A number of residents and activists held a sit-in Friday on the Costa Brava shore at Beirut’s southern entrance to protest a government decision to set up a garbage landfill at the site. “A group of students, youths and environmental activists staged a protest this afternoon at Costa Brava following an invitation from the National […]

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Gaza’s water treatment facility not yet online due to electricity shortages, causing wastewater to flow north into Israel; major desalinization plant in Ashkelon shut down as result. Amir Ben-David, Elior Levy Published: 03.21.16 Israel has been ignoring Palestinian requests to help them build a new water treatment plant in the Gaza Strip. As a result, […]

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Zafrir Rinat Mar 18, 2016 read more: http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-1.709528 Israel’s largest desalination plant was shut down yesterday by order of the Health Ministry due to marine pollution. The source of the pollution was an excess of treated effluent that was released into the sea instead of being stored for irrigation due to a lack of space. […]

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Al-Masry Al-Youm photos at http://www.egyptindependent.com//news/clean-campaign-coast-taba-nuweiba Abu Galum Protectorate launched on Monday an environmental diving campaign in Taba. The campaign — a seabed clean-up at diving spots along the coast at Taba — marked the 27th anniversary of Taba’s return to Egypt after its Israeli occupation. During the campaign, divers cleared litter and fishing rope from […]

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Dozens of lorries begin carrying rubbish swamping Beirut to landfills as temporary solution to eight-month crisis. The Lebanese government has launched a bid to dispose of the mountains of rubbish swamping the suburbs of the capital Beirut, in what residents hope will lead to the end of the country’s eight-month garbage crisis. On Saturday, dozens […]

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Nir Hasson (Haaretz)March 5, 2016 Sometimes you need a new vantage point to understand an older picture. Two months ago a small camera-equipped, motorized glider took off close to a signpost that said “steps down to the Dead Sea 1984.” The location was the Einot Tzukim (Ein Feshkha) nature reserve in the northern Dead Sea […]

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While a plan is moving ahead to avoid flooding at hotels along its shores, authorities are still faced with challenges in the Dead Sea. Zafrir Rinat Jan 17, 2016 The Dead Sea, one of the world’s natural wonders, has turned into a big engineering headache; it’s probably the only lake in the world where the […]

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20-year-old Amit Gal-Or from Ra’anana, who now lives in Shanghai, established Phresh, which has developed a powder composed of essential oils which can preserve produce for 3 times longer than usual. Alexander J. Apfel/TPS Latest Update: 03.22.16 A product designed and developed by an Israeli student that can prolong the life of fruit and vegetables […]

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By Hana Namrouqa – Mar 17,2016 AMMAN — Jordan will start growing moringa trees in desert and sub-desert areas this year to benefit from their medical and food uses, according to an official at the Agriculture Ministry. Under a memorandum of understanding between the ministry and the Saudi cooperative society for moringa and desert plants, […]

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With 75 percent of its country comprised of desert, it’s not easy for Tunisia to grow food. But the Sahara Forest Project aims to change that with a $30 million facility funded by the Norwegian Foreign Ministry. Building on their first projects in Qatar and Jordan, the group will use solar energy and desalination technology […]

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By MICHELLE MALKA GROSSMAN 03/09/2016 Involved in the project as well are EcoPeace/Friends of the Earth Middle East and the Hashemite kingdom’s Jordan Valley Authority. Swarms of pesky flies may hold the key to improving Jordanian- Israeli relations. Seeking to end the insect infestation that has plagued farmers in the lower Jordan Valley and Dead […]

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With the problem of power outages seemingly unsolvable, Palestinians have begun adopting solar technology, with more and more public institutions and private residents are getting cheaper, abundant energy. Reuters 03.12.16 Faced with power blackouts lasting anything from eight to 12 hours a day, residents and businesses in Gaza are increasingly turning to the sun to […]

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AMMAN — The Cabinet on Sunday approved delivering electricity to single-detached dwellings in poverty pockets using solar power units, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported. The solar power units will not be part of the electricity grid and will cost a maximum of JD6,000 for each house. The decision will reduce financial burdens for the […]

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By MICHELLE MALKA GROSSMAN 03/08/2016 The chief scientist at the National Infrastructure, Energy and Water Resources Ministry says the base of power production in Israel “will always come from fossil fuels.” Following a day of talks about oil and gas at the first Kinneret Oil, Energy and Gas Conference on Tuesday at Kinneret College, Israeli […]

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Salam Requests Security Forces to Monitor Implementation of Trash Plan to Avoid Unrest – NAHARNET by Naharnet Newsdesk Prime Minister Tammam Salam chaired on Monday a ministerial security meeting to address the latest developments in Lebanon, as well as the implementation of the trash disposal plan that was adopted by cabinet over the weekend. Salam […]

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Fahd Al Rasheed The Red Sea has played a pivotal role in global trade for millennia. In the time of the pharaohs, it was at the heart of the global spice trade. Today, it is an essential global artery, feeding Western demand for hydrocarbons and facilitating the flow of goods between Europe and booming Asian […]

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By MICHELLE MALKA GROSSMAN 03/10/2016 The ministry’s Haifa director, Shlomo Katz, said that the two new units were intentionally placed to compare the amount of pollution from petrochemical facilities to the amount from vehicles. The Environmental Protection Ministry is stepping up its efforts to fight air pollution in the Haifa Bay by installing new mobile […]

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by Hana Namrouqa – Mar 08,2016 AMMAN — Construction on a project to convey and collect treated wastewater for the irrigation of 5,000 dunums of fodder has started south of the capital, according to a senior government official. Under the project’s first phase, a total of 1,200 dunums of land will be planted with fodder […]

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By Hana Namrouqa – Mar 13,2016 AMMAN — Jordan’s first experiment in artificial rainmaking is scheduled to take place during spring in the Jordan Valley over the catchment area of King Talal Dam, a government official said on Sunday. The first experiment will be implemented after Jordan and Thailand sign a memorandum of understanding on […]

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By MICHELLE MALKA GROSSMAN 03/14/2016 Forecaster from IMS says that pollution warning is expected to stay in effect for the central and southern regions of the country through Tuesday. The pollution was high today as a mix of dust from Egypt and high winds blew into Israel, forcing the Environmental Protection Ministry to issue a […]

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