High Court rapped council heads for issuing illegal building permits, but state may now issue permits retroactively Yotam Berger Nov 30, 2017 2:29 AM The state is trying to retroactively legalize a sewage treatment facility near the settlement of Ofra that was built illegally on private Palestinian land. The latest effort to legalize the plant […]

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EcoPeace Middle East, a unique environmental organization that brings together Jordanian, Palestinian, and Israelis, with the primary objective of promoting cooperative efforts to protect the region’s shared environmental heritage, would like to share recent highlights of our work and recognition: 1. TEDx TALK on WATER EcoPeace Middle East’s Israeli Director Gidon Bromberg participated in the […]

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Israel is becoming the permanent wintering ground for birds, who no longer cross into Africa By Reuters Nov 27, 2017 Climate change is turning Israel into a permanent wintering ground for some of the 500 million migrating birds that used to stop over briefly before flying on to the warm plains of Africa, Israeli experts […]

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by Imtiaz Tyab 27 Nov 2017 video report at: http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/11/climate-change-threatens-olive-trees-mediterranean-171127124901517.html Environmental groups have warned that the olive oil industry across the Mediterranean, worth billions of dollars, is under threat due to climate change. From Italy to Tunisia, and Lebanon to Greece, increasingly hot summers and unpredictable winters have seen yields decline by as much as […]

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The move intends to generate an additional 1,600 megawatts of electricity and help Israel move toward its goal to produce 10% of its power from alternative sources Ora Cohen Nov 27, 2017 5:07 AM The Energy Ministry and Electricity Authority on Sunday unveiled a new program aimed at making it easier for Israeli households and […]

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International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy, 2017, 7(1), 19-30 Athanasios Dagoumas. Energy and Environmental Policy laboratory, School of Economics, Business and International Studies, University of Piraeus, 126, Gr. Lambraki Street, PC 18532 Piraeus, Greece *, Floros Flouros Energy and Environmental Policy laboratory, School of Economics, Business and International Studies, University of Piraeus, 126, Gr. […]

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The Lebanese divers plunge below the surface, scuba tanks on their backs and nets in hand. But what they’re looking for under the ocean surface is not treasure, it’s trash. The group is conducting a clean-up below the waves, one of many initiatives emerging from Lebanon’s civil society and private sector in response to the […]

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By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH 11/20/2017 Treated excrement from turkeys, chickens and other poultry could provide an alternative energy source. While it is generally accepted that gas from cows is responsible for a quarter of global warming, manure from poultry can reduce that effect by providing biofuel to replace 10% of the coal used to produce electricity. […]

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Dubai Municipality managed to collect nearly one million plastic bottles in five days as part of an initiative involving the community. The drinking water bottles, collected by the Waste Management Department of the municipality from the public, amounted to about 2,000 kilograms of waste. The move was part of the “Giant Bag” initiative implemented at […]

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Al-Masry Al-Youm The American University in Cairo (AUC) was the only higher education institution outside of United States and Canada, to be listed by the Princeton Review’s 2017 Green Colleges Guide, for the third year in a row, cementing its status among the most environmentally-friendly ‘green’ colleges worldwide. The Princeton Review Guide listed 375 out […]

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Farah Tawfeek In a new initiative, Egypt’s Rotary Club, together with the Ministry of Education and Cairo’s city administration, announced plans to plant more than one million trees over the next five months. Head of communications at the Rotary Club Nagwa Abdul-Moneim El-Zayadi said that the initiative reflects the club’s responsibility towards society and the […]

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By DAVID M. WEINBERG 11/16/2017 Jerusalem municipal workers hauled-off abandoned vehicles, accumulated piles of garbage, and rubble from ruined buildings. Earlier this week, Jerusalem municipal officials and workers swept overnight into a-Tur on the Mount of Olives to clean up the neighborhood. Under police protection, they hauled-off abandoned vehicles, accumulated piles of garbage, and rubble […]

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12.9-megawatt solar facility will bring free and clean electricity to over 80,000 camp residents By Mina Mohit – Nov 13,2017 ZAATARI REFUGEE CAMP — After six months of construction that saw the sprawling of some 40,000 solar panels over “the size of 33 football fields” in southern Mafraq, the world’s largest solar power plant built […]

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Climate change also threatens to ‘derail development results’ By Hana Namrouqa – Nov 15,2017 BONN — Experts on environment and sustainable development on Wednesday warned that climate change is increasingly becoming a root cause for displacement in the Arab region, urging more attention to the impact of climate change on vulnerable groups. The Arab region […]

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By Mohammad Ghazal – Nov 15,2017 AMMAN—Jordan on Tuesday said it was going ahead with the Red Sea-Dead Sea water conveyance project with or without Israel, which threatened on Tuesday to withdraw from the project until it is staff are allowed to return to the Israeli embassy in Amman. “We are going ahead with the […]

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By Ahmed Bani Mustafa – Nov 09,2017 AMMAN — The Jordan Outdoor Association has contributed to three arrests related to illegal fishing at freshwater bodies in the Kingdom, an activist said. The society, which has 535 members from various countries, has volunteers who monitor water bodies and report illegal fishing to the rangers at the […]

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By Muath Freij – Nov 11,2017 AMMAN — The small number of green spaces in the capital prompted 14-year-old Reem Hamadah to participate in a one-day planting tree activity in Amman on Saturday. Hamadah said that she is forced to visit malls in the upscale neighbourhoods of Amman whenever she wants to enjoy some leisure […]

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By Fares Al Abed – Nov 13,2017 AMMAN — The relationship between tourism and sustainable growth was the focus of a regional conference that began in Amman on Monday. Titled “Tourism in the Middle East and North Africa [MENA]: Competitiveness for Sustainable Growth”, the two-day meeting aims at developing sustainable urban tourism in the region. […]

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by Muath Freij – Nov 16,2017 – AMMAN — Istisqaa prayer will be held across the Kingdom on Friday, following calls made by the Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs urging Jordanians to participate in the prayer. A statement posted on the ministry’s website said that Awqaf Minister Wael Arabiyat notified heads of Awqaf directorates […]

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15 Nov 2017 Engineers in northern Iraq are carrying out repairs on a vital dam damaged by the earthquake that also devastated areas in neighbouring Iran. The dam, which provides water and electricity to about two million people, risks breaking and unleashing disastrous flooding. More than 500 people were killed and about 70,000 were displaced […]

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