per cent of their total capacity, a government official said on Thursday. The major dams, including the 101mcm Wihdeh Dam, currently hold 101mcm of their total capacity […]

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Environmental Protection Ministry launches list of air, sea, sewerage polluting factories in Israel for public review, awareness Alphi Shauli For the first time, the Environmental Protection Ministry posted a list of polluting companies in Israel and their emissions on its official website Sunday morning. The list will also be integrated into informative GIS maps and […]

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One-third of Jerusalem’s sewage runs untreated into the West Bank, ruining the historic Kidron Valley. Now an Israeli-Palestinian team is working to rehabilitate it. By Christa Case Bryant /December 6, 2013 / Source: The Christian Science Monitor [Chelsea Sheasley contributed reporting from Jerusalem] JERUSALEM; & UBIEDYEH, WEST BANK When 1 in 3 residents of Jerusalem […]

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In a complicated arrangement, the Israel Electric Corporation will buy coal, re-sell it to a foreign company and transport it to the border. By Avi Bar-Eli  | Dec. 3, 2013 | Ha’aretz, source A three-way agreement under which Israel will sell imported coal to Jordan via a group of private companies is expected to get […]

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Gaza Need Not Be a Sewer By Alon Tal and and Yousef Abu-Mayla OP-ED published Dec. 2, 2013. Source: NYTimes, access here For two decades, Palestinian and Israeli environmentalists set aside their differences to call for urgent measures to address the impending water crisis in the Gaza Strip. These calls went unheeded. The price of […]

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Sagy, Gonen & Saulino, Vera. (2013). Evaluation and Monitoring of a Long-Term Peace and Environmental Education Program in a Region of Intractable Conflict. Empowering Sustainability International Journal, 1(1). Source: http://escholarship.org/uc/item/15j151tr Abstract: Managing long-term peace and environmental education programs toward positive encounters and peace building in a region of intractable conflict requires constant evaluation and monitoring […]

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