By Mohammad Ghazal – Jan 12,2017 AMMAN — In “a first move of its kind in the Kingdom’s energy sector”, the Jordanian-Egyptian FAJR for Natural Gas Transmission and Supply Company on Thursday signed an agreement with Fine Hygienic Holding to provide two of its factories with natural gas. Under the agreement, which followed the government’s […]

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By SHARON UDASIN 01/12/2017 Civil Administration: Environmental improvements on the horizon in the West Bank. While green groups warned on Thursday that the West Bank’s ecosystem is reaching a point of no return, the Civil Administration stressed that improvements are on the horizon for the region. Environmentalists came together on Thursday at Tel Aviv University’s […]

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GAZA, January 19, 2017 (WAFA) – The Director for the Neighborhood South at the European Commission, Michael Köhler Thursday inaugurated the first phase of a new desalination plant in Khan Younis that will provide immediately fresh water to 75,000 Palestinians in Gaza and attended the first digging at Sufa (Al-Fukhari) landfill site. This infrastructure project […]

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Jan. 23, 2017 GAZA (Ma’an) — Egyptian power lines feeding the southern Gaza Strip were operating normally again as of late Sunday evening, after several hours of being out of operation. Gaza’s electricity company said that the Egyptian lines were disconnected for several hours due to damages, but were later repaired, noting that Egyptian lines […]

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By AP – Jan 18,2017 GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — At night, large swaths of the Gaