While Israel is swimming in desalinated water, its eastern neighbor is desperate for more H2O, as are the Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank. The hope is that necessity will dampen any political opposition to the deal David Rosenberg Nov 30, 2022 On paper, it’s a win-win situation. The kingdom of Jordan is desperately […]

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With cold spells and massive rainstorms keeping the bees from pollinating, Gazan apiculturists see honey production plummet to previously unseen lows Reuters|11.22.22 This time, it wasn’t the bulldozers or the bullets, but the rain and the wind. Weather kept the bees confined to their hives in the spring, when they should have been out foraging […]

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With the help of a ‘biological pump’, carbon is transformed by photosynthesis into solid organic matter that sinks to the seafloor and is eliminated from the ecologic system – this could help commercial companies reduce carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere Ynet|11.10.22 The Red Sea in the Gulf of Eilat absorbs greenhouse gases from the […]

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Studies show birds collide with high voltage wires in Israel at rate of no less than 200 incidents per kilometer every year; drone efficacy being tested to install devices able to warn birds of danger Noa Fisher|11.28.22 | Israel’s Electric corporation, the Society for the Protection of Nature and the Environmental Protection Ministry have launched […]

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by Naharnet Newsdesk 25 November 2022, Abbas Hashem fixed his worried gaze on the horizon — the day was almost gone and still, there was no sign of the last of his water buffaloes. He knows that when his animals don’t come back from roaming the marshes of this part of Iraq, they must be […]

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The small park with air-conditioned paths is an apt illustration of World Cup host Qatar’s answers, so far, to the rising temperatures its people face. The wealthy Gulf Arab nation has been able to pay for extreme adaptive measures like this thanks to the natural gas it exports to the world. A small peninsula that […]

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15 November 2022 Turkey on Tuesday unveiled at the COP27 climate summit in Egypt’s Sharm el-Sheikh a revised plan for cutting its carbon emissions that was immediately criticized by analysts as insufficiently ambitious. “We have updated our nationally determined contribution (NDC),” Turkey’s environment minister, Murat Kurum, told the U.N. climate conference, referring to the national […]

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by Naharnet Newsdesk Shaheen stretched out on the sand and closed his eyes, but there was little time to rest for the camel. World Cup fans coming in droves to the desert outside Doha were ready for their perfect Instagram moment: riding a camel on the rolling dunes. As Qatar welcomes more than a million […]

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It took an intense legal battle with the Environmental Protection Ministry to get the Municipality of Jerusalem to implement citywide recycling bins. By JERUSALEM POST STAFF NOVEMBER 27, 2022 08:30 Jerusalem began placing orange recycling bins around the city on Thursday over four years after City Council Member Yovav Tzur started advocating for the rollout. […]

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Mohamed Hatem , Sunday 27 Nov 2022 The Abu Dhabi Environment Agency (EAD) has reported a 90 percent reduction in the consumption of single-use plastic bags, as the 3-million-resident emirate continues to phase out the use of plastic products. Reusable canvas and jute bags on display at Carrefour in Mall of the Emirates. Photo courtesy […]

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The ecological restoration of the Jordan River “requires transboundary action,” Israel and Jordan agreed in a joint declaration signed in Sharm El Shiekh. By JERUSALEM POST STAFF NOVEMBER 17, 2022 Israel and Jordan will cooperate on the ecological rehabilitation, restoration and sustainable development of the Jordan River, it was announced Thursday at COP27 in Sharm […]

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Next year, the water will come. The pipes have been laid to Ata Yigit’s sprawling farm in Turkey’s southeast connecting it to a dam on the Euphrates River. A dream, soon to become a reality, he says. He’s already grown a small corn patch on some of the water. The golden stalks are tall and […]

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By Rayya Al Muheisen – Nov 21,2022 Representative image (Photo courtesy of unsplash.com/ HYPERLINK “https://unsplash.com/@karsten_wuerth” Karsten Würth) AMMAN — Beyond its environmental impact, renewable energy represents an effective way to achieve economic sustainability, economists suggest. Jordan had the highest share of renewable energy contribution in the Arab region in 2021, excluding hydropower, according to the […]

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JT – Nov 21,2022 An oil spill resulting from a Palauan merchant vessel polluted the water surrounding Aqaba’s coastline in August and the cleanup took 16 days (Petra photo) AMMAN — The “Floor of Sea” vessel has left Jordan’s territorial waters after the company that owns the ship committed to paying JD1 million following the […]

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Akram Al-Amour began recycling paper waste to try to reduce the emissions caused by burning it, and found an alternative to plastic that could contribute to improving economic conditions Reuters|11.15.22 Cheaper, stronger, available and environmental – for Gaza chicken farmers seeking to deliver eggs unbroken, there is everything to like about trays made from recycled […]

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Annual report says a total of 2.6 tons of food, of which about half could have been saved, was thrown away at an estimated cost of 2.19 billion USD; Israel is ranked last among OCED countries in number of policies implemented to tackle phenomenon 11.14.22 The total cost of food waste in Israel in 2021 […]

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For the first time, a delegation from Israel representing the nation’s climate-tech innovations and its advancements in the field attended the COP27. By ZACHY HENNESSEY Published: NOVEMBER 20, 2022 The United Nations annual Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt came to a close last week, concluding two weeks of dialogue, information sharing […]

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18/11/2022 As Egypt hosts world leaders at COP27 to discuss action over climate change, an oil terminal is dumping toxic wastewater on the country’s Red Sea coast, an investigation by BBC News Arabic has found. A rare form of coral, that offers hope for preserving ocean life as the planet warms, could be a casualty. […]

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Yosef Abramowitz imitated Moses’s smashing of the 10 biblical commandments in a demonstration against climate change. By SAM HALPERN Published: NOVEMBER 21, 2022 An Israeli climate activist smashed tablets representing the 10 climate change principles, mirroring Moses’s smashing of the biblical commandments, in a demonstration against climate crisis inaction atop Jebel Musa, the mountain thought […]

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Turkey on Tuesday unveiled at the COP27 climate summit in Egypt’s Sharm el-Sheikh a revised plan for cutting its carbon emissions that was immediately criticized by analysts as insufficiently ambitious. “We have updated our nationally determined contribution (NDC),” Turkey’s environment minister, Murat Kurum, told the U.N. climate conference, referring to the national plans for reducing […]

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