The municipality is hiring more sanitation workers and putting in more garbage cans. But east of the separation barrier, the situation is dire. By Nir Hasson | Apr. 15, 2014 The cleanliness or lack thereof of Jerusalem’s streets was a key issue in the mayoral election six months ago. Moshe Leon, the candidate who failed […]

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The sixth environmental conference for university youth began Monday in Hurghada under the slogan “Be modernized… and environment friendly”. The conference is set to highlight the role of youth in sustainable development. It aims at collaborating Arab youth’s efforts in sustaining the environment, training youth for environmental activities in their schools and clubs and collaborating […]

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by SHARON UDASIN 04/22/2014 IDE Tecnologies wins award for its Sorek facilty from Global Water Intelligence at the Global Water Summit. Israeli desalination leader IDE Technologies announced on Tuesday that earlier this month it had received a Global Water Award for the best desalination facility of the year, in honor of its Sorek facility. IDE […]

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April 17, 2014 12:16 AM By Justin Salhani AL-QAA, Lebanon: On a warm spring day in the Bekaa Valley town of Al-Qaa, Hana Rizk stood outside his neighbor’s one-story house, a tired grimace on his face from coping with the town’s insufficient water supply. “The water came for two hours today,” Rizk said with quiet […]

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By SHARON UDASIN 04/16/2014 The tender calls for the supply of between 0.7 to 0.95 billion cubic meters of natural gas annually to the Cypriot market. The Leviathan reservoir partners have submitted a bid to supply gas through a pipeline from the Israeli Eastern Mediterranean basin to Cyprus, they announced in a Tel Aviv Stock […]

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By SHARON UDASIN 04/20/2014 Residents are concerned about the planned project’s potential effects on the environment, health and regional tourism. Residents of the southern Golan Heights will take to their land in protest on Tuesday against an oil exploration project slated to begin soon. The community members will demonstrate next week near some of the […]

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By SHARON UDASIN 04/23/2014 As head of a new Knesset subcommittee to investigate environmental and planning issues, Henin led other MKs on a tour of the Haifa port area. Expanding the existing Haifa port might better serve the surrounding region than constructing an entirely new harbor, MK Dov Henin (Hadash) said during a tour of […]

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by Hana Namrouqa | Apr 22, 2014 AMMAN — The Mujib Biosphere Reserve has reopened for another adventure season with additional safety measures in place to protect its visitors, according to its director, Hisham Dheisat. “The new safety measures and regulations were introduced after the formation of the water valleys changed during winter,” Dheisat told […]

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By LIDAR GRAVÉ-LAZI 04/22/2014 ELA Recycling Corporation chairwoman says Israel surpassed the US and Europe in meeting its plastic recycling goals this year. In honor of Earth Day the ELA Recycling Corporation, a non-profit organization promoting recycling, and the Israel Association of Community Centers (IACC) announced a new recycling initiative on Tuesday. Hundreds of community […]

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By RONEN SHNIDMAN 04/21/2014 This is certainly a cause that should be taken up by pro-environment Zionist organizations abroad as well as politicians representing Israel’s Anglo community. turtle A significant factor holding back social progress in Israel is its nature as a society for insiders, something that keeps well-meaning organizations and individuals in the dark […]

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Secretary General of the Regional Organization for Protection of Marine Environment (ROPME) Dr. Abdulrahman Al-Awadhi said Tuesday definition of environment was still unclear in the Gulf and Middle East regions. Addressing the final session of the Second Gulf Petroleum Forum 2014, Al-Awadhi called on Gulf oil companies to realize the importance of environmental pollution and […]

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A paper by Mari Luomi, published by the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, examines current trends in domestic climate policy in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states. Given the politicization of the topic at the international level, the paper takes a bottom-up approach that departs from the countries’ national circumstances, capabilities and vulnerabilities. It emphasizes […]

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Israeli gas wealth could improve regional relations but will likely deprive Europe of new, alternative supply for Russian imports. Reuters 04.14.14 Israel’s drive to export its new-found natural gas could help to rebuild strained ties with old regional allies Egypt and Turkey, but could deprive Europe of a precious alternative to Russian gas. Israel has […]

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By Basem Masry Like many Palestinians we too are frustrated by the status quo – the huge open-air prison, the checkpoints, the harassment and inhumane treatment that has become a daily routine perpetrated by Israeli soldiers and their security machine; oftentimes at the cost of life and limb – all of which we are supposed […]

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by Mohammad Ghazal | Apr 13, 2014 AMMAN — More than 1,500 households across the Kingdom have installed solar panels to heat water as part of a nationwide project to encourage citizens to reduce energy consumption, according to the Jordan River Foundation (JRF). Under the project, which started late in 2013, the number of beneficiary […]

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Opposition from political, environmental groups keeps TMA 35 program on ice By Nimrod Bousso | Apr. 10, 2014 For the second time this year, a plan to increase the land available for housing construction in central Israel has been postponed. The plan, entitled TMA 35, is meant to implement changes touted and promised by Finance […]

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CAIRO — Egypt, grappling with an energy crunch, will enforce a ban on the production and import of air conditioners that can be set lower than 20oC, aiming to reassure citizens and industry hit with power cuts and fuel shortages. The failure of successive governments in Cairo to develop sound energy policies has discouraged foreign […]

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April 08, 2014 BEIRUT: Agriculture Minister Akram Chehayeb stressed Monday the importance of developing agricultural infrastructure and solutions to deal with a decrease in rainfall, which is set to affect the quantity and quality of both surface water and groundwater in wells.The decline in rainfall this winter has sparked drought fears in Lebanon, as well […]

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by Hana Namrouqa | Apr 10, 2014 AMMAN — Studies are under way to select a new location for the Ain Ghazal Wastewater Treatment Plant, Ministry of Water and Irrigation officials said on Thursday. The authorities seek to relocate the facility away from an overpopulated neighbourhood, and a congested highway that links Amman and Zarqa, […]

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April 09, 2014 12:22 AM By Kareem Shaheen BEIRUT: A new plan to recycle waste and close down a controversial landfill site in the costal town of Naameh will be presented to the Cabinet this week, Environment Minister Mohammad Machnouk told The Daily Star. The strategy, which includes waste sorting by municipalities, selling recyclables to […]

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