Israel Corporation decides to pull plug on electric car venture after failing to raise capital required for business’ operation. Following decision, Better Place set for closure, hundreds of employees will be laid off. ‘This is a difficult day for all of us,’ says CEO Shahar Haselkorn 05.26.13 Israel Corporation will not invest additional funds in […]
Better Place files for liquidation – YNET
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OECD report: Global demands for food, water to rise – Jerusalem Post
By SHARON UDASIN 06/05/2013 Integrating green growth strategies into their economic policies will be critical to developing countries going forward as they work to secure a more prosperous and comfortable quality of life for their citizens, a new OECD report has determined. The report, called “Putting Green Growth at the Heart of Development,” was released […]
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Greens score win at Tel Aviv urban oasis – Jerusalem Post
By SHARON UDASIN 06/02/2013 Planners determine that large parking lot planned for heart of nature reserve would be moved eastward. Tel Aviv resident activists who have been struggling against the construction of a future resort complex in Tel Baruch achieved a small victory on Thursday when planners determined that a large parking lot planned for […]
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Gas stops top offenders in environmental compliance – Jerusalem Post / Haaretz
By SHARON UDASIN 06/04/2013 Peretz: Yellow and red cards given to companies “that committed environmental crimes against the public.” The Azrieli Group, Dor Alon and the Delek Group were the three most flagrant violators of environmental compliance orders in the Environmental Protection Ministry’s second annual “Ranking of Environmental Compliance for Public Companies,” released on Monday. […]
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Netafim wins Stockholm water prize – YNET
Israel-based world leader in drip irrigation technology to be receive prestigious award in Swedish capital for its contribution to sustainable water management Navit Zommer Published: 06.04.13 Israel-based Netafim, a world leader in drip irrigation technology, has won the 2013 Stockholm Industry Water Award. The company, owned by British investment fund Permira, will receive the prestigious […]
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Startup of the week / Israeli firm brings power to the less fortunate people – Haaretz
Nova Lumos combines solar energy, mobile payments and microfinance to bring electricity to far-flung places. By Inbal Orpaz | Jun.04, 2013 Roughly a fifth of the world’s population – around 1.5 billion people, mostly in Africa and Asia – has no access to electricity and uses candles or kerosene lanterns to light their homes. These […]
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WATCH: Israeli company harnesses the sun to purify water – Haaretz
Israeli technology that relies on the sun to distil water for drinking and agriculture targets populations in developing countries. By Reuters | Jun.04, 2013 An Israeli company is hoping its solar-powered water distiller will help solve two of the world’s most pressing problems – water scarcity and water pollution. A prototype in the desert near […]
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Date palms across Israel fall prey to beetle infestation – Haaretz / Jerusalem Post
HAARETZ Infested city palm trees at risk of falling, thus posing danger to pedestrians; Israel’s agriculture minister calls for public awareness. By Zafrir Rinat | May.22, 2013 Date palms in cities throughout Israel have fallen prey to a beetle that eats away at the tree trunk and could cause them to fall over this summer, […]
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Israel-based firm Eco Wave Power expands to China – Jerusalem Post
By SHARON UDASIN 05/19/2013 01:14 Local green energy firm adds business in the far east in a move blessed by Netanyahu at the signing ceremony. Israel-based Eco Wave Power, that works on harnessing energy from ocean waves on- and near-shore, officially expanded operations to China last week in a ceremony attended by Prime Minister Binyamin […]
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‘Red-Dead project stakeholders to decide on next move in June’ – Jordan Times
Final drafts of meta-study to be ready by end of this month — source by Hana Namrouqa | May 19, 2013 | 21:11 Updated: May 19, 2013 AMMAN — Final drafts of the meta-study on the Red Sea-Dead Sea Water Conveyance Study Programme will be ready by the end of this month, a source at […]
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Solar field set for Ben-Gurion’s Negev kibbutz – Jerusalem Post
By SHARON UDASIN 05/22/2013 04:51 A 5- megawatt field will be installed on 9 hectares at Kibbutz Sde Boker, former home to David Ben-Gurion. The Negev Desert will soon become a little bit brighter with the announcement of two future solar fields, one of which will be built in David Ben-Gurion’s former neighborhood. Shari Arison’s […]
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Shalom: Zemach Committee protocols to be published – Jerusalem Post
By SHARON UDASIN 05/24/2013 04:23 Gas export recommendations released to public; Peretz: “The export of 40% of our natural gas does not meet the real needs of the citizens.” Energy and Water Minister Silvan Shalom announced on Thursday that he has decided to publish, in the near future, all of the protocols of the Zemach […]
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AFED announces annual conference in Sharjah in October – AFED
Beirut/Oxford, 21 May 2013 The Arab Forum for Environment and Development (AFED) announced, at the conclusion of a consultation meeting it held in Oxford, UK, that its annual conference for 2013 will be held in Sharjah, UAE, on 28-29 October. The conference will be held under the patronage of H.H. Sheikh Sultan Al-Qasimi, Ruler of […]
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Change in Behaviour is Possible in Palestine – This Week in Palestine
By the Environmental Education Centre All people have the right to live in a clean and green environment. At present, the environmental situation in Palestine is quite grim, due to a combination of factors. Some things are out of the control of the Palestinian people, as restrictions from the Occupation have inhibited our ability to […]
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Agriculture minister to introduce new citrus tree – Daily Star
BEIRUT: Caretaker Agriculture Minister Hussein Hajj Hasan announced Sunday a comprehensive plan to introduce a new kind of citrus tree in a bid to improve productivity. During a gathering with farmers in Tyre, Hajj Hasan acknowledged that “citrus production suffers from immense negligence in addition to numerous other problems.” He added: “In the long run, […]
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Governorate cleans up Horsh Beirut pine forest – Daily Star
BEIRUT: The Governorate of Beirut held a campaign Sunday to clean up the city’s last pine tree forest, Horsh Beirut. Nassif Qalosh, the acting governor of Beirut, participated in the campaign alongside members of the city’s municipal council and heads of the fire department and the municipal police. Qalosh said the aim of the campaign […]
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The Pulitzer Prize winning operation run out of an apartment in Tel Aviv – Haaretz
An investigative report on a mysterious oil spill made the environmental website InsideClimate News the smallest media outlet ever to win the prestigious journalism award By Omer Shubert May.23, 2013 The first time all seven staff members of InsideClimate News will meet will be at the end of this month, in New York. The meeting […]
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For first time, Israel’s Water Authority to pump Kinneret water into Jordan River – Haaretz / Jerusalem Post
HAARETZ The plan is intended to ecologically rehabilitate the neglected river. By Zafrir Rinat | May.17, 2013 The Israel Water Authority will shortly begin, for the first time, to pump water regularly from Lake Kinneret into the southern Jordan River in an effort to ecologically rehabilitate the river, the authority announced Thursday. During the first […]
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‘Climate change may reduce water availability, damage agriculture in Jordan’ – Jordan Times
by Hana Namrouqa | May 14, 2013 AMMAN — Climate change scenarios indicate that Jordan and the Middle East could suffer from reduced agricultural productivity and water availability among other negative impacts, according to an official report issued on Tuesday. Prepared by the Ministry of Environment in cooperation with the National Energy Research Centre and […]
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Settlers, Palestinians together against waste dump – Jerusalem Post
By SHARON UDASIN, TOVAH LAZAROFF The Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel says the dump is environmentally problematic. Trash issues have trumped the conflict, as settlers and Palestinians band together to protest a new German funded landfill near a nature reserve in Area C of the West Bank. The Society for the Protection […]
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