Sarah Weatherbee| The Daily Star BEIRUT: Lebanon witnessed an exceptionally wet winter in contrast to the severe drought which the country saw last year, a development which many hoped would help solve the country’s chronic water shortage. But according to Roland Riachi, a postdoctoral fellow at the Issam Fares Institute, Lebanon’s water crisis won’t be […]

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by Hana Namrouqa | Apr 30, 2015 AMMAN — The Jordan Valley Farmers Union is arranging to file a lawsuit against Israel at international courts for the recurring fires that erupt on the Israeli-Jordanian borderline and damage thousands of agricultural lands annually, JVFU President Adnan Khaddam said Wednesday. Farmers who own lands adjacent to the […]

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BEIRUT: Jbeil’s politicians highlighted Thursday the need to limit health and environmental damages caused by a landfill in the town of Hbaline. Amchit and other neighboring towns like Hbaline and Gherfine have long been suffering from the hazardous effects of the landfill, Amchit Mayor Antoine Issa said, vowing to stop it. Issa and environmental activist […]

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Geagea vows no let-up in Zouk pollution fight – Daily Star BEIRUT: Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea Monday pledged to continue fighting against the decades-old pollution emitted from the Zouk Mikael power plant. “Action will not stop and we will continue [to lobby against the pollution from the plant] until all our demands concerning are […]

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Comprehensive study centered around the new findings regarding the consequences of pollution in 53 European countries and in Israel. By Zafrir Rinat | Apr. 29, 2015 According to a comprehensive study by the World Health Organization, which is scheduled to be presented Wednesday in Haifa, in Europe and Israel there are 482,000 cases of premature […]

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Apr 30, 2015 | 00:32 AMMAN — Deputising for His Majesty King Abdullah, Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour on Wednesday laid the foundation stone for an electricity generation mega-project. Implemented by the Amman-Asia Electric Power Company, the multi-fuel run electricity plant, coded IPP3, will have the production capacity of 573MW, making it the largest internal combustion […]

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AMMAN — The capital is scheduled to host the “Jordan International Energy Summit and Exhibition” next month to discuss challenges and opportunities related to the country’s energy needs, organisers said Monday. The summit provides an official platform for local firms to become acquainted with relevant international companies, and to highlight current and future energy projects […]

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The 200-meter stretch of coastline has been off-limits for almost 50 years. By Zafrir Rinat | Apr. 27, 2015 After almost 50 years in which the Eilat Ashkelon Pipeline Company has had exclusive use of some of Eilat’s beaches, part of that coastline will now be returned to the public and designated as a nature […]

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