By DANIEL K. EISENBUD 03/06/2018 The suit documents massive contamination from Rotem Amfert Negev and Dead Sea Priclase Fused Products of the Havurat Yehudah aquifer. A consortium of Tel Aviv University professors and internationally recognized environmental experts filed a request to the Beersheba District Court on Monday in one of the country’s most ambitious class […]

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Heba Helmy March 8, 2018 Mona al-Khodairy dreamed of breaking the long-held practice in Egypt of restricting certain jobs to men. Her dream evolved into an even bigger goal: to give women new employment opportunities. While playing a vital role in safeguarding the environment. Khodairy, a graduate from the Faculty of Engineering in Assiut, launched […]

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With Gaza’s sewage treatment facility still nonoperational and Israel having to bear the load of its wastewater, Israeli wastewater reservoirs in strip’s perimeter are paying a toll, as their water becomes so contaminated it can no longer be used for irrigation—hurting the region’s farmers. Matan Tzuri|Published: 03.07.18 The Ministry of Health instructed farmers in Israeli […]

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Only 1941 and 1955 had higher average daytime temperatures, report finds; rain levels remain unfortunately unchanged compared to previous years Zafrir Rinat Mar 04, 2018 The just-departed month of February was one of the hottest Februaries in the last hundred years, according to the Israel meteorological service (IMS). Since recordings began, only 1941 and 1955 […]

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The field is estimated to hold over 1 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, the equivalent of Spain’s consumption in 2016. 6 Mar 2018 Royal Dutch Shell is giving up its stake in an undeveloped natural gas field off the Gaza Strip, sending the Palestinians looking for a new global company to replace it, Palestinian […]

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5/3/2018 Libya’s giant El Sharara oilfield was shut down on Sunday after a local landowner closed a valve in protest against pollution near a pipeline crossing his land. The closure, which was confirmed by an oilfield engineer and separate Libyan oil sources, is a major blow to the North African country a little more than […]

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Farah Tawfeek February 25, 2018 Egypt has the natural potential to become one of the world’s strongest energy players as it contains the three main natural elements to develop an abundance of energy: sunlight, wind and hydro-energy. Despite that, Egypt has been failing to provide a stable source of electricity to its ever-growing population. The […]

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Feb 28,2018 AMMAN — Renewable energy projects provided the Kingdom’s national power grid with 402 megawatts of electricity in 2017, which is expected to increase to 1,700 megawatts by 2019, Energy Minister Saleh Kharabsheh said on Wednesday. In a statement following a visit to the Sahara Forest Project (SFP), Kharabsheh said that Jordan is rich […]

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By Hana Namrouqa – Mar 04,2018 AMMAN — In two weeks from now, a 15-dunum plot of land which suffered illegal logging and wildfires over the past decade, rendering it bare, is scheduled to be rehabilitated back to its once-thick forest status, conservationists said on Saturday. The vacant tract, except for trunks of chopped and […]

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By Hana Namrouqa – Mar 04,2018 AMMAN — Authorities have sealed an illegal well found hidden inside a hanger in a private farm in Irbid Governorate, a government official said on Saturday. A team from the Ministry of Water and Irrigation/the Water Authority of Jordan (WAJ) and security forces on Friday morning raided the location […]

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By Hana Namrouqa – Mar 08,2018 AMMAN — The Ministry of Water and Irrigation is searching for donor agencies to fund a 200-million-dollar expansion for As-Samra Wastewater Treatment Plant, Jordan’s largest sewage treatment facility, according to government officials. The expansion seeks to meet the demands of the ever-increasing discharge of wastewater in the central region, […]

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New routes target areas around BRT stations, public transport lines in ‘feeder-line’ approach By Ana V. Ibáñez Prieto – Mar 05,2018 AMMAN — The Greater Amman Municipality (GAM) on Saturday announced measures to improve the public transportation service in residential areas within its administrative boundaries, waiving the previous permits granted to fixed-route taxis to expand […]

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Three environmentalists have been detained in Iran, a conservative-linked news website reported late Friday, the latest in a series of arrests of wildlife campaigners in the Islamic republic. “Members of the Association for the Protection of Nature in Lavardin were arrested by a security agency. The allegations against them are unknown,” Tabnak reported. The environmentalists […]

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TEHRAN — The controversial directive from the Supreme Council of Environment on revision of national protected areas will definitely leave such regions in an exposed position. Under the new directive, issued on February 21 during a session headed by President Hassan Rouhani, the protected areas which have caused difficulties (!) for different sectors will be […]

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Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri emphasized Wednesday that Lebanon will not allow Israel to seize control of parts of its offshore oil and gas fields. “Lebanon’s stance is unified and coherent in terms of defending our sovereignty, oil resources and maritime and territorial borders,” Berri said during his weekly Ain el-Tineh meeting with lawmakers. “The Israeli […]

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By Raed Omari – Feb 26,2018 AMMAN – “They do not want Israeli gas,” the lawyer of a northern region residents whose lands have been acquired by the government to build a pipeline to bring Israeli gas to Jordan, said on Monday. “I was assigned by several owners of the lands acquired by the government […]

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Wednesday, 21 February 2018 Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said that the Egyptian government is not a party to the recent gas agreement with Israel. Sisi said during his opening of a number of service centers for investors, on Wednesday, that the Egyptian government is not party to a private company’s deal to import quantities […]

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February 18, 2018 Israel to export $15bn worth of natural gas to Egypt over 10-year period. Israeli company Delek Drilling has announced it will supply Egypt with $15bn worth of natural gas in the biggest export deal to date for Israel’s natural gas industry. Egyptian company Dolphinus will buy 64 billion cubic metres of natural […]

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The use of desalinated water for irrigation around the country has increased from 32 to 80 percent, says Israel’s Water Authority Zafrir Rinat Feb 26, 2018 The use of desalinated water has significantly improved the quality of effluent (treated wastewater), leading to a dramatic increase – from 32 percent to 80 percent – in the […]

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Such a move would put Israel on the map of eco-innovation. By Max Schindler February 27, 2018 Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz called on Monday for Israel to cease using fossils fuels by 2030 in powering vehicles and generating electricity, a move that could jump-start Israeli green technology. Addressing the Israel Energy and Environment Institute’s National […]

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