By Maria Weldali – Feb 06,2020 AMMAN — The 2019 Recycling in Jordan Country-Wide Research Report stated that Recycling and Solid Waste Management (SWM) on an individual level in the Kingdom is impeded by a lack of infrastructure and recycling facilities. Commissioned by OXFAM, a charitable organisation devoted to alleviating global poverty, the report noted […]

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Ministries of environment, agriculture and partners join hands to increase Kingdom’s green cover By Maram Kayed – Feb 06,2020 AMMAN — Ten million forest trees are to be planted over the next 10 years all over the Kingdom as part of a national afforestation project implemented by the Ministry of Environment and the Ministry of […]

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February 3, 2020 Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm Environment Minister Yasmine Fouad, Minister of Agriculture Mohamed al-Qusayr and Qaliubiya Governor Abdel Hamid al-Haggan signed a protocol of joint cooperation on Sunday for the afforestation of streets at the cities of Khanka and Abu Zaabal, and to supply trees to the Ministry of Environment’s department in […]

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Israel has secured its place as an early and leading player in the fields of plant-based culinary innovation and cultured meat, grown in the laboratory from extracted animal cells. By EYTAN HALON FEBRUARY 10, 2020 The wafting scent of scrumptious schnitzels, heavenly hamburgers and sizzling shwarma is not usually associated with plant-based diets. That is, […]

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By YOSEF ISRAEL ABRAMOWITZ FEBRUARY 5, 2020 Here’s some great climate crisis news just in time for Tu Bishvat, the Jewish people’s environmental holiday: The Arava region – from the Red Sea to the Dead Sea – is about to be powered 100% during the day by the sun. Yes, that includes Eilat, all the […]

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Israel’s newly opened rig is being praised by energy executives and government officials as the path to energy independence; but will the natural gas exploitation lead to catastrophic consequences, as it often has in the past? Max Kaplan-Zantopp, ZAVIT – Science and Environment News Agency Published: 02.07.20 It is now 2020, and with that comes […]

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A supply vessel, Lundstrom Tide, arrived at Beirut Port in preparation for offshore drilling and exploration works, LBCI reported on Wednesday. Rented by Total, the vessel prepares to start exploration in bloc 4. A drill vessel, Tungsten Explorer, is expected to arrive in Lebanon on February 15 to start the drilling Last year, Lebanon signed […]

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Waters by Israel and Lebanon have warmed by over 3 degrees Celsius and the invading rabbitfish are eating all the algae: The urchin population has collapsed Ruth Schuster | Feb. 10, 2020 Purple sea urchins have effectively vanished from the waters of Lebanon and reports coming from Turkey indicate they are endangered there as well. […]

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editor’s note: see esp article from May below. Report: EU Deputies Inquire About Waste Aid for Lebanon – Naharnet January 25, 2020 A group of European parliament deputies are reportedly seeking investigation into corruption claims involving European aid for Lebanon in waste management projects, which if verified may lead to withholding EU aid from the […]

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editor’s note: see esp. more detailed previous report from New York Times below By JERUSALEM POST STAFF JANUARY 19, 2020 “The negligence of the environment in Judea and Samaria is causing tremendous damage to the residents. The only solution is increased enforcement and better future planning,” Gilad Ach of GEF said. The Green Israel Forum […]

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Seeping from fracturing seabed, tectonic plate movement and deep-water super-saline pools is as much as produced by Kuwait or the UAE, a team from Max Planck determines Ruth Schuster | Jan. 29, 2020 One would expect the massive Middle Eastern petroleum industry to affect air quality over the whole region, including the Red Sea – […]

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Meteorological service’s climatology chief says climate change could make Eilat as hot as Abu Dhabi Rotem Shtarkman, Sivan Klingbail | Jan. 21, 2020 Avner Furshpan is a busy man these days. After a series of heavy rains and flooding in Israel, and amid growing talks of climate change globally, the head of the climatology branch […]

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Ramzy Baroud Jan 28,2020 Massive natural gas discoveries off the eastern coast of Israel and Palestine is slated to make Tel Aviv a regional energy hub. Whether Israel will be able to translate positive indicators of the largely untapped gas reserves into actual economic and strategic wealth is yet to be seen. What is certain, […]

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Paul Rivlin January 29, 2020 The civil war that has prevailed in Libya since the fall of the Qaddafi regime in 2011 has become increasingly internationalized. Foreign powers have taken sides in the war, supplying weapons, mercenaries and other support. In recent months, Turkey’s increased intervention in support of the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord […]

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Mira Maged January 23, 2020 Egypt’s Minister of Environment Yasmine Fouad has announced that January 27 will now mark Egypt’s National Environment Day, which will celebrate considerable efforts devoted by the government and civil society actors to address climate change and other environmental issues like pollution and waste management. There are two reasons behind the […]

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TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — As Egypt marks the 150th anniversary of the opening of the Suez Canal, marine biologists are bemoaning one of the famed waterway’s lesser known legacies — the invasion of hundreds of non-native species, including toxic jellyfish and aggressive lionfish. The canal, which connects the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea, […]

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Jan 02,2020 AMMAN — The Energy and Minerals Regulatory Commission (EMRC) on Thursday said that it had documented a total of 19,061 electricity theft cases in 2019. EMRC Chief Commissioner Farouq Hiyari said that 3,948 electricity theft lawsuits were filed in 2019, with courts issuing final rulings on 2,020 of the cases, according to an […]

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Released in October 2019, the book Transboundary Water Issues in Israel, Palestine, and the Jordan River Basin highlights the search for permanent freshwater agreements between Israel, Palestine, and the western portions of Jordan. Co-authored by David B. Brooks (Research Associate, POLIS Water Sustainability Project), Julie Trottier (Director of Research, France’s National Center for Scientific Research), […]

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Mark Zeitoun Professor of Water Security, University of East Anglia Muna Dajani PhD in Environmental Policy & Development, London School of Economics and Political Science Two areas farmed by Israelis for more than 50 years have recently been returned to neighbouring Jordan. The first, al Ghamr (known in Israel as Zofar), is located south of […]

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Bennett backs establishment of new reserves, some on private Palestinian land Hagar Shezaf | Jan. 15, 2020 | 10:28 PM Defense Minister Naftali Bennett approved Wednesday the establishment of seven new national parks and nature reserves in the West Bank, with some apparently to be built on privately owned Palestinian land. This is the first […]

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