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Archives for January, 2021

Israel’s green moonshot: 95% renewable energy by 2050 – YNET

Plan by Environmental Protection Ministry meets commitments made at 2015 Paris climate conference to transition to low-carbon economy by middle of century, calls for 27% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 Ilana Curiel | 12.26.20 , 09:13 Israel’s Environmental Protection Ministry has formed a new plan to fight global warming, with the aim of […]

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After Countless Failures, Could Natural Gas Power a Breakthrough in Israel-Palestine Relations? – Haaretz

As the Middle East awaits the inauguration of President-elect Biden, offshore Mediterranean natural gas could play a role in forging cooperation in the region. Zvi Bar’el Published 12/22/2020 The policy shift that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas made last month when he decided to renew security cooperation with Israel and to return the Palestinian ambassadors to […]

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Stormy Weather Ahead: Pollution Found to Cause Fierce Gales in Coastal Cities – Haaretz

Prof. Rosenfeld of Hebrew U carried out storm simulations over Houston, where storms have been substantially more severe in recent years, to discover the causal link Zafrir Rinat 23.12.2020 A combination of city-generated heat and pollution in tropical coastal cities has been found to significantly increase precipitation in those cities. These results were reported last […]

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Red Sea’s coral reefs face existential threat from overfishing – Egypt Independent

December 20, 2020 The coral reefs at the Red Sea reserves are in grave danger as a result of rising environmental violations including illegal fishing by trawlers, whose nets threaten Egypt’s national wealth of coral reefs and wildlife and have harmed sea turtle and dolphin populations. Marine environment preservation associations have confirmed that overfishing is […]

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Jordan’s first marine reserve a step closer to being on UNESCO biosphere reserve list – Jordan Times

By Sarah Abu Zaid – Dec 19,2020 Jordan’s first marine reserve will play a major role in attracting tourists and diving enthusiasts to Aqaba and preserve its ‘unique’ coral reefs, according to experts (Photo courtesy of Aqaba Marine Park) AMMAN  — Jordan’s first marine reserve will play a major role in further attracting tourists and […]

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RSCN announces establishment of Burqu Reserve in Northeastern Badia – Jordan Times

by Maria Weldali – Dec 23,2020 Located 250 kilometres east of Amman, Burqu Reserve covers an area of 2,982 square kilometres within the municipality limits of Mafraq (Petra photo) AMMAN — The Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature (RSCN) announced the establishment of Burqu Reserve in the Northeastern Badia region, preparing to receive guests […]

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Anjara community garden receives face lift – Jordan Times

By Maria Weldali – Dec 23,2020 The Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature together with the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ), completed the renovation works of a community garden in Anjara area in Ajloun (Photo courtesy of RSCN) AMMAN — The Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature (RSCN) together with the German […]

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Civil Administration removes olive mill wastewater from rivers, coast – Jerusalem Post

The Civil Administration of COGAT announced that it had treated and removed an additional 40% of olive mill wastewater, compared to its efforts the year prior. By JERUSALEM POST STAFF   DECEMBER 28, 2020 16:32 The Civil Administration’s Environmental Protection Unit completed its campaign to remove the olive mill wastewater from rivers and agricultural lands […]

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Re-Born Textiles: Turning garbage into gold – Jerusalem Post

The aim of Re-Born Textiles is to provide a circular economy solution for municipalities’ textile waste, which comprises up to 10% of a city’s solid waste. By VICTORIA MARTYNOV   DECEMBER 27, 2020 20:35 The journey of two local fashion professionals paves the way to the innovative circular fashion industry in Israel.Just a few years […]

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UAE researchers produce biofuel from date seeds – Environment and Development

28/12/2020 A research team in the UAE have extracted a large quantity of biofuel from date seeds, signalling a huge potential boost for the country’s biofuel industry.   About one million tonnes of date seeds are produced from 40 million palm trees in the Emirates, 10 percent of which can be extracted as oils. This […]

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