February 19, 2025 Ali Qashmar walked into his south Lebanon hometown on the Israeli border Tuesday to find bulldozed fields and piles of rubble where there used to be neighborhoods brimming with life. “We came back to breathe the air of our lands and village, and we found our homes destroyed,” said Qashmar, 74, from […]

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Initiative hopes to restore famous historical landmarks to attract tourists, including Palmyra, Crac des Chevaliers and the Dead Cities that saw destruction amid the fighting Associated Press|02.17.25 Experts are returning to Syria’s war-ravaged heritage sites, hoping to lay the groundwork for restoring them and reviving tourism, which they say could provide a much-needed boost to the country’s decimated […]

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Jerusalem Post Israel’s wars have taken a hidden toll on wildlife and forests: Burned woodlands, disrupted bird migrations, and the world’s first wartime animal hospital reveal nature’s struggle in conflict zones. By DEBORAH DANAN/JTAFEBRUARY 13, 2025 The trees abutting the road leading to Biriya Forest, a nature preserve in northern Israel, at first resemble spruces turning […]

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At a panel on energy solutions in the aftermath of war, experts stressed that with Israel’s natural gas reserves expected to last only another 20-30 years, the government must prioritize energy security, including through clear legislation with no room for loopholes achel Fink. Feb 13, 2025 At Haaretz’s 2025 Climate Change Conference, TheMarker journalist Idan […]

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Rachel Fink Feb 12, 2025 Dov Khenin, former Knesset member and chair of the Israeli Climate Forum, warned against underestimating the danger the Trump administration poses to the movement against global warming. Yet, Khenin believes preserving hope is crucial to the effort Speaking at this year’s Haaretz’s Israel Climate Change Conference on Tuesday, Dr. Dov […]

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Feb 11, 2025 The Israel Climate Change Conference, which is sponsored by Haaretz, Ben-Gurion University and the Israeli Climate Forum and will take place on Tuesday, is a reminder of the need to continue addressing this issue even in Israel’s current difficult and bloody reality The climate crisis creates risks for all of humanity. Shortages of water, […]

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By JT – Feb 13,2025 AMMAN — Minister of Labour and Chairman of the Vocational Training Corporation Khaled Bakkar met with the Country Director of the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) Office in Jordan Kim So Young, to discuss establishing the first institute for green professions and future skills in the Kingdom. According to a statement by […]

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By JT – Feb 13,2025 Minister of Water and Irrigation Raed Abu Soud stresses that the National Water Carrier Project is a “water security and national security” enterprise (Petra photo) AMMAN — Minister of Water and Irrigation Raed Abu Soud stressed that the National Water Carrier Project is a “water security and national security” enterprise, stressing the […]

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Problem at its worse around Tehran where over half of Iran’s industry, including automobile manufactureing, electronics and arms production, to name but a few, is concentrated  Yogev Israeli|. 02.16.25  Iran is among the countries with the highest air pollution levels globally. For several years, the air in Tehran and other major metropolitan centers like Tabriz, […]

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Najib Saab. 12/2/2025 The threats to environment and climate policies around the world, posed mainly by the spread of populist movements in Europe and the absurd ideas of President Donald Trump in USA, may slow the pace of action but cannot stop it. The most important mechanism that helps in this area is the presence […]

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February 6, 2025 At the end of January, 60 Palestinian, Israeli, and Jordanian water, energy, food security, and environment (WEFE) experts and professionals convened in Athens, Greece, for a 3-day conference hosted by the Oxford Martin School of Oxford University. and organized by Damour for Community Development and the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies’ Center for Applied Environmental Diplomacy. The […]

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By Fadwa HodaliFares AkramJason KaoJennah HaqueJeremy C. F. LinEquality Photography by Ahmad SalemEquality August 15, 2024 Moving through the Gaza Strip to avoid Israeli air strikes, Rana Abu Nassira often used Google Earth to look at the home she had been forced to abandon. Unaware that the geobrowser’s imagery does not update in real time, the 37-year-old […]

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by Naharnet Newsdesk 16 November 2024, As winter descends on Gaza’s tent cities, emergency housing made from mushrooms could keep out the cold — just one of several sustainable, home-grown innovations put forward by Arab designers at an expo in Dubai. Lightweight, warm and versatile, mushroom-based structures are an appealing alternative to the flimsy shelters now housing […]

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Israel is grappling with its second-driest winter in a century, with negligible increases in water levels in key areas. Despite expected rainfall, Israel’s Water Authority warns it won’t offset the drought Zafrir Rinat. Nir Hasson. Feb 2, 2025 Israel’s winter of 2024 has been the country’s driest of the past century, matched only by the […]

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Jessica Barnes  Published online: 01 Aug 2024 ABSTRACT Crisis is a recurrent motif in discussions of the environment in the Middle East. Concerns about water scarcity, food insecurity, climate disasters, and resource degradation play into common associations of the region with conflict, malfunction, and despair. Yet this single story obscures as much as it illuminates. […]

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By JT – Jan 31,2025 AMMAN — Tamam Foods of Jordan, best known for their organic high-quality chicken products, assigned Next Renewable Energy Co., also known as Millennium Energy Industries (MEI) to design and construct an innovative combined Solar Thermal & Heat Pump heating solution which will completely eliminatedependence on fossil fuels (diesel) for its main industrial Chicken processing facilities […]

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By JT – Feb 10,2025 AMMAN — Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Saleh Kharabsheh, who is also chair of the board of directors of the Jordan Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Fund (JREEEF), on Monday signed 12 agreements with several charitable and cooperative associations. The agreements designate these associations as accredited financial windows for a programme […]

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2025-02-08 11:50Share Font Shafaq News / Iraq’s electricity sector is facing critical challenges that extend beyond power shortages, raising serious environmental and health concerns. The Civil Defense Directorate has reported alarming emissions from Al-Doura Thermal Power Plant in Baghdad, while a parliamentary committee has warned that Al-Hartha Thermal Power Plant poses a direct threat to public […]

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January 30, 2025. Short Url. https://arab.news/ckg7p RIYADH: New investment opportunities have been announced by the National Center for Vegetation Cover Development and Combating Desertification. These focus on recycling reclaimed firewood from logging violations and managing invasive plant species by converting them into alternative economic products, said a press statement released on Thursday. The opportunities focus […]

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By Adam Taylor and Adrián Blanco Ramos February 6, 2025  note: partial section of a longer report About 90 percent of Gaza’s population was displaced during the war, crowding into a section of land along the coast under orders from the Israeli military. In the weeks since a ceasefire was reached between Israel and Hamas, hundreds of thousands of […]

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