Speaker Nabih Berri met on Sunday in Amman with Jordanian King Abdullah on the sidelines of the 29th Conference of the Arab Inter-Parliamentary Union (APU), where discussions touched on a number of issues including Jordan’s willingness to exchange water for electricity with Lebanon, the National News Agency reported Monday. The two men discussed a joint […]

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Mar 05,2019 AMMAN — The Water Ministry and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Tuesday signed an agreement and a memorandum of understanding to rehabilitate the infrastructure in refugee-hosting communities. The $25-million memo was signed by Water Minister Raed Abul Saud and head of the ICRC delegation in Jordan, Jurg Montani, the […]

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Environment Minister Fadi Jreissati held a meeting at the ministry’s premises in the presence of Metn lawmakers where discussions tackled measures to avoid a garbage crisis as the Jdeideh-Bourj Hammoud landfill is nearing full capacity, the National News Agency reported on Monday. The meeting was held in the presence of MPs Hagop Pakradounian, Eddy Abillama, […]

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The UAE has launched a 12-year plan to protect and revive the country’s dwindling fish stocks. The plan, launched by the Ministry of Climate Change and Environment and the Environment Agency — Abu Dhabi on the second day of the World Ocean Summit, calls for stronger management of commercial and recreational fishing, increased aquaculture research […]

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A traditional fishing cage known to target hammour and other vulnerable species will be banned in Abu Dhabi in an attempt to save them from extinction. The Ministry of Climate Change and Environment issued a resolution banning the use of gargoor cages, which are dome-shaped metal traps, following a survey that discovered a “significant decline” […]

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Research by academics at Ben-Gurion and Tel Aviv universities, in cooperation with EcoPeace Middle East NGO, shows poor infrastructure in the Strip could trigger an outbreak of diseases that would send Gazans clamoring for help from Israeli authorities. Matan Tzuri|Published: 02.26.19 The dire sanitary conditions in the Gaza Strip might have a direct impact on […]

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Climate change and conflict have left the river Jordan a stagnant stream and the Sea of Galilee critically low If Jesus were alive today, he might reconsider a baptism in the river Jordan; there’s a good chance he’d pick up an eye infection. Faecal bacteria in the pungent, murky waters have risen in recent years […]

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Clean water and Israeli-Palestinian coexistence efforts become collateral damage of new Trump administration legislation. By Tovah Lazaroff February 7, 2019 With one email, EcoPeace Middle East lost a $1.2 million grant that had been pledged to aid it in its fight for clean water for Israelis, Palestinians and Jordanians. “It came as a complete surprise,” […]

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Rabbi Michael M. Cohen, blog in Times of Israel For years Hamas, the Palestinian Authority, and Israel have been locked in a Kabuki dance of violence and quiet. At times they inch towards each other only to push the other away as they purposely or inadvertently step on each other’s toes. Recent weeks saw hopeful […]

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EcoPeace in the News After a tour around the Sea of Galilea and the Jordan River with EcoPeace, The Guardian published an in-depth article this month on how ongoing conflict and drought have led to the dire situation of the Sea of Galilea and the Jordan River. EcoPeace was quoted in the article and we […]

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MMAN — The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) on Monday inaugurated the Amman Green City Action Plan (GCAP), making the city one of 20 worldwide now taking part in the greening project. Amman is the first city in the southern and eastern Mediterranean to sign up for the EBRD Green Cities project, according […]

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By Jassar Al Tahat – Mar 02,2019 AMMAN — The Sahara Forest Project (SFP), Bellona Foundation and Ernst & Young (EY) signed a new partnership agreement during the London initiative to boost climate-smart food production and a desert greening project in Jordan using sunlight and seawater. “We are proud to be invited to this important […]

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13,000 sea turtle eggs hatched in 2018, breaking a record Zafrir Rinat | Feb. 24, 2019 13,000 sea turtles hatched along Israel’s coastline in 2018, making it a record-breaking year for the reptile’s reproduction in the country. The Israel Nature and Parks Authority’s Sea Turtle Rescue Center, whose employees collect eggs laid on the beach […]

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Amal Al Mosharrafieh 11/02/2019 Climate-fueled security risks will overwhelm the Middle East in 2019, while enmity and hostility rather than unity will characterize Europe; the U.S. will tumble in its war on terrorism, and an unsustainable future will daunt Russia. These are some of the global security challenges anticipated in a report entitled “Strategic Outlook […]

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Storms in the Mediterranean basin will be rarer but stronger as the effects of warming become more severe, a new study predicts Ruth Schuster | Feb. 19, 2019 | 2:39 PM When the 21st century winds down and the world warms, storms in the Mediterranean basin are going to become less frequent — but also […]

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Of all the methods Israel uses to expel Palestinians from their land, the deprivation of water is the most cruel. And so the Palestinians are forced to buy water that Israel stole from them Amira Hass | Feb. 24, 2019 | 9:45 PM | 2 When I wrote my questions and asked the spokesperson’s office […]

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Israel must abide by international law, respect the principles of justice and equality and connect the villages in the Masafer Yatta area to the water infrastructure Haaretz Editorial | Feb. 24, 2019 | 2:37 AM | 3 On February 13, the Israel Defense Forces’ Civil Administration demolished a network of water lines that provided water […]

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RAMALLAH, Monday, February 25, 2019 (WAFA) – Japan’s Ambassador for Palestinian Affairs and Representative of Japan to Palestine Takeshi Okubo signed Sunday grant contracts for three electricity and water rehabilitation projects across the West Bank. The Representative Office of Japan to Palestine said in a press release that Okubo signed grant contracts for two Grassroots […]

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Lebanon’s problematic electricity file is one of the government’s focal issues amid reports claiming that a Russian proposal to build a power plant could end the suffering of Lebanese, al-Joumhouria daily reported on Thursday. Ministerial sources told the daily, the government is keen on finding a permanent solution and that Lebanon’s various political parties have […]

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Environment Minister Fadi Jreissati announced Monday that the problem of the foul odors emanating from the Bourj Hammoud garbage landfill will end in three days. The minister “communicated with the contractor in charge of the Bourj Hammoud landfill after the Environment Ministry received complaints about the spread of odors in the towns of Northern Metn’s […]

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