Zafrir Rinat 11.07.2020 Government committee, not local councils, will approve construction of polluting industrial plants. Environmental groups have called on the government to cancel planned legislative changes that would weaken environmental oversight and the authority of the Environmental Protection Ministry as part of this year’s budget. The legal changes included in the Economic Arrangements Bill […]

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Environment, Agriculture ministries bid to plant 10 million trees over next decade By Maram Kayed – Jul 16,2020 The national afforestation project, launched by the Ministry of Environment in cooperation with the Ministry of Agriculture, aims to plant 10 million trees during the next decade, according to Minister of Environment and Minister of Agriculture Saleh […]

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Jul 21,2020 AMMAN — A total of 3,000 dunums of forest have been damaged in 130 wildfires across the country since the start of summer, according to the Agriculture Ministry. Khaled Qudah, director of the agriculture ministry’s forestry department, noted that a plan has been put in place to deal with any potential fires in […]

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Global study finds almost no sharks and rays in reefs of six nations; in the Mediterranean their situation is desperate thanks to unchecked overfishing. Only Israel has banned shark and ray fishing entirely. Ruth Schuster Sharks are disappearing from the world’s seas. As alpha predators they should have been thronging the oceans and especially the […]

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Jul 16,2020 AMMAN— The Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature (RSCN) on Thursday launched the national database of the birdwatching programme in energy projects, in partnership with the Ministry of Environment (MoE), the first of its kind worldwide. At the launching event, Minister of Environment and Minister of Agriculture Saleh Kharabsheh said: “Jordan is […]

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Poachers often hunt endangered and protected animals like gazelles and porcupines, where their meat is sold illegally for high prices. By AARON REICH   JULY 16, 2020 A new campaign started by the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel (SPNI) and two NGOs aims to end the practice of hunting wild animals in […]

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Gidon Bromberg, Yana Abu Taleb, Nada Majdalani *April 2020 Introduction Since the outbreak of the coronavirus, COVID 19 or SARS-CoV-2,considerable research has been made in order to better understand the virus, so as to control the spread of the pandemic and discover its prevention and treatment. One aspect of the pandemic that requires further research […]

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The attacks target agricultural water pumps in the Upper Galilee and infrastructure in the center of the country, officials say but add that they caused no damage and were repaired by local authorities 07.17.20 A cyber-attack targeted two Israeli water infrastructure facilities, with the Israeli Water Authority confirmed on Thursday. According to officials, the attacks […]

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17/7/2020 (Reuters) Dismayed by the plastic bags piling up in the Gaza Strip, a group of young Palestinians is recycling discarded fabric into reusable totes to clamp down on waste and protect the environment.   Their cloth bags – painted with colourful characters and slogans including “NOT PLASTIC – FANTASTIC” sell for 25 shekels ($7), […]

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Tel Aviv University’s Prof. Hadas Mamane says she can produce ethanol in a simple and green way that is respectful of the environment and does not generate toxins, providing an alternative for the need to import alcogels AFP | Published: 07.09.20 Israeli scientists have come up with a “simple” and low-cost method to turn waste […]

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Deal will bring a global energy major into the Israeli market for the first time Eran Azran Dafna Maor Israel has long sought to lure one of the world’s top energy companies, and it may now get one through the backdoor: On Monday, oil major Chevron said it has reached an agreement to buy Texas-based […]

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15/7/2020 (Reuters) Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan have failed to reach agreement at a new round of talks hosted by the African Union to regulate the flow of water from the giant Blue Nile hydropower dam built by Addis Ababa, the three countries said.   The AU launched its mediation effort two weeks ago, involving eleven […]

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Laboratory tests commissioned by the Environmental Working Group found glyphosate, the chemical better known as Roundup, in 80% of conventional chickpeas and hummus tested. By SHIRA HANAU/JTA   JULY 17, 2020 Cases of Sabra Classic Hummus are viewed on the shelf of a grocery store on April 9, 2015 in New York City (photo credit: […]

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The Environmental Protection Agency suggested that the best thing would be to increase the supply output from the already-existing ports in the country. By JERUSALEM POST STAFF   JULY 17, 2020 An audit report by Comptroller Matanyahu Engelman stated that there may have serious consequences to expanding marinas and ports along the Israeli coast. “They […]

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Trees planted in the southern desert could be uprooted if land is allocated to formalize Bedouin settlement unrecognized by the state Zafrir Rinat The Israel Land Authority will agree to uproot trees that were systematically planted in order to deter Bedouin residents from areas in the Negev desert, if it is decided to allocate the […]

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Israel ranked first in OECD in rate of solar power generation from economy’s total electricity consumption. A look at the fine print tells a different story. By DANIEL MADAR, ZAVIT/SCIENCE, ENVIRONMENT NEWS AGENCY   JULY 12, 2020 According to a recently published annual report by the International Energy Agency, Israel came first among the OECD […]

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Although questions remain as to the stability of supply in off-peak hours, the construction of three photovoltaic plants will go a long way in achieving Israel’s climate change goals Yoram Gabison Jul 15, 2020 Gilad Yavetz, CEO of Enlight Energy, called it “an energy revolution” for Israel. On Tuesday, his company and two others were […]

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Contrary to the negative economic image that some people have rushed to give the Ashalim solar project, it is an experiment that should be hailed as an achievement. By DAVID FAIMAN   JULY 11, 2020 On a large plot of barren desert adjacent to Moshav Ashalim, a remarkable, long-term experiment is unfolding. Three independent consortia, […]

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The two teams claim that their new findings, which they published in the ‘Journal of Materials Chemistry A,’ could be a big step toward making solar BIOcells a mainstream, clean energy source. July 14, 2020 Researchers from the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and western Germany’s Ruhr Universitat Bochum (RUB) are using the power of photosynthesis […]

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Zafrir Rinat 13.07.2020 Environmental Protection Ministry warns that combined pollution from the four natural gas powered plants planned for the Jezreel Valley poses a risk to residents. A government plan to build four power plants based on natural gas is expected to create excessive air pollution in the Jezreel Valley, while a fifth planned plant […]

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