Israeli study shows the variety of ways in which invasive species can reach the Mediterranean By Zafrir Rinat May 16, 2017 For years, scientists have been wondering how marine animals with limited mobility nonetheless manage to end up thousands of kilometers from their natural habitats. An Israeli study published this week shows that they use […]

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Ministry to start ‘urgent’ coordination with UNICEF to respond to additional water challenges By JT – May 25,2017 Water Ministry highlighted the urgent need to find solutions to water-related issues and endorse a clear plan for projects (Photo by Amjad Ghsoun) AMMAN — Water Minister Hazem Nasser on Wednesday called for drafting a funding plan […]

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Recent wildfire in Ajloun reminds of danger of summer picnickers’ fires — Agriculture Ministry By Hana Namrouqa – May 25,2017 AMMAN — As firefighters and rangers extinguished a wild fire on Thursday dawn that engulfed 12 dunnums of dry grass, officials urged picnickers to stop lighting fires in forests to prevent wildfires. Picnickers should realise […]

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AMMAN — Main and tertiary water pipes will be renovated in five towns in Mafraq Governorate, which has seen a 40 per cent rise in demand for water since the start of the Syrian crisis in 2011, according to the Ministry of Water and Irrigation. Under the project, the ministry will replace deteriorated water networks […]

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Park aims to protect Aqaba marine environment from rising pollution and environmental damage By Hana Namrouqa – May 24,2017 The Aqaba Marine Park is located in the Gulf of Aqaba, a semi-enclosed water basin attached to the semi-enclosed Red Sea (Photo courtesy of the Aqaba Marine Park website) AMMAN — The Aqaba Marine Park (AMP) […]

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There was a 500-tonne increase in the volume of waste collected from the capital and the central region on the first two days of Ramadan, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported on Monday. Basem Tarawneh, deputy director for districts and environmental affairs at the Greater Amman Municipality (GAM), said that the municipality’s workers on Sunday […]

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By JPOST.COM STAFF 05/29/2017 “For decades the dairy industry has brainwashed the public with billion-shekel ad campaigns,” says organizer. Report finds Israeli cows are most productive in the world. A huge billboard featuring a cow and its calf has popped up on Tel Aviv’s main Ayalon highway this week, just in time for the Jewish […]

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By SHARON UDASIN 05/29/2017 Jerusalem residents suffer from some of the worst air pollution levels in the country. Aiming to significantly curb the environmental hazards plaguing the capital city’s Arab neighborhoods, the government has approved a NIS 177 million plan to upgrade waste and sewage infrastructure in east Jerusalem. The Environmental Protection Ministry program, approved […]

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GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — The Gaza Strip’s power authority said on Sunday that it had met all of the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) stipulations to end the electricity crisis in the besieged coastal enclave, but that the governing body in the occupied West Bank had yet to respond. The Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories […]

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RAMALLAH, May 29, 2017 (WAFA) – Responding to reports by the Hamas-run energy authority in Gaza regarding an agreement reached between Gaza and Ramallah to solve Gaza’s worsening electricity crisis, the Ramallah-based Energy and Natural Resources Authority denied Monday reaching any such agreement. It said in a statement that “after reviewing the proposal submitted by […]

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As part of a power struggle between the PA and Hamas, Abbas decides to cut down the amount of money the PA pays for Gaza’s electricity, leading Israel to reduce the electricity to the strip accordingly. Elior Levy|Published: 25.05.17 , 17:09 In two weeks’ time, Israel will cut over a quarter of the electricity it […]

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GAZA (Ma’an) — One day after an Israeli official announced in a BBC Arabic interview that Israel would be reducing its electricity supply to the Gaza Strip, the Hamas movement released a statement on Friday warning the Israeli government of unspecified “consequences,” should the reductions be implemented. Hamas, the de facto ruling party of the […]

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BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Head of the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) — the agency responsible for implementing the Israeli government’s policies in the occupied West Bank and besieged Gaza Strip — Yoav Mordechai said in an interview on Thursday with BBC Arabic that Israel plans on reducing its electricity supply to Gaza, […]

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video link http://www.aljazeera.com/video/news/2017/05/syrian-refugees-solve-jordans-rubbish-crisis-170529050535108.html The Jordanian government is struggling to contain a mounting rubbish crisis as dumps across the country start to reach capacity. A new initiative to encourage recycling is looking to Syrian refugees to help lead the way out of the problem. Al Jazeera’s Imtiaz Tyab reports from Mufraq in northern Jordan. Imtiaz Tyab

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BY SHARON UDASIN MAY 21, 2017 02:37 “In your effort to build peace between Israelis and Palestinians… we urge you to prioritize the issue of water,” the lawmakers wrote Trump in an official letter. Ahead of Donald Trump’s trip to Israel this week, a bipartisan group of congressmen and women called upon the president to […]

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SHARON UDASIN 05/16/2017 EcoPeace: The state comptroller’s report presents “a scathing assessment of failure for more than two decades of Israeli government action and inaction.” Describing water pollution as nothing less than Israel’s most serious cross-border environmental hazard, State Comptroller Joseph Shapira called upon the government authorities to join forces to reduce the contamination of […]

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By Sharon Udasin May 4, 2017 Trilateral co-directors of EcoPeace Middle East send letter to Norway urging for participation of third-party mediator on water and electricity issues. A regional environmental group is calling for the participation of a third-party mediator on water and electricity issues in Gaza in hopes of averting a humanitarian, ecological and […]

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JVA to take stricter measures over summer to preserve and sustain water stored at dams By Hana Namrouqa – May 19,2017 AMMAN — As the wet season has ended with “discouraging” storage of water at dams, farmers in the Jordan Valley are expected to receive reduced water for irrigation, according to a government official. Storage […]

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Prime Minister Saad Hariri on Friday presided over a ministerial meeting aimed at addressing the pollution that is affecting the Litani River, stressing that this topic is among his priorities. “Our efforts on the issue began a month ago,” Hariri said ahead of the meeting. Briefing reporters after the meeting, Energy and Water Minister Cesar […]

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By Hana Namrouqa – May 17,2017 AMMAN — Unconventional water sources are the Kingdom’s long-term solution to its water dilemma, government officials said on Wednesday, indicating that increasing demand on water has exhausted surface and underground water sources. Now that the Ministry of Water and Irrigation has utilised all available methods to meet the increasing […]

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