April 07, 2014 TRIPOLI, Lebanon: At 1 p.m. on this sunny Thursday afternoon, Tripoli fishermen Ibrahim Shehade and Ishaac Sidawi should be out at sea. Instead, they sit forlornly watching cars pass by on the Mina sea road. There is no work for them on the water, something they blame on the recent boom of […]

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Security barrier leaves Shuafat refugee camp in legal no-man’s land; population growth, ‘pirated’ pipes overwhelm water infrastructure. Tens of thousands of Palestinians living in East Jerusalem have been without running water for more than a month, victims of a decrepit and overwhelmed infrastructure and caught in a legal no-man’s land caused by the divisions of […]

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Ayla Gurel / Fiona Mullen Recent gas finds offshore Cyprus and Israel have led to suggestions that Eastern Mediterranean gas could supply Europe via Turkey along the so-called Southern Gas Corridor, e.g., through the Trans-Anatolian Pipeline (TANAP). Assuming that the various challenges to this proposal can be overcome, it could inject a positive dynamic into […]

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by Muath Freij | Apr 10, 2014 GHOR AL MAZRAA –– As the world increasingly chooses to turn to mechanised means to solve its problems, one family in Ghor Al Mazraa is sticking to traditional measures in running their flourishing farm. Maslam Ayyad and her family have been cultivating tomatoes and various types of herbs, […]

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By SHARON UDASIN 04/07/2014 A decade ago doctors discovered an abnormally high rate of cancer among IDF veterans who had trained in the river. A giant sewage dredger has begun extracting sediment from the Kishon River, kicking off the latest stage of rehabilitation efforts in what was once Israel’s most polluted waterway. The dredger, brought […]

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By SHARON UDASIN 04/07/2014 Report examines emissions levels for 6 dangerous substances: Arsenic, mercury, formaldehyde, hydrocarbons, benzene and trichlorethylene. Factories throughout Israel emitted a variety of carcinogens in 2012, threatening public health despite legal compliance with Environmental Protection Ministry standards, a report released on Monday claimed. Written by Dr. Arye Wenger – head of the […]

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Judge says that without activists’ petition, pollution at capital’s main bus depot would remain unchanged. By Nir Hasson | Apr. 10, 2014 Jerusalem District Court Judge Abraham Tennenbaum yesterday handed down a harsh ruling that will force the administration at Jerusalem’s Central Bus Station and the Egged bus company to take a slew of measures […]

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Having accepted responsibility for environmental damage, the IDF – aided by private donations – is cleaning up its act. By Zafrir Rinat | Apr. 7, 2014 Israel Defense Forces tanks and all-terrain vehicles routinely trample over nature reserves, and sewage from its bases pollutes the environment. Its units often cause the largest wildfires in Israel […]

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ICL says 8,200 jobs are at stake after Yael German concludes that the Sde Brir mine poses a hazard to nearby residents. By Ronny Linder-Ganz and Yoram Gabison | Apr. 3, 2014 Israel Chemicals CEO Stefan Borgas ordered managers to plan a phased shutdown of the company’s Rotem Amfert unit on Thursday, hours after Health […]

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The law says environmental data is a matter of public record, but convoluted the bureaucracy stands in the way of access. By Zafrir Rinat | Apr. 2, 2014 | 8:29 PM There are many ways to measure environmental conditions in a country, and one of the most important measures is data availability. In Israel, efforts […]

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IPCRI is partnered with Byspokes, an innovative UK-based NGO, to introduce water-efficient food production systems in two communities identified as being disproportionately impacted by the conflict (one in Israel, one in the Palestine). Starting in September 2013, IPCRI and Byspokes are introducing water-efficient food production systems in two communities identified as being disproportionately impacted by […]

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As ponds near the Dead Sea dry up, nature authority compelled to make artificial homes for Jordan tilapia. By Zafrir Rinat | Mar. 30, 2014 Jordan tilapia have returned to the Ein Feshkha nature reserve, next to the Dead Sea, but not to the natural habitat they have always known. Agriculture Ministry specialists carried out […]

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Egypt’s cabinet on Wednesday approved the use of coal for power generation after a fierce debate within the government over whether the highly pollutant fuel should be permitted for use by the energy-intensive cement industry. Struggling to avoid public unrest over blackouts, the government has cut natural gas supplies to factories, prompting cement companies to […]

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By SHARON UDASIN 04/02/2014 Energy security firm Nation-E and the Netanya Municipality have teamed up to operate the country’s first citywide energy protection system. The company installed a first smart meter on Monday at Netanya’s city hall, part of a system that is planned to span the entire municipal area and ensure resilient electricity operations, […]

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March 25, 2014 BEIRUT: Energy and Water Minister Arthur Nazarian said Monday that there was more than 70,000 times Lebanon’s annual energy consumption available from geothermal energy. “The geothermal resource assessment for Lebanon showed that the geothermal energy available in the country is 1,000 million megawatt hours, which is 70 fold the amount of energy […]

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NAJIB SAAB 19/3/2014 Sustainability Week, which was hosted in Abu Dhabi, opened doors for the future. Discussions at the annual assembly of the International Agency for Renewable Energy (IRENA), the World Future Energy Summit and the Water Summit showed indisputably that the world as we know it is changing. Countries that aspire to play an […]

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Project to explore and develop oil in northern West Bank initiated by Mideast envoy Tony Blair and US Secretary of state John Kerry to help Palestinian economy. Associatd Press Published: 03.18.14, 21:04 / Israel Business The Palestinian Authority has announced plans to explore for oil in the West Bank, throwing a new element of uncertainty […]

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Protestors gathered outside Minister Silvan Shalom’s home to oppose the terms of the Leviathan natural gas field export deal. By Eran Azran | Mar. 27, 2014 everal protesters gathered outside the home of Energy and Water Resources Minister Silvan Shalom on Wednesday night to protest the Leviathan natural gas field export deal due to be […]

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By SHARON UDASIN 03/23/2014 Companies selected will work together under the direction of the Canada-Israel Industrial Research and Development Fund. The chief scientists of Israel’s Economy Ministry and Canada’s Natural Resources Ministry have approved three new collaborative projects focusing on unconventional energy resources, worth $6.7 million in total. Tasked with honing industrial practices regarding unconventional […]

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Petra | Apr 03, 2014 AMMAN — The Natural Resources Authority (NRA), in cooperation with oil shale companies in the Kingdom, is scheduled to organise the second international conference on oil shale on April 14 and 15. The NRA said the conference will host senior officials, decision makers, experts and researches in the field to […]

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