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Archives for July, 2018

UfM official: Project to address water crisis in Palestine has become a reality – WAFA

By Khalil Fawadleh RAMALLAH, June 27, 2018 (WAFA) – The three-day First Palestine International Water Forum organized by the Palestinian Water Authority (PWA), under the slogan Integrated Water Resources Management: Best Practices and Technology Transfer, to discuss the adoption of integrated water resources management progressive tools as an approach to address the water crisis in […]

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20 fires break out in south due to incendiary balloons – YNET / Jerusalem Post

Residents of the Gaza border communities demand IDF and defense establishment put an end to incendiary kites and balloons phenomenon as another wave of fires hits the region, burning many acres of land and killing animals. Matan Tzuri|Published: 06.28.18 , 21:54 Around 20 fires broke out on Thursday in various areas in south Israel along […]

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Environmental Peacebuilding Newsletter July 2018 – EcoPeace

Dear Friends, EcoPeace Middle East continues to be alarmed by the deteriorating circumstances in and around Gaza, including the humanitarian, energy, and water crisis. We have conducted countless interviews, led site visits and held meetings with officials from all sides to express our concerns and call to find solutions. Please look out for a new […]

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Friends of Dead Sea Society denies claims of Israel’s chemical pollution of site – Jordan Times

By Hana Namrouqa – Jul 01,2018 AMMAN — The friends of the Dead Sea Society on Sunday denied news reports claiming that the Dead Sea’s water was polluted due to chemical leaks from the Israeli side of the salty lake. News reports circulated on the social media and WhatsApp messaging application this week claimed that […]

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Court-ordered closure of landfill in central Israel leads to garbage dumping in open areas – Haaretz

The dump’s closure has put pressure on the transfer stations where the waste is sent Zafrir Rinat | Jun. 26, 2018 | 9:17 AM Ever since a major landfill for construction waste in the center of the country was closed by court order earlier this month, the waste has increasingly been dumped in nearby open […]

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Strengthening Capacities on the Sustainable Management of Leachate in the Mediterranean – Environment and Development

The EU funded SWIM-H2020 SM Project organizes in Beirut a five-day regional capacity building activity from 25-29 June 2018 that includes a Study Tour of Leachate Treatment Facilities in Lebanon and the launching of an experience exchange process among Mediterranean peers working on leachate management. This activity is implemented under the Horizon2020 component of the […]

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Israeli water start-up selected as international ‘technology pioneer’ – Jerusalem Post

By ILANIT CHERNICK 06/27/2018 Watergen’s rapid technology uses the “air we breathe” and converts it into “the most premium quality drinking water,” the start-up says on its website. The World Economic Forum has chosen Watergen as one of its technology pioneers out of hundreds of candidates. The Israeli start-up’s devices and technology are a new […]

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Israeli company invents plastic packaging you can compost – Haaretz

Even if the TIPA film is tossed into the landfill as opposed to lovingly composted under optimal conditions, it will still vanish, unlike plastic that will stay with our children’s children’s children Ruth Schuster | Jun. 14, 2018 Many wonderful things, from chocolate to cars, may fleetingly boost our well-being but ultimately bear a heavy […]

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