By Hana Namrouqa http://www.jordantimes.com/?news=27885 AMMAN – Minister of Water and Irrigation Mohammad Najjar on Monday expressed optimism over the results of a recent trip to build international support for the Jordan Red Sea Project (JRSP). During his visit to the US last week, Najjar met with representatives from funding agencies, including the Overseas Private Investment […]

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Tuesday, June 29, 2010 http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=3&article_id=116508#axzz0sF3gkZ8J BRUSSELS: OPEC called Monday on the United States to reconsider a ban on new deep-water drilling that could hold back oil supplies – despite safety concerns in the wake of the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Abdalla Salem El Badri, secretary general of the 12-member Organization of Petroleum Exporting […]

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The Knesset is expected to look into the possibility that Israel Nature and Parks Authority guides at the Soreq Cave Nature Reserve are concealing the true age of the cavern’s stalactites, stalagmites. By Jonathan Lis http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/nature-guides-may-be-hiding-facts-to-avoid-offending-religious-hikers-1.298848 The Knesset is expected to look into the possibility that Israel Nature and Parks Authority guides at the Soreq […]

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By Hana Namrouqa http://www.jordantimes.com/?news=27618 AMMAN – The results of 11 surveys measuring Jordanians’ behaviours, practices and consumption patterns in the water, energy and solid waste sectors will be announced this week. The studies, carried out by the USAID-funded Public Action in Water, Energy and Environment Project, aim to analyse people’s behaviour in order to encourage […]

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By Taylor Luck http://www.jordantimes.com/index.php?news=27574 AMMAN – Jordanians think the Kingdom is generally liked abroad and are the least likely to make sacrifices to preserve the environment, according to a global public opinion survey released on Thursday. The Pew Research Centre Global Attitudes Survey, which polled 22 nations in subjects ranging from the economy and extremism […]

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By Agence France Presse (AFP) Saturday, June 19, 2010 http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=2&article_id=116159#axzz0rQ7rboPS PARIS: Environmental activists from the Sea Shepherd group said Friday they had “liberated” some 800 bluefin tuna that had been caught by what they described as poachers and were being towed by two fishing vessels off the coast of Libya. Five scuba divers on Thursday […]

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Environmentalists hope that a recent, unprecedented survey of Jerusalem’s plant and animal populations will serve as a basis for future planning and construction in the city By Zafrir Rinat http://www.haaretz.com/magazine/week-s-end/going-to-bat-for-nature-1.296970 At night, when the human residents of Jerusalem hunker down at home or are sleeping, the city comes alive. A family of porcupines, long-time residents […]

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http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/eden-halts-mineral-water-bottling-over-microbe-contamination-1.296527 Eden, an Israeli mineral water supplier, said on Wednesday it had suspended bottling because of contamination at its Golan Heights spring. Eden mineral water on sale in Israel, May 15, 2009 Bottling was halted after tests showed bacteria levels exceeded limits set by state regulators. The company said it was carrying out tests in […]

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Study: Boiling potatoes increases electric power 10-fold; Potato battery 6 times more economical than kerosene lamp. http://www.haaretz.com/news/international/israeli-developed-boiled-potato-batteries-may-provide-cheap-power-1.296799 by Reuters An electric battery based on boiled potatoes could provide a cheap source of electricity in the developing world, according to the technology transfer company of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The treated potato battery generates energy […]

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By KARIN KLOOSTERMAN/ISRAEL21C 06/18/2010 19:36 http://www.jpost.com/HealthAndSci-Tech/ScienceAndEnvironment/Article.aspx?id=178766 Spintronics recognizes that the ‘spin’ of an electron – untapped until now – can be harnessed as a viable source of energy. He works at an academic institution that’s already established a name for itself worldwide with its developments in battery technology, and young Bar-Ilan University researcher Dr. Amos […]

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By GLORIA DEUTSCH 06/18/2010 19:29 http://www.jpost.com/HealthAndSci-Tech/ScienceAndEnvironment/Article.aspx?id=178754 Crawling in and out of the environment. Nahum Hirschel has two great passions – Torah and earthworms. The 50-something immigrant from Flushing, New York lives in a haredi part of Beit Shemesh and operates the Eretz Hakodesh Earthworm Farm. This somewhat grandiose title refers to the small garden next […]

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By EHUD ZION WALDOKS 06/18/2010 05:21 http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?id=178816 The four new resolutions were proposed by the Green Zionist Alliance. The World Zionist Congress voted nearly unanimously in favor of four resolutions Thursday which would significantly improve its – and its subsidiaries’ – environmental practices. The WZO exerts influence over legacy Zionist organizations like KKL/JNF and The […]

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By Joseph Mayton www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=5&article_id=115964#axzz0r13iFUgp In late March, global landmarks such as the Sydney Harbor Bridge, the CN Tower in Toronto, the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, Rome’s Colosseum and Egypt’s pyramids all stood in darkness, along with more than 4,000 cities in 128 countries that officially switched off their electricity to pledge their support […]

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By STEVEN LEE MYERS nytimes.com/2010/06/13/science/earth/13shatt.html?ref=middleeast SIBA, Iraq — The Shatt al Arab, the river that flows from the biblical site of the Garden of Eden to the Persian Gulf, has turned into an environmental and economic disaster that Iraq’s newly democratic government is almost powerless to fix. Withered by decades of dictatorial mismanagement and then […]

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Wednesday, June 16, 2010 www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=3&article_id=116018#axzz0r13TGIX4 BEIRUT: The US government and the Lebanese Energy and Water Ministry signed two memoranda of understanding valued at $27.5 million on Tuesday to provide in-kind assistance and capacity building support for Lebanon’s water sector. With funding made available through the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and in close coordination […]

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Droughts and mismanagement of water resources have reduced large swathes of Eastern Syria to a wasteland, forcing up to one million people to flee. www.haaretz.com/news/international/un-distributes-food-in-drought-hit-eastern-syria-1.296044 The World Food Program has begun distributing rations to 190,000 people in Eastern Syria but another 110,000 in the drought-hit region still require emergency food aid, the UN body said […]

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By Haaretz Service and Eli Ashkenazi Tags: Israel news www.haaretz.com/news/national/police-suspect-arson-behind-six-bushfires-in-north-1.295635 Six bushfires blazed throughout the Northern Galilee and the Golan Heights on Friday, as fire fighters struggled to quell the flames. Fire in northern Israel Firday. Fire in northern Israel on Friday, 11 June 2010. Photo by: Yaron Kaminski Following an initial investigation, police suspected […]

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By Hana Namrouqa www.jordantimes.com/index.php?news=27446 AMMAN – The final feasibility report of the Red Sea-Dead Sea Water Conveyance Study Programme will be ready in May next year, while the Environmental and Social Assessment is expected in October 2011, consultants said on Monday. Experts examining the feasibility of the project have proposed a location in the Gulf […]

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By MAURICE PICOW 06/11/2010 22:20 www.jpost.com/HealthAndSci-Tech/ScienceAndEnvironment/Article.aspx?id=178055 Country’s waterways have many ecological problems. Much has been done to improve the state of Israel’s rivers and streams over the past decade. But virtually all of them still have their share of ecological problems – most notably the ones in the western part of the country that empty […]

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