By MAYA PELACH ZAVIT 12/09/2018 New facility serves as a platform for conducting a variety of environmental experiments, without ever leaving the laboratory. It can affect planes in flight and ships at sea, accelerate the spread of wildfires, cause road closures and even lead to loss of lives. It’s the wind, and while we may […]

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Researchers suggest air pollution has led to higher rate ■ In vicinity of Sea of Galilee, it’s four times as high allegedly due to shortage of specialists, Health Ministry finds Ido Efrati | Dec. 14, 2018 The rate of hospitalization of Haifa’s children for asthma is 2.32 times higher than the national average, according to […]

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Never mind the frenetic development of the Oil Refineries and the petrochemical industries, for the government the worst thing happening in Israel right now is the appointment of Raja Zaatry as deputy mayor Gila Livni Zamir Dec. 11, 2018 For many years, Haifa residents have been protesting conduct of the polluting petrochemical industries in their […]

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December 12, 2018 Egypt’s Ministry of Irrigation on Wednesday launched the “Verynile” initiative, which aims to clean the Nile river’s water daily and increase awareness for environmental preservation, in cooperation with the “Baseta” company. The initiative joins fishermen and special teams under the motto “clean the Nile water…one kilo every time.” Head of the central […]

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Equipment, drilling rig seized as authorities search for suspects By Hana Namrouqa – Dec 12,2018 AMMAN — Authorities on Wednesday seized and confiscated a drilling rig near Um Al Jimal archaeological site in Mafraq, according to a government official, who said that those involved in the illegal drilling of the well are being tracked down. […]

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by Saeb Rawashdeh – Dec 04,2018 AMMAN — After years of work between international and local parties, the final policy document on the development of Jordan’s forestry was announced on Tuesday. The document was presented during a ceremony attended by Minister of Agriculture Ibrahim Shahahdeh and senior officials from the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation […]

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Dec 10,2018 AMMAN — The “Green Amman 2020” project committee on Sunday launched a campaign to plant a total of 3,000 trees on the University of Jordan’s (UJ) campus. The tree planting campaign will be implemented in cooperation with the Greater Amman Municipality (GAM), the Ministry of Agriculture, the Royal Society for the Conservation of […]

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By Johanne Kalsaas – Dec 04,2018 AMMAN — Dozens gathered at the NOFA Creative Space on Saturday, on the occasion of the Open Source Circular Economy Days (OSCEdays). The event takes place in over 100 cities worldwide with the aim of promoting a global ecosystem of circular economies through open-source practices. Circular economy is a […]

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The new plant channels more highly purified waste water into the river, causing an improvement in water quality and a renewal of animal life Zafrir Rinat | Nov. 28, 2018 Contamination levels in the Yarkon River are finally in decline after four years of steadily increasing pollution thanks to the channeling of more highly purified […]

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In recent years, students from the nearby Kfar Hayarok School have been working to preserve and care for the daffodil field. Now, the northern edge of the field has become a regular dump site for construction materials Zafrir Rinat | Nov. 22, 2018 A field of daffodils near the Pi Glilot Junction north of Tel […]

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29 November 2018 Plastic bottles, soft drink cans and blue garbage bags. An old television, discarded vegetables and coffee cups. These are some of the random things that can be seen floating in the sea along Lebanon’s coastline. Once a source of pride, the country’s Mediterranean coastline has become a source of shame for many […]

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Dec 09,2018 AMMAN — The sixth Arab Union of Electricity (AUE) Conference recommended that more efforts be exerted towards realisng a joint Arab electricity market on a commercial basis. The Amman-based AUE, in its sixth conference which concluded last Thursday, also called for completing the Arab electricity grids interconnection projects, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, […]

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Dec 06,2018 AMMAN — The contribution of renewable energy to the national power grid will reach 10 per cent by the end of 2018 and is expected to increase to 20 per cent in 2020, Energy Minister Hala Zawati said on Wednesday. Opening the sixth conference of the Amman-based Arab Union of Electricity, Zawati said […]

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By Maram Kayed – Dec 10,2018 AMMAN — Energy sector stakeholders have recently gathered in Amman for an Arab Renewable Energy Commission (AREC) conference to discuss the future of the sector, electric cars and smart cities in Jordan. During the conference, titled the “Fifth International Forum on Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency”, participants discussed “the […]

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28 November 2018 Economy Ministry inspectors on Wednesday confiscated a neighborhood power generator in Sin el-Fil after its owner refused to install meters for subscribers, a day after a violating generator was seized in Hadath. The inspectors were accompanied by State Security agents. Caretaker Economy Minister Raed Khoury had revealed in an interview with al-Joumhouria […]

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Dec 06,2018 AMMAN — The Energy and Minerals Regulatory Commission (EMRC) on Wednesday announced the detection of 18,014 electricity theft cases in the first 11 months of 2018, an official statement carried by the Jordan News Agency, Petra. Law enforcement and EMRC detected 9,370 cases of the theft, while Public Security and Gendarmerie department personnel […]

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A recent study based on analyzed satellite data shows that the Iranian capital is sinking at a rate of 10 inches per year Asaf Ronel | Dec. 6, 2018 Tehran is sinking. This is not a metaphor connected to American sanctions or the drop in oil prices, but the conclusions of a recent study that […]

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The postings today update academic references to environmental peacebuilding, with particular attention to cooperation over water. A blog post by By Adrien Detges & Tobias Ide from the Environmental Change and Security project of the Wilson Center presents a brief review of current approaches. Six postings, which represent different and sometimes contrasting approaches, contain references […]

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the blog of the Environmental change and Security Program, Wilson Center November 27, 2018 By Adrien Detges & Tobias Ide Although water is an essential input for agriculture and industrial production, it is also scarce in many regions. When it crosses international borders via shared rivers, lakes and aquifers, it can become a source of […]

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Kyra Reynolds In the last few decades, a growing number of theorists have suggested that the natural environment can be a platform for promoting cooperation between former adversaries and can perhaps contribute to peacebuilding. However, environmental cooperation has not lived up to these claims. In many cases, such cooperation has largely been ineffective and/or inequitable. […]

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