The Israeli army on Monday accused Hizbullah of setting up a new observation point in south Lebanon near the border under the guise of an environmental NGO. A senior military officer charged that the position, near the border village of Adaysseh and the Israeli settlement of Misgav Am, was a violation of U.N. Resolution 1701 […]

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By Hana Namrouqa – Oct 17,2018 AMMAN — Authorities on Tuesday uncovered major water violations in Lubban, south Amman, in which more than 36,000 cubic metres of freshwater were being diverted monthly for the irrigation of over 100 dunums, according to a government official. The Ministry of Water and Irrigation, the Jordan Water Company (Miyahuna) […]

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By JT – Oct 20,2018 Talal Abu-Ghazaleh AMMAN – It is 2020. America has sneezed and Jordan, among many other countries, has caught pneumonia: a new a “graver” economic crisis is at play, predicts Talal Abu-Ghazaleh, founder and president of Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Group (TAG). Abu-Ghazaleh, a knowledge mogul, whose group operates all over the world […]

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October 24, 2018 Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm Sohag governorate announced a state of emergency on Tuesday as a result of increased pollution caused by agricultural waste burning on plantations, particularly corn waste. The agricultural waste burning caused black clouds and air pollution on Sohag over the past three days. Sohag Governor Ahmed al-Ansary instructed […]

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The ministry cites hazardous emissions at some 300 ad-hoc dumps and need for legislation to counter this dangerous phenomenon Zafrir Rinat Oct 30, 2018 Waste is being burned illegally at some 300 sites around Israel, emitting quantities of some pollutants that are even greater than those spewed out by factories and motor vehicles, the Environmental […]

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U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon Elizabeth Richard on Monday visited the Deir Ammar Power Station in north Lebanon which is operated by U.S. firm PrimeSouth. The U.S. company has invested $75 million to rehabilitate the facility and an additional $45 million in the Zahrani Power Station over the past two years. “Together, the power stations generate […]

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Environmentalist had feared the state would allow construction within 100 meters of the shore Zafrir Rinat Oct 26, 2018 For years, development has been encroaching on Israel’s coastline. Now the government is moving to pass a national master plan that will enshrine the right of the people of Israel to go to the beach unimpeded […]

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October 28, 2018 Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm The World Bank praised Egypt’s reduction of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions thanks to the Vehicle Scrapping and Recycling program. The program resulted in a reduction of 310,000 tons of CO2 emissions between 2013 and 2017. By the end of 2018, CO2 reduction is anticipated to reach 350,000 […]

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October 29, 2018 Farah Tawfeek The World Bank published a report as part of its monthly publication saying that Egyptian car owners have given the government 45,000 taxis to scrap and recycle as part of the government’s “Scrapping and recycling vehicles” program, which has helped decrease Egypt’s carbon dioxide emissions between 2013 and 2017 by […]

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October 25, 2018 Edited translation from al-Masry al-Youm. Egypt’s Minister of Environment Yasmine Fouad has announced that the New Administrative Capital would be the first city in Egypt to accommodate eco-friendly electric cars, as soon as the government created the necessary foundation for their use – beginning with the legal framework. She made the announcement […]

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The largest pollution site is in the northern Tel Aviv suburb of Ramat Hasharon, where Israel Military Industries has been the major source of groundwater pollution Zafrir Rinat | Oct. 12, 2018 | 1:44 PM About 8 percent of the water in Israel’s coastal aquifer, which supplies drinking water for residents of the country’s highly […]

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Despite a late-summer lull in the number of incendiary devices launched, the amount sent into Israeli territory has steadily increased again in October. By Avraham Gold, Tovah Lazaroff October 17, 2018 03:05 Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman pushed for a military solution to the Gaza conflict on Tuesday, as a study shows that Palestinian-launched incendiary devices […]

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October 14, 2018 Thousands of young people participated on Saturday in the “Share and Clean” initiative, organized by the Ministry of Youth and Sports, to help clean up Egypt’s streets and take care of the environment. The initiative comes as part of government plans to motivate young people to participate in tackling issues facing society, […]

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12/10/2018 OPEC’s Secretary-General on Thursday criticized a report calling for radical action to fight climate change, saying the idea that renewable energy was the world’s only future was misguided and that a “bombardment” of green advocacy could be harmful. A U.N. panel this week called for unprecedented changes in how the world consumes energy and […]

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Grand Jaafarite Shiite Mufti Sheikh Ahmed Qabalan urged the “ruling class” in Lebanon to end wrangling over the country’s oil and gas wealth, asking them to focus instead on the people’s concerns and livelihood matters. “It is painful to see the people in power trying to secretly put their hand on the oil wealth, while […]

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08 October 2018 Caretaker Energy and Water Resources Minister Cesar Abi Khalil announced on Monday that an agreement has been reached with representative of Siemens company to coordinate efforts in a bid to find a solution for the electricity crisis in Lebanon. “An agreement on bilateral cooperation between the Ministry and the company has been […]

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17/10/2018 An estimated 700,000 tonnes per annum of municipal waste in Abu Dhabi, could potentially be converted into jet fuel or other energy sources, Tadweer, the Centre of Waste Management in Abu Dhabi announced on Tuesday. Etihad Airways and Tadweer are set to collaborate on a landmark research project to explore how municipal waste can […]

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15/10/2018 Abu Dhabi residents will soon be able to tell where exactly water and electricity are wasted in their house, which will prompt them to minimise resource consumption and save money, a senior official said. “If you know who in which room consumes more electricity, who is wasting water and how domestic waste is generated, […]

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Oil giant Saudi Arabia backed down at the last minute Saturday from obstructing the adoption of a major report by the UN’s climate science panel, sources told AFP. With the threat removed, the meeting of the 195-nation panel in Incheon, South Korea — deep into overtime — swiftly approved the report on how to cap […]

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EcoPeace at the Nobel Peace Prize Forum An EcoPeace delegation comprising; Dalit Wolf Golan, Mahmoud Driaat and Baker Barakat participated in the Nobel Peace Prize Forum in Minneapolis, MN, hosted by Augsburg University. The representatives from our three offices presented a panel on Water Diplomacy in the Middle East, moderated by Professor Nicholas Hayes, and […]

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