Environment and Climate in the Middle East

news, conferences, policy discussions and academic publications on environmental issues and climate change in the Eastern Mediterranean

Environment and Climate in the Middle East

Study warns against inaction over shrinking Dead Sea – Jordan Times

by Hana Namrouqa | Jan 30, 2013 AMMAN — The Dead Sea and its unique environment will witness continued deterioration if stakeholders of the Red-Dead project adopt a “no action alternative approach”, a recent study concluded. The World Bank-led study of alternatives, part of the Red Sea-Dead Sea Water Conveyance Study Programme, warned of the […]

Read the rest of this entry »

‘New water economy must check energy demand’ – Jerusalem Post

by SHARON UDASIN 01/30/2013 In 18 months, desalination will provide enough water for 80% of Israel’s urban drinking needs, experts say at CleanTech symposium. As the Israeli water management and treatment industries continue to grow, it is crucial to ensure that all facilities operate with maximum efficiency, to prevent the loss of valuable energy, experts […]

Read the rest of this entry »

German grant to cover renewable energy projects – Jordan Times

IRBID — A team from the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) on Tuesday examined the possibility of carrying out a heating and cooling project using solar energy at the Irbid Chamber of Commerce (ICC). The environmental project is one of several that the GIZ is planning to implement in Jordan in cooperation with the […]

Read the rest of this entry »

Lebanon energy reserves exceed estimates – Daily Star

January 31, 2013 12:41 AM By Osama Habib BEIRUT: As Lebanon prepared to invite oil companies to pre-qualify for bidding on upcoming tenders, a 3-D survey showed that gas reserves off its southern coast may be larger than previously thought, a senior executive at energy company Spectrum said Wednesday. “We have re-assessed the data we […]

Read the rest of this entry »

Car importers fined over pollution data – YNET

Environmental Protection Ministry slaps several top car importers with fines totaling NIS 1.5 million over lacking information given to consumers Ynetnews Published: 01.28.13 The Environmental Protection Ministry has slapped fines amounting to NIS 1.5 million (roughly $400,000) on several leading vehicle importers for publishing car advertisements that were either lacking or presenting inaccurate air pollution […]

Read the rest of this entry »

71% of public wants new Knesset to push green issues – YNET

Poll by Society for Protection of Nature in Israel finds that majority of Israelis want new government to promote an environmental agenda Billie Frenkel Published: 01.22.13 A new survey by the Society for Protection of Nature in Israel found that an overwhelming majority of the public would like to see the new government promote an […]

Read the rest of this entry »

From energy to water usage, major parties go green – Jerusalem Post

By SHARON UDASIN 01/20/2013 Labor, Tzipi Livni Party, Meretz slam PM for privatizing public land; 75% of Israelis say environmental issues essential to quality of life. As the country’s leading parties spar over two-state solutions and who must serve in the army, one issue that nearly all have declared crucial to the state’s survival is […]

Read the rest of this entry »

Israel joins UN’s Kiev Protocol – YNET

Environmental Protection Ministry commits to following UN protocol on air pollution; pledges to grant public access to transparent emissions data 01.25.13 Israel has joined the UN’s Kiev Protocol on air pollution, the Environmental Protection Ministry said. The Kiev Protocol, also known as the Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers (PRTR), was introduced and enacted […]

Read the rest of this entry »

Gov’t to give NIS 8M for rivers’ rehabilitation – YNET

Environmental Protection Ministry issues several bids with aim of turning neglected bodies of water into prized natural resource 01.23.13 The Environmental Protection Ministry has issued several bids for the rehabilitation of polluted rivers and streams across Israel, Ynet has learned. The ministry said that is has been able to secure NIS 8 million (roughly $2.14 […]

Read the rest of this entry »

Court to hear appeal over resort on Israel’s Palmahim beach – Haaretz

Developers say they have lost NIS 100 million because they have been unable to start building a planned vacation village on the shore, after objections by environmentalists led to the government shelving the project. By Zafrir Rinat | Jan.20, 2013 The Planning and Building Law does not assure that an area with approved plans is […]

Read the rest of this entry »

