By SHARON UDASIN 06/23/2015 Israel must respond to climate change, by both adapting to transforming environmental conditions and by working to mitigate the impact of the circumstances. The government must swiftly adopt a plan to prepare for the impacts of climate change and the requisite reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, environmental organizations argued in a […]

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By SHARON UDASIN 06/22/2015 Since its founding in 1975 by the late MK Yosef Tamir, movement has grown from a fledgling organization to a group that houses most of Israel’s environmental NGOs. Shaping the umbrella group that now houses 130 environmental organizations has involved a journey “unprecedented” in Israeli civil society, the current and former […]

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ISIL threatens to flood downstream towns and deprive them of a resource for daily survival and irrigation. 19 Jun 2015 10:22 GMT | War & Conflict, Politics, Middle East, Iraq, Syria Ibrahim Al-Marashi Ibrahim al-Marashi is an assistant professor at the Department of History, California State University, San Marcos. He is the co-author of “Iraq’s […]

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June 25, 2015 10:15 A.M. (Updated: June 25, 2015 10:15 A.M.) JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — A $2 million grant to the Palestinian water sector has been given by the World Bank to strengthen the capacity of the water authority and contribute to implement reform initiatives as outlined in the water law. “With the new water law, […]

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Jun 25,2015 – Last updated at Jun 25,2015 AMMAN — The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), the political risk insurance and credit enhancement arm of the World Bank Group, is backing the development, construction and operation of four solar power projects in Jordan, adding 50 megawatts of clean, renewable energy generation capacity to the country’s […]

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Jun 25,2015 – Last updated at Jun 25,2015 AMMAN — The Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation recently signed a grant agreement valued at 750,000 euros with the German Development Bank (KfW) to finance the Solid Waste Management Programme’s consultative services and feasibility studies. The project will be implemented in cooperation with the Greater Amman […]

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By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH 06/15/2015 Dr. Zvi Peleg wins Kaye Innovation Award for recognizing ancient crop’s ability to feed a hungry world. Sesame seeds are not just tehina to add to your hummus. New strains developed in a technique innovated by a Hebrew University plant geneticist will make it possible to increase the yield of sesame […]

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Fears of corruption will not stop the exploration of potentially vast – and vastly lucrative – offshore resources. Martin Armstrong | 16 Jun 2015 Beirut, Lebanon – A series of oil exploration deals, which may be worth billions of dollars to Lebanon’s economy, are being held up amid the country’s presidential vacuum and political chaos […]

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By Hana Namrouqa – Jun 18,2015 – Last updated at Jun 18,2015 Pumps installed illegally on water meters in several areas in Karak were diverting some 2,880 cubic metres of water daily to nearby farms for the irrigation of trees, according to the Water Ministry AMMAN — The Ministry of Water and Irrigation is estimating […]

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By Omar Obeidat – Jun 15,2015 – Last updated at Jun 15,2015 AMMAN – A number of projects will be launched this year to boost renewable energy usage, Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Ibrahim Saif said on Monday. Speaking at a meeting Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour held with chief editors of daily newspapers and […]

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Nizar Hassan Hashem Osseiran| The Daily Star BEIRUT: Public Works Minister Ghazi Zeaiter vowed Monday to prevent the closure of Beirut’s only public beach after a judge earlier this month ordered its entrances shut following petitions by private developers. “I am going to take all necessary measures to ensure that the Ramlet al-Baida beach will […]

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Mohammed Zaatari| The Daily Star SIDON, Lebanon: A few hundred meters off the coast of Sidon, facing the city’s port and sea castle, lies the island of Al-Zira. A campaign kicked off this month to promote conservation of the historic landmark. The “Friends of Zira and Sidon’s Beach” organization took the first steps in their […]

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Sharon UDASIN 06/16/2015 Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat and Environmental Protection Minister Avi Gabbay inaugurated the Greennet recycling plant on Tuesday afternoon. A new recycling plant has begun collecting the garbage of some 1 million residents of the Jerusalem region – the fruits of a NIS 100 million investment in state-of-the-art waste technologies. Jerusalem Mayor Nir […]

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BEIRUT: Environment Minister Mohammad Machnouk Wednesday promised to do his utmost to address a looming garbage crisis, as the deadline for the closure of the Naameh landfill approaches with no decision yet on a substitute site. “We will not leave the people to address this problem [on their own] so that they get flooded with […]

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By SHARON UDASIN 06/15/2015 Ministry publishes main principles of plan after environment ministers met over the weekend with city’s mayor, members of task force appointed 2 weeks ago for formulating such a program. Praising the Environmental Protection Ministry’s new emergency plan to mitigate pollution in the Haifa Bay region, Haifa Mayor Yona Yahav stressed that […]

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BioBee is blitzing the Croatian orchards with its fixed flies, for the local ladies to mate with and produce – nothing. By Ruth Schuster | Jun. 17, 2015 The kibbutz company BioBee is blitzing orchards along the border between Serbia and Croatia with Israeli fruit flies, ordered by none other than the International Atomic Energy […]

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Shams Maan solar project to start generating power in September 2016’ – Jordan Times by Mohammad Ghazal – Jun 09,2015 – Last updated at Jun 09,2015 AMMAN — Jordan is set to witnesses the launch of several solar power plants in the next few years following Tuesday’s launch of the Middle East’s largest solar power […]

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By Dana Al Emam – Jun 11,2015 – Last updated at Jun 11,2015 AMMAN — The energy challenges facing the Kingdom are ones of management, not a lack of resources, according to a sector insider. “The most important element in energy management is reducing consumption, a matter that is not yet publically addressed at a […]

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By Laila Azzeh – Jun 10,2015 AMMAN — Um Rakan will never forget the day she managed to fix a water leak at her house and show her family how “capable” she was. The young mother said she felt an “overwhelming” sense of victory when repairing the leaking tap, especially since her husband was unable […]

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Production capacity of all of Israel’s desalination plants will soon reach 600 million cubic meters of water – nearly 70 percent of the country’s domestic water consumption. By Zafrir Rinat | Jun. 7, 2015 | Although Israel experienced an unprecedented drought in 2014, there will be no need to build more major desalination plants this […]

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