Speaker Nabih Berri raised with the French ambassador Bruno Foucher the file of Lebanon’s maritime oil from the perspective of Israel’s attempt to explore within the Lebanese sea waters, al-Joumhouria daily reported on Thursday. Berri had pointed to the “seriousness of this Israeli attack,” stressing that “Lebanon can not accept this, nor abandon its right […]

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Company’s goal is to raise awareness of the negative consequences of single-use plastic (and drum up business for the company while they’re at it) JTA | Sep. 8, 2018 | 9:17 PM Tourists and locals wandering around Flatiron Plaza in downtown Manhattan were met with an unusual sight: a 20-foot replica of the Statue of […]

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As main aquifers near their red line, the amount of water in the streams feeding the Jordan River continues to drop Zafrir Rinat | Sep. 4, 2018 | 2:26 AM | 1 Israel’s main aquifers are nearing their red lines, or are even below them now, as the end of the summer approaches. At the […]

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Water Authority chief Giora Shaham says Israel suffering longest drought in a century and that water consumption will have to be limited if another dry year follows Zafrir Rinat | Aug. 26, 2018 | 9:01 PM | 1 Israel has been experiencing the most consecutive drought years in more than a century, Israel Water Authority […]

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In an interview with Ynet, energy minister says desalination output to double, aquifers, rivers to be saved; addressing Syria, Steinitz warns ‘Assad in danger if he allows Iranian military buildup.’ Alexandra Lukash, Attila Somfalvi|Published: 08.30.18 Israel intends to prepare for additional drought years by doubling the quantity of desalinated water and the upgrading the national […]

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Caretaker Minister of Industry Hussein Hajj Hassan held a meeting with the committee tasked with following up on the treatment of pollution of Lebanon’s southern Litani River, the National News Agency reported on Tuesday. Conferees tackled the deterrent measures to inhibit numerous water pollution sources, which include microbial and chemical contamination from industrial and domestic […]

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Stream in Golan Heights reopened after test results show drop in fecal coliforms, leading to a decrease in chances of contracting the disease; Tourism Ministry launches campaign to bring Israelis back to the north. Rotem Elizera, Ahiya Raved|Published: 08.27.18 , 14:00 The Ministry of Health announced Sunday that the Zavitan Stream in the Golan Heights […]

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Zeev Elkin is the only mayoral candidate who supports construction of the new neighborhood on the hill of Mitzpeh Naftoah, considered important from an ecological standpoint Nir Hasson | Sep. 7, 2018 | 12:50 PM | 1 Environmental Protection Minister and mayoral candidate Zeev Elkin supports the construction of new neighborhoods on the western edge […]

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By Blanca Brew – Aug 20,2018 UNDP — “Investing in renewable energy changed our lives,” said Mohammad Ayasrha, project manager at Darb Al Safsaf Charity, a community based organisation in the village of Sakeb in Jerash, explaining how the reduction of household energy expenses has greatly contributed to redirecting large savings for local inhabitants. Ayasrha, […]

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Sep 05,2018 AMMAN — Jordanian agencies documented 12,958 alleged electricity thefts during the first eight months of the year, The Energy and Minerals Regulatory Commission (EMRC) chief commissioner, Farouq Hiyari, announced on Wednesday. Hiyari said that 1,222 lawsuits were filed with the courts during the same period, with courts issuing final rulings for 1,374 (some […]

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Farah Tawfeek Following a successful three-month trial of its first electric bus, Alexandria will receive 14 new buses from the Chinese BYD company by mid-September, according to CNN Arabic. The coastal Egyptian city will become the first in the Middle-East to operate electric buses, as a part of a government initiative to manage air pollution. […]

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Demonstration organized by environmentalist groups demanding that government reduce pollution from gas platforms Bar Peleg, Zafrir Rinat | Sep. 1, 2018 | 11:17 PM Thousands of people protested in Tel Aviv’s Rabin Square on Saturday to demand that the government nix the plan to build a natural gas rig only 10 kilometers (about 6 miles) […]

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By Suzanna Goussous – Aug 15,2018 AMMAN — Residents of Irbid’s Ibsar Abu Ali village on Wednesday said that the “expropriation” of lands for the 65-kilometre-long Israeli gas pipeline project is “illegal” and “unethical”, adding that the act “would only serve the interests of Israel”. One of the residents, lawyer Bisher Khatib, said that land […]

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Netta Bar Yosef-Paz abstract: This article examines contemporary Hebrew dystopic novels in which ecological issues play a critical role, reflecting an increasing preoccupation of Israeli culture and society with the environment. The literary turn to dystopia is not new, but whereas Israeli dystopias published in the 1980s–1990s focused mainly on military apocalyptic visions, current novels […]

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Amid the leptospirosis scare, Agriculture Minister Uri Ariel, Nature and Parks Authority director, and deputy director-general of the Ministry of Health visit the north to encouraged Israelis to return. Ahiya Raved|Published: 08.21.18 In an attempt to alleviate the damage to tourism in northern Israel in the wake of the leptospirosis scare in recent weeks, Nature […]

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The authority is seeking to install water troughs to keep cattle away from Golan Heights streams that could be contaminated by cattle feces that spread the disease, which can kill humans Zafrir Rinat | Aug. 19, 2018 | 4:47 AM The Israel Nature and Parks Authority has developed a plan to install water troughs in […]

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During emergency discussion, Deputy Health Minister Litzman says his ministry is monitoring streams in northern Israel for the bacteria; ‘things are under control,’ assures ministry director-general. Rotem Elizera|Published: 08.19.18 The Health Ministry held an emergency discussion on Sunday after over 40 Israelis contracted leptospirosis. So far, 253 suspected cases of leptospirosis have been reported to […]

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32 Israelis contract leptospirosis after swimming in streams in the Golan Heights; ministry finds high levels of fecal E. coli bacteria in Zaki, Mesushim and Yehudiya streams, barring the public from entering them as well as several other bodies of water. Rotem Elizera, Gilad Carmeli|Published: 08.16.18 The Health Ministry found high levels of fecal E. […]

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Camille Dupire – Aug 20,2018 AMMAN — In the northern town of Khaldiya, 60km from Amman, extensive agriculture and animal farming has produced a tremendous amount of animal waste, most of which has remained untreated, causing worrying safety and health hazards for the local population. Safety and health hazard This lack of manure treatment has […]

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Solar power generation project provides energy for 80,000 Syrian refugees By JT – Aug 15,2018 AMMAN — Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Hala Zawati said that the solar power generation project in Zaatari camp, which provides energy for 80,000 Syrian refugees, is the largest in the world in a refugee camp. Zawati visited the […]

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