Some 8,000 acres went up in flames due to airborne firebombs flown over the border from Gaza in recent months Zafrir Rinat | Dec. 12, 2018 Nature reserves and other open spaces near Israel’s border with the Gaza Strip stand to suffer irreversible damage if more fires break out in the area, the Israel Nature […]

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Evrona Nature Reserve, the site of an oil leak followed by a waste pool spill, is still closed to public Zafrir Rinat | Dec. 30, 2018 | 7:47 PM | 1 The landscape of the Evrona Nature Reserve in the Negev Desert can be misleading. It appears to be a typical, acacia-studded desertscape through which […]

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Until now, civil suits could only be filed if the environmental hazard caused harm to people Zafrir Rinat | Jan. 2, 2019 | 12:07 AM The Knesset passed a law Tuesday allowing the public and nonprofit groups to file civil suits against any person or entity that damages the environment – a move inspired after […]

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By YAFIT OVADIA 01/03/2019 When beach-goers litter, the waste washes out to sea and may break up into smaller pieces. A study conducted by researchers at Tel Aviv University discovered that an alarming amount of microplastics – miniscule pieces of plastic that are ingested by aquatic creatures – have been found in the bodies of […]

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Half of the factories in the industrial cities are “air polluting,” Egypt’s Ministry of Environment said on Sunday, adding that 20 percent of the vehicles whose emissions have been measured are “violators,” as well as 59 percent of the public buses belonging to the Public Transport Authority (PTA). The Ministry of Environment has received about […]

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By ALON EINHORN 01/07/2019 This time, 20 acres filled with coral reefs located at a strategic point in the Carribeans. TiME (This is My Earth) managed, for a third year in a row, to raise enough money in order to purchase land containing endangered wildlife and declare it as a nature reserve, and this time […]

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is considered a climate hotspot due to its natural water scarcity, low levels of socio-ecological resilience, social tensions and political conflicts, and ongoing immigration crisis. Over the course of the century, Jordan, Palestine, and Israel are projected to experience an average temperature rise over the […]

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Jan 10,2019 – AMMAN — HRH Prince Hassan, chairman of the Royal Scientific Society’s Board of Trustees, on Wednesday attended a seminar on “The Water Situation in Jordan and the Challenges Facing the Sector”. The seminar was organised by the University of Jordan’s Centre for Strategic Studies and was attended by numerous experts who shed […]

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Jan 09,2019 AMMAN — Preparatory meetings for the extraordinary session of the Arab Environment Ministers Council kicked off on Wednesday at the Dead Sea, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported. The extraordinary session, due to take place on January 9-10 in Jordan, will feature the participation of 18 Arab countries at the ministerial level. The […]

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Jan 06,2019 Scientists, environmentalists, ecologists and others are all sounding the alarm, once again, that the Dead Sea is fast shrinking, and that at this rate it will become a tiny pool by the middle of this century. Experts say that the level of the Dead Sea is receding by 1.5 metres per year! One […]

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By YAFIT OVADIA 01/01/2019 The projects are expected to generate revenues of NIS 20 million per year. The Israel Electric Company is set to work with start-up Enlight Renewable Energy to convert solar energy to electricity on a massive scale. Enlight CEO Gilad Yavetz said: “We can see the importance of the company’s continued expansion […]

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Jan 10,2019 AMMAN — The combined total capacity of power generation projects from renewable resources in the Kingdom reached 1,090 megawatts (MW) by the end of 2018, the Energy Ministry said on Thursday. This includes projects to reduce consumption through the net index and energy transit with a total capacity of 330MW, according to a […]

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Water Authority researchers say water supply to Israel’s only fresh water lake will decline by at least 12 percent over the next century, but experts fail to agree why Zafrir Rinat | Jan. 3, 2019 | 7:25 PM The question of why the Sea of Galilee, Israel’s only major fresh water lake, has fallen to […]

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In an attempt to keep the stream in Nahal Betzet from drying up, a pipe will be attached to several sections which may also reduce the use of groundwater, restoring flow to springs in the area Zafrir Rinat | Jan. 2, 2019 | 12:36 AM The Israel Nature and Parks Authority has begun introducing water […]

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Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly witnessed on Wednesday the signing of an agreement for the integrated depollution project of the Kitchener Drain, developing a sustainable system for solid waste management and rehabilitation of the drain’s infrastructure at a cost of 148.3 million euros. The signings occurred in the presence of the Minister of Investment and […]

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Doaa El-Bey reviews another year of inconclusive meetings to determine the workings of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam More than three years have passed since Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan signed the Khartoum Declaration — the Declaration of Principles on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) — in March 2015, yet there has been little progress […]

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The United States and Saudi Arabia rank last when it comes to curbing climate change among the 56 nations accounting for 90 percent of planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions, researchers said Monday. A large number of laggards means the world is dangerously off-track which it comes to slashing the carbon pollution that has already amplified droughts, […]

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The EcoPeace Middle East team would like to wish Happy Holidays to all of our friends and supporters who are celebrating. With the help of supporters like you we have achieved great things in the last year. Our advocacy and community based efforts include: Helped to reach the completion of the new North Gaza Wastewater […]

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07 December 2018, Lush green fields blanket northern Egypt’s Nile Delta, but the country’s agricultural heartland and its vital freshwater resources are under threat from a warming climate. The fertile arc-shaped basin is home to nearly half the country’s population, and the river that feeds it provides Egypt with 90 percent of its water needs. […]

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A new pipeline and additional desalination plants will introduce fresh water into Lake Kinneret — in order to meet Israel’s commitments to Jordan, which suffers from a dire water shortage Zafrir Rinat | Dec. 2, 2018 | 12:54 AM Israel’s National Water Carrier has an outsize place in the national consciousness. The formidable system of […]

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