14/11/2019 The Arab Forum for Environment and Development (AFED) launched its annual report, Environmental Education in Arab Countries, at its 12th conference on Thursday, November 14, at the Bristol Hotel in Beirut. The report provides the first comprehensive survey of environmental contents in school and university curricula across the Arab countries, in view of identifying […]

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Highlights from the past month: Play for Change (Climate Change Awareness Summit) On October 7th, the Play for Change (Climate Change Awareness Summit) took place at Kadoorie Agricultural High School. 150 students from schools around Israel took part. Special thanks to EcoPeace sponsors, the Embassy of Germany in Israel, and diplomacy teacher Nadav Baron and […]

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The letter came in response to declarations by the energy minister earlier this month that Israel will move into a coal-free era of power production by the end of 2025. By MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN NOVEMBER 19, 2019 More than 100 scientists sent a letter on Tuesday to Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz urging Israel to revise its […]

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Even though it seems like a real climate disaster will not happen for years to come, specialists claim that a catastrophe is almost imminent and coastal cities like Tel Aviv will be the first to suffer; unless actual and strict measures are introduced by the global community Attila Somfalvi and Alexandra Lukash|Published: 11.07.19 , 11:53 […]

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The shortcut between two seas has driven intruders to the Mediterranean shores that push out local species and make life miserable for swimmers Zafrir Rinat | Nov. 17, 2019 | 1:09 PM This week 150 years ago a group of notables that came to Egypt from several European countries made its way through the new […]

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Nov 19,2019 AMMAN — Water Minister Raed Abul Saud on Tuesday received a high-level NATO delegation representing members of the Mediterranean Sea and Middle East Special Group for a meeting that focused on Jordan’s water woes and the main challenges facing the sector. During the meeting, the minister expressed the Kingdom’s appreciation for the support […]

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By Bahaa Al Deen Al Nawas – Nov 13,2019 AMMAN — In pursuit of a life-long dream, Shadi Tailakh started an eco-friendly construction company, which is now the “sole producer” of an eco-friendly building product. Tailakh was one of several entrepreneurs from around the Kingdom to meet with His Majesty King Abdullah last week. During […]

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Nov 15,2019 AMMAN — The World Food Programme’s (WFP) “H2Grow” project, a soil-less hydroponics technique that that was implemented in Azraq and is now attracting global attention, was presented this week at the second annual Paris Peace Forum, according to the WFP. The peace forum, which was held from November 11 to 13, brought together […]

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Perry Keziah – Nov 07,2019 AMMAN — What began as an eco-friendly alternative to expensive home decor, turned into an opportunity for a young Jordanian woman to form a business and use her talents to empower artisans around the Kingdom. In 2018, entrepreneur Nour Nsheiwat established “Hunaya”, an online business that supplies local restaurants with […]

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By IDAN ZONSHINE NOVEMBER 6, 2019 The 16th annual “Israel Ride” bike journey took off near Beitar Ilit on Wednesday at 7:45 a.m. About 200 Jewish riders [see editor’s note: errata below] from around the world came to Israel to take part in the fundraising event, meant to raise money for peace, sustainability and environmentalism […]

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Some 120 sites were affected, imposing restrictions on drilling drinking water in Herzliya, Rehovot and Nes Ziona ■ Authorities have known about the pollution for years, but no steps have been taken to purify the water Zafrir Rinat | Nov. 11, 2019 Groundwater is severely polluted at some 120 sites in Israel’s coastal region, due […]

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04 November 2019 Financial Prosecutor Ali Ibrahim on Monday filed a lawsuit against the state-run Council for Development and Construction and several private companies on charges of wasting public funds in connection with the Brissa Dam project, the National News Agency said. LBCI television said several corruption-related files will be tackled after Monday’s move. The […]

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In 2014, some 5 million liters of crude oil leaked into the Evrona Nature Reserve in what is considered to be one of Israel’s worst ecological disasters Zafrir Rinat | Nov. 7, 2019 | 12:48 PM Israel’s state-owned Eilat-Ashkelon Pipeline Company will pay 100 million shekels (approximately $30 million) in compensation for one of the […]

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November 10, 2019 Al-Masry Al-Youm The Red Sea Regional Branch of the Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency (EEAA) in Hurghada will file a legal complaint against the General Petroleum Company (GPC) in Ras Ghareb for polluting the Ras Ghareb Corniche Beach with crude oil and harming the environment, environmental activists said on Sunday. The agency will […]

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Nov 15,2019 AMMAN — In the framework of the celebration of 60 years of Jordanian-German Development Cooperation, the Ministry of Water and Irrigation, together with the German Institute of Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR), have launched a study on groundwater resources in Jordan. Minister of Water and Irrigation Raed Abul Saud opened the conference together […]

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Nov 13,2019 AMMAN — The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources and the Jordan Islamic Bank on Wednesday signed an agreement to facilitate the financing of the fourth phase of a programme to instal solar cells and heaters through banks and micro-finance institutions (MFIs), at a 30 per cent subsidy rate, according to a ministry […]

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Nov 04,2019 AMMAN — Jordan imported 272,000 barrels of oil via 1,088 tankers from Iraq in October under a deal the two countries signed in February, Energy Minister Hala Zawati said on Monday. The total amount of oil imported from Iraq in October stood at 36,400 tonnes, which were transferred from the Baiji refinery to […]

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Nov 04,2019 AMMAN —The water sector consumes some 14 per cent of the total energy used in the Kingdom, Water Minister Raed Abul Saud said on Monday. He added that ensuring water and energy security is a “basic requirement” for achieving sustainable development. Deputising for Prime Minister Omar Razzaz, Abul Saud attended the opening of […]

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NABLUS, Sunday, October 27, 2019 (WAFA) – Illegal Jewish settlers last night flooded sewage into groves belonging to Palestinian farmers near the village of Deir al-Hatab, to the east of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, local sources said. Ghassan Daghlas, who monitors settlement activities in the area, told WAFA that farmers from Deir al-Hatab […]

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By EYTAN HALON 10/29/2019 The first-of-its-kind lawsuit, pitting academics against alleged major polluters, has been described as the largest environmental class action in Israel’s history. A team of leading Israeli academics is intensifying its legal efforts to secure damages exceeding NIS 1 billion for the alleged chemical contamination of two bodies of water in Israel’s […]

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