Nature protection society countering urban building plans throughout the greater Tel Aviv area. By Zafrir Rinat | Jan. 3, 2014 Between Sheba Hospital at Tel Hashomer and a nearby army base are about 100 dunams (25 acres) of good hamra (Arabic for “red”) soil. More than 200 species of plants flourish on this island surrounded […]

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Natural gas deposits aimed at replacing 60 percent of oil use in Israel by 2025, as switching from oil could bring consumer savings, tax income to add another percentage point to GDP Reuters Israel plans to cut oil use in transportation by 60 percent by 2025, an aggressive target by world standards, and will tap […]

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By SHARON UDASIN 01/02/2014 After two sufficiently wet winters, Israel will be operating its desalination facilities at only 70 percent capacity during 2014, government officials recently decided. Although the country’s desalination facilities in 2014 will have a collective capacity of 510 million cubic meters annually, this year they will only be generating a total of […]

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by Hana Namrouqa | Jan 02, 2014 AMMAN — The expansion of the Kufranjah Wastewater Treatment Plant in Ajloun Governorate is expected to be completed later this year, according to government officials. The expansion, which is also accompanied by a project to extend new sewage networks in the governorate, some 70km northwest of Amman, will […]

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by Hana Namrouqa | Dec 30, 2013 AMMAN — The Ministry of Water and Irrigation has launched a project to rehabilitate water networks in Ajloun Governorate, according to government officials. Under the project, a local contractor will renovate water systems in Ajloun in the north of the country, increase the capacity of pumping stations and […]

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Bird brought by ambulance found to be suffering from acute lead poisoning. By Ruth Schuster | Dec. 31, 2013 Israel is the single land bridge between Africa and Eurasia, making the land a paradise for bird-watchers, especially in migration season. Fish farmers are somewhat less enthused as flocks of ravenous avians descend on their ponds, […]

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By SHARON UDASIN 12/31/2013 Knesset c’tee to discuss potential prohibition of the sport on Wednesday; currently, hunting allowed from Sept-Jan. Some 72 percent of the public favor a prohibition on hunting, a survey commissioned by the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel revealed on Tuesday. SPNI will present this figure and other results […]

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GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Gaza’s sole power plant began to function as normal after Israel reopened the Kerem Shalom crossing on Sunday, allowing shipments of diesel fuel to enter the Strip, a Palestinian source said. Raed Fattough, who coordinates the entry of goods into the Gaza Strip, told Ma’an that shipments of diesel and gasoline […]

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