Officials blame rioters for the deaths that occurred in the Khuzestan province town of Shadegan. 17 Jul 2021 Two young men were shot and killed during a second night of protests over water shortages in southwest Iran. Iran is facing its worst drought in 50 years, with protests breaking out in several cities and towns […]

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Latest phase a milestone in controversial Blue Nile hydropower project long opposed by downriver countries Egypt and Sudan. 19 Jul 2021| Ethiopia has completed the filling of a massive, controversial dam on the Blue Nile river for a second year, state media has said, a move that is likely to anger Egypt and Sudan who […]

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By JT – Jul 13,2021 AMMAN — The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) have  launched the second phase of a project that aims to scale up innovation in water management for climate security in Mafraq.  The first stage of the project was launched in Jerash in June. […]

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Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked aims to extend the life of a committee that approves construction in open areas, but is opposed by environmental protection chief Tamar Zandberg Zafrir Rinat Jul. 15, 2021 The new cabinet is promoting plans destructive to the environment that were set in motion by previous governments, a coalition of Israel’s major […]

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13 July 2021, A French firm aims to turn tons of rotting grain at Beirut’s devastated port into compost, the company said Tuesday, nearly a year after Lebanon’s worst peacetime disaster ravaged its silos. The detonation of a huge stockpile of fertilizer at the port last August 4 killed more than 200 people and wrecked […]

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At the ‘Sea is Ours’ cafe, locals can pay for their food and drinks by donating goods to be recycled Reuters Jul. 13, 2021 As a model of creative recycling in one of the most densely populated places on earth, a Gaza Strip cafe is serving up a healthy dose of environmentalism alongside its signature […]

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Finance and Environmental Protection Ministries say tax hike projected to cut consumption by 40%; ‘we must all see its problematic influence on the cleanliness of the Earth and the quality of our lives,’ says minister Associated Press | Published: 07.19.21 The government Monday put forward a plan to double taxes on single-use plastics in a […]

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By JT – Jul 08,2021 AMMAN — Jordan and Israel on Thursday reached an agreement under which Israel will provide the Kingdom with 50 million cubic metres of additional purchased water. During a meeting between Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi and Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid on the Jordanian side of the […]

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These presentations generated a positive exchange of opinions and experiences among the participants, which led the discussion to some crucial conclusions. By EMANUELA ROSIA, CARMIT LUBANOV, FRANCESCO BRUNI   JULY 7, 2021 At the beginning of July 2021 the event for media and stakeholders on waste management in Israeli-Palestinian territories was held online, with the […]

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A startling public row between Saudi Arabia and brash neighbor the UAE has exposed the steadily diverging paths of once inseparable allies who are competing to profit from what may be the world’s last oil boom. Wrinkles in relationships between the Gulf monarchies are usually resolved behind palace walls, but a fiery debate over the […]

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Rebel-Held Syria Shifts Power — towards Solar – Naharnet Huge solar panels poke out of pumpkin and tomato fields in Syria’s rebel-held northwest, where after infrastructure was destroyed during a decade of war, many have switched to renewable energy. “We used to rely on diesel-powered generators, but it was a struggle with fuel shortages and […]

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A major power station in Lebanon is to resume operations on Sunday, two days after it ground to a halt due to a lack of fuel at a time of constant power cuts and economic collapse. Zahrani in south Lebanon — one of the country’s four main power plants — went offline on Friday because […]

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Egypt says unilateral move violates international laws and norms as tensions continue to rise over huge dam built on Nile’s main tributary. 6 Jul 2021|Updated:  Egypt has said it received an official notice from Ethiopia that it had started the next phase of filling a controversial huge dam on the Nile River’s main tributary, raising […]

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By Batool Ghaith – Jul 12,2021 Water scarcity impacts every aspect of life in Jordan and has a direct and detrimental impact on children’s health, development and wellbeing, according to UNICEF (Photo courtesy of UNICEF) AMMAN — Water scarcity impacts every aspect of life in Jordan and has a direct and detrimental impact on children’s […]

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Jordan needs to implement National Conveyance Project, says minister By Batool Ghaith – Jul 03,2021 – Last updated at Jul 04,2021  121  2 googleplus1  0  0 A truck, which authorities say was used to illegally pump water in Karak. The Water Ministry urged the public to report any illegal wells through the unified emergency number […]

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By JT – Jul 08,2021 AMMAN — The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) on Wednesday launched the Smart Development of Eco-Friendly Solutions and Economic Regional Agricultural Techniques (Smart Desert) project to support a number of agricultural projects in the northern Badia region, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported. The project, funded by the […]

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By JT – Jul 08,2021 AMMAN — The Saudi embassy in Amman on Wednesday announced a grant of 34.5 million Saudi riyals to develop the power grid in Azraq refugee camp. Saudi Ambassador Nayef Bin Bandar Al Sudairy said that the power grid development in Azraq camp, offered through the Saudi Fund for Development, comes […]

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As Iraq bakes in the blistering summer heat, its hardscrabble farmers and livestock herders are battling severe water shortages that are killing their animals, fields and way of life. The oil-rich country, scarred by wars and insurgencies over the past four decades, is also one of the world’s most vulnerable to climate change and struggles […]

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Haaretz Editorial Jul. 2, 2021 What will Prime Minister Naftali Bennett say at his first White House meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden when the latter asks him, worriedly, about Israel’s meager climate targets (a 27 percent reduction in warming emissions by 2030, compared to an American target of 50 percent)? What will he stammer […]

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From Brazil to Honduras, Israeli arms are tied to the murder of activists Eitay Mack Jun. 30, 2021 A fire in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, in August 2020. In the last two years there has been a huge increase in the rate of deforestation due to massive logging and burning of trees.Credit: Carl de Souza/AFP Fear […]

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