State approves drilling for oil in area earmarked as marine nature reserve – Haaretz

Committee rejects objections to the plans submitted by the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel and Zalul, the Israeli environmental association. By Zafrir Rinat | Jan.15, 2013 The Tel Aviv District Planning Committee approved on Monday a plan to conduct experimental drilling in a search for oil some 19 kilometers off the coast […]

Read the rest of this entry »

With Tu Bishvat near, a tree grows in Zichron Yaakov – Haaretz

With Tu Bishvat around the corner, a new immigrant from England is planning a tribute to her great-great-grandfather, who started the tradition of planting trees on Jewish Arbor Day. By Judy Maltz | Jan.24, 2013 The tradition of planting trees on Tu Bishvat, the Jewish equivalent of Arbor Day, was started back in 1890 by […]

Read the rest of this entry »

LNG gas to start flowing into Israel – Jerusalem Post

SHARON UDASIN 01/24/2013 Israel Natural Gas Lines (INGL) has completed construction of a marine liquefied natural gas receiving buoy, from which the flow of gas into Israel’s transmission lines is slated to begin on Friday. Energy officials at a launching ceremony on Thursday hailed the buoy as capable of relieving the country’s gas shortage until […]

Read the rest of this entry »

Israel’s worst impending environmental crisis: traffic – Haaretz

Israel’s main metropolitan area is way behind in public transportation compared to European cities, and traffic is expected to worsen significantly in the coming years. By Zafrir Rinat | Jan.24, 2013 Among the environmental crises to confront Israel in the coming years, the transportation crisis might be the worst. At a recent conference held by […]

Read the rest of this entry »

Is the Red Sea-Dead Sea canal about to become reality? – Haaretz

The plan, estimated to cost almost $10 billion, has raised concerns among environmentalists in both Jordan and Israel. By Zafrir Rinat | Jan.16, 2013 After almost a decade of arguments over the feasibility of a proposed pipeline between the Red Sea and the Dead Sea, the World Bank released a series of reports over the […]

Read the rest of this entry »

World Bank: Red-Dead pipeline is feasible – Jerusalem Post

By SHARON UDASIN 01/17/2013 Project connecting the two seas would be an environmental disaster, green activists warn. While there may be environmental and social impacts on the region, a trilateral plan to construct a 180-kilometer pipeline transporting water from the Red Sea to the Dead Sea is feasible, a World Bank study has determined. After […]

Read the rest of this entry »

Environment issues high on agendas of tickets, absent from programmes of individual candidates – Jordan Times

by Hana Namrouqa | Jan 17, 2013 | 21:43 AMMAN — Addressing environment pollution and poor waste management as well as applying better rainwater harvesting dominate the agendas of national tickets competing for next week’s parliamentary elections. Agendas of the national lists feature some of Jordan’s “key water and environment issues”, while local constituency candidates […]

Read the rest of this entry »

Going green via government policy – YNET

Environmental issues are being kept on the sidelines of election campaign, but green groups offer series of new measures that the new government can implement to make Israel more eco-friendly Billie Frenkel Published: 01.16.13 New green-growth indices, green taxation and eco-friendly job offers – these are just some of the measures Israel’s green groups plan […]

Read the rest of this entry »

Israel joins UN protocol on air pollution – Jerusalem Post

By SHARON UDASIN, MICHAEL WILNER IN NEW YORK 01/17/2013 Israel commits to granting public access to transparent emissions data in acceding to protocol on air pollution release, monitoring. In a commitment to grant the public access to transparent emissions data, Israel acceded this week to a UN protocol on air pollution release and monitoring. The […]

Read the rest of this entry »

Jaffa fisherman to be compensated for sewage spill – Jerusalem Post

By SHARON UDASIN 01/17/2013 Fisherman to receive NIS 1 million for 2009 incident in which sewage pipe spilled into Or Yehuda, surroundings. Fishermen at Jaffa Port affected by a 2009 sewage spill will be receiving NIS 1 million in compensation for their work loss, the Tel Aviv District Court announced on Wednesday. The incident in […]

Read the rest of this entry »

Page 262 of 392:« First« 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 »Last »