Najib Saab 25/8/2025 he embezzlement of hundreds of millions of European agricultural funds in Greece is not an isolated incident, but rather a manifestation of a trend not limited to the EU or Greece in particular. It involved 400 million Euros in subsidies to support sustainable agriculture and land management, allegedly plundered by politicians and […]

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Iran’s water and environmental crisis is too severe to be easily solved, even if the regime had the will or the way David Rosenberg. Aug 21, 2025 What could bring down the regime in Iran? Years of sanctions have failed to do the trick. Nor has the economy being in free-fall seemed to have done […]

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Aymen Al-Ameri wants his photography exhibition in Paris to reveal how upstream projects are threatening biodiversity, livelihoods and culture in beautiful wetlands Razmig Bedirian. August 17, 2025 ne of Iraq’s most beautiful natural wonders and a cradle of surviving Sumerian traditions, the southern marshes now evoke more grief than awe.  Aymen Al-Ameri reflects upon their deterioration in An Imaginary Museum on […]

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Eco Wave Power believes it can make a splash and prove converting the ocean’s waves into electricity isn’t the impossible task some think it is; pilot project also underway in Jaffa By ROMAIN FONSEGRIVES. August 31 2025 full report: https://www.timesofisrael.com/new-wave-israeli-startup-turns-sea-power-into-energy-at-los-angeles-port-and-beyond/

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Researchers report one in eight seabirds found dead had ingested pollutants Daniel Bardsley. July 30, 2025 The amount of discarded plastic found in dead seabirds in the UAE has been described as “very alarming” by a senior Greenpeace campaigner. Farah Al Hattab, lead plastics campaigner at Greenpeace Mena, said harm to creatures such as seabirds indicated “a […]

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Readers may want to read the following four stories together. Each one is about trees.

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Searching for the suspect, the army put a curfew on the West Bank village of al-Mughayyir, where residents say soldiers destroyed property in their homes, threw stones at cars and confiscated cars. ‘If they commit a terror attack, they will pay a heavy price,’ the IDF Central Command chief say Hagar Shezaf. Aug 22, 2025 […]

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KKL-JNF: The plan would require extensive tree removal, disrupting the ecological continuity in one of Israel’s most popular nature areas, and reduce areas of the forest available for the public. ByJERUSALEM POST STAFFAUGUST 29, 2025 12:07Updated: AUGUST 30, 2025 20:28 The planned expansion of Route 443 could cause severe damage to the Ben-Shemen Forest, the Keren Kayemeth […]

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The fire also reportedly damaged the power line entering Jerusalem, with malfunctions at several traffic lights in the capital. ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF AUGUST 24, 2025 A forest fire broke out Sunday afternoon in the Arazim Valley near Jerusalem and near Mevaseret Zion. Israel Fire and Rescue Authority firefighters were dispatched to the scene near Highway 1, […]

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To help the farmers, My Tree intensified its adoption program. For $275 a year, people can adopt a tree, a grapevine, or a whisky cask, and benefit from gifts of olive oil, wine, or whisky. ByGREER FAY CASHMAN. AUGUST 30, 2025 22:10 I think that I shall never seeA poem lovely as a treeA tree […]

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L  A study says the connection between rising temperatures and increasing cases of the four types of cancer was found to be significant in six Mideastern countries. (NurPhoto via Getty Images)Next Short Url https://arab.news/gddzs. Updated 19 July 2025  JONATHAN GORNALL LONDON: Researchers at the American University in Cairo have identified a disturbing link between rising […]

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Experts say Middle East tech boom poses challenges for energy and water supplies – so what can be done? Cody Combs. August 08, 2025 In the epic 1962 film Lawrence of Arabia, there’s a line from Omar Sharif’s character, Sherif Ali, that inadvertently illustrates the current conundrum posed by AI data centres.  “The well is everything,” Sherif […]

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When thousands of buildings require rebuilding from scratch, this is a golden opportunity for creating a new building standard. ByJEHUDA HADDAD AUGUST 12, 2025 Approximately 39,000 structures were damaged during the Iran-Israel War. Thousands of residential units were demolished, and tens of thousands of damage restitution claims have been submitted. Nevertheless, behind this harsh data, there […]

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by Naharnet Newsdesk. 14 August 2025 People are buying water by the truckload in Beirut as the state supply faces its worst shortages in years, with the leaky public sector struggling after record-low rainfall and local wells running dry. “State water used to come every other day, now it’s every three days,” said Rima al-Sabaa, 50, […]

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Hydrological framework deteriorates as drought, civil war and climate stress take lasting toll A flock of sheep standing along one of the few wet patches along the mostly dry riverbed of Syria’s Orontes (Assi) river during an extreme drought in the area of Jisr al-Shughur in Syria’s northwesterShow more Syria‘s drought crisis is deepening in […]

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12 August 2025 Iraq on Monday announced a nationwide power outage as rising temperatures pushed demand on the electricity grid to unprecedented levels. The electricity ministry said the grid suffered a “total outage” after the shutdown of two transmission lines amid a spike in consumption triggered by a “record rise in temperatures”, with the heat […]

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Power and water outages have combined with record-breaking heat. Three Iranians tell us how Iran’s triple crisis is reshaping daily life they’ve had to adjust. By Mohammad Lotfollahi 10 Aug 2025 Tehran, Iran – Every morning at 6am, Sara reaches for her phone – not to check messages, but to see when the day’s blackout will begin. […]

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Israel bakes in record heat as temperatures expected to approach 50ºC Times of Israel 13 August 2025 Jerusalem, which experienced unusual summer rain Tuesday night, set to reach 39ºC; Dead Sea experiences highest-recorded minimum daily temperature of 36.6°C full report: https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-bakes-in-record-heat-as-temperatures-expected-to-approach-50oc/ Shattering decades-old records: Israel braces for extended heatwave – Jerusalem Post The heat wave […]

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Data from the European Drought Observatory comes as Israel copes with an extreme heat wave that is expected to break records By AFP and SUE SURKES. 12 August 2025 full report: https://www.timesofisrael.com/over-half-of-europe-and-mediterranean-basin-hit-by-drought-since-april/

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Short Url https://arab.news/jeaqy RIYADH: More than 151 million trees have been planted and 500,000 hectares of land rehabilitated under the Saudi Green Initiative, which aims to plant 10 billion in total, the Kingdom’s environment minister said on Wednesday. The Kingdom has made significant progress under the National Environment Strategy, en-route to achieving Saudi Arabia’s Vision […]

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