By SHARON UDASIN 08/09/2016 “This is a very important process, which is expected to encourage international energy companies to invest in the natural gas market in Israel,” says Steinitz. Israel’s economic waters are open for new natural gas and oil exploration, after a four-year freeze as members of the Petroleum Council, under the umbrella of […]

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Protesters blocked on Tuesday the entrance to the Bourj Hammoud landfill to prevent dump trucks from entering the site, the National News Agency said on Tuesday. Several youth blocked the road near the landfill in protest, said NNA. Security forces deployed in the area and tried to convince them in vain to open the road. […]

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Agriculture Minister Akram Shehayyeb announced on Monday that the work has kicked off to open tenders related to the establishment of landfills, as he assured that the trash crisis will not be returning back. “The garbage will not be returning back to the streets of the capital, nor to the coast. We have started opening […]

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AMMAN — Agriculture Minister Rida Khawaldeh and Environment Minister Yaseen Khayyat on Sunday discussed proposed solutions to the environmental side effects of olive presses, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported. The two ministers discussed the possibility of using new technology to treat “zibar” olive-mill wastewater (OMW), which is a problem for 132 olive presses across […]

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AMMAN — The UNDP is training staff at the Joint Services Council in Irbid and Al Ekaider landfill in solid waste management, the UN agency said on Tuesday. The training course covers fleet and equipment maintenance, and management and landfill maintenance to equip workers with all the skills needed to manage operations at the landfill. […]

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By SHARON UDASIN 08/11/2016 On Thursday, the ministry stressed that “the responsibility for cleaning up beaches is in the hands of the local authorities.” While Israel markets itself as a sun-soaked beach destination, vacationers may not find the pristine sands they crave. The Environmental Protection Ministry on Thursday declared that plastic bags have overtaken the […]

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Two people were injured on Sunday as a wildfire renewed for the fourth day in the Jabal al-Hasin forests in the heights of the Akkar region of Mount Akroum, the National News Agency reported. It said Abdullah Habib Khodr and Khaled Ahmed Hussein Bou Ali were injured as they were trying to extinguish flames. “There […]

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Preliminary draft aroused controversy in January when it claimed that babies in polluted parts of Haifa were born with smaller heads. Ido Efrati and Noa Shpigel Aug 05, 2016 A scientific committee appointed by the health and environmental protection ministries yesterday slammed a controversial study on air pollution in Haifa Bay and recommended that its […]

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By SHARON UDASIN 08/04/2016 Emek Hayarden Regional Council, Water Authority spar on best method to convey water to Jordan. As the water level of Lake Kinneret (Sea of Galilee) dwindles to a critical low, area residents fear that the Jordan River’s flow will idle – sparking dire circumstances for regional tourism, a biblical baptism site […]

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Reuters, Cairo Sunday, 7 August 2016 When Egypt announced plans to develop renewable power in 2014, investors piled in, drawn by year-round sunshine and chronic electricity shortages. Two years on, many projects have stalled, hitting confidence among foreign investors Egypt sorely needs. Developers who prequalified for solar and wind projects under attractive feed-in-tariff (FiT) schemes […]

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By SHARON UDASIN 08/04/2016 The legislation aims to encourage individual investment in the renewable energy sector, as an alternative to using power generated by polluting power plants. A bill eliminating taxes on home wind and solar energy installations received initial Knesset approval in a plenary vote on Wednesday night. The legislation, which earned cabinet approval […]

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By Mohammad Ghazal – Aug 04,2016 AMMAN — Four renewable energy projects with a total capacity of 106 megawatts (MW) have been connected to the grid so far in 2016, a government official said on Thursday. Three solar energy projects in Maan and Aqaba were connected to the grid with a total capacity of 40MW, […]

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By SHARON UDASIN 08/07/2016 The Environmental Protection Ministry deployed 15 inspection teams throughout the country’s seaside hot-spots, as part of the 2016 Clean Coast program. As Israelis flocked to the nation’s beaches this weekend to cool off from the August heat, Environmental Protection Ministry patrols tagged closely behind – catching litterers red-handed. The ministry’s Green […]

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Dear Friends and Colleagues, A reminder that the IWRA XVIth World Water Congress (http://www.worldwatercongress.com/) will take place in Cancun, Mexico, May 29 – June 2, 2017. As Chair of the International Scientific Committee, I look forward to welcoming you to Cancun and encourage you to review the thematic structure of the Congress, which is encompassed […]

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EcoPeace’s Marina Djernaes Presents at the United Nations On July 14th, our Director of EcoPeace’s Center for Peacebuilding Marina Djernaes, was a panelist at the 2016 UN Conference High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development. Djernaes focused on the importance of finding joint solutions to cross border problems, stating that even though water is not necessarily […]

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Mey Sayegh Refraining from paying water bills pushed Fardous Al Shabbar, the chairperson of the Jordanian Women’s Union in Irbid province, resort to simple techniques that would reduce the value of the bill and encourage citizens in this province to pay their water bills on time. The story started after a workshop to raise awareness […]

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Litani River Panel Demands Closure of Sand Mines, Halt of Sewage Flow إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية A ministerial panel tasked with addressing the pollution of the Litani River demanded Thursday the closure of all licensed and unlicensed sand extraction mines near the river and the halt of sewage flow into the river. The panel’s meeting […]

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By SHARON UDASIN 08/02/2016 Environmentalists fear that Hotels Law will “harm the public.” A highly disputed plan to construct some 27,000 hotel rooms over the next decade received Knesset plenary approval on Monday night, despite the objections of environmentalists. Promoted by Tourism Minister Yariv Levin, the “Hotels Law” is an amendment to the country’s Planning […]

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Every five years, an area bigger than that of Tel Aviv-Jaffa is exploited for building purposes. Zafrir Rinat Aug 02, 2016 Israel’s flora and fauna are quite diverse in relation to the country’s size, but they are rapidly dwindling, according to a report by the Environmental Protection Ministry. The report, prepared for the United Nations, […]

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Despite their support for wind energy, green NGOs oppose plan due to its effect on landscape. Zafrir Rinat Aug 01, 2016 The National Infrastructure, Energy and Water Ministry is acting to enable the installation of wind turbines for producing energy, even in areas designated for nature and landscape preservation. The ministry’s proposal to enable the […]

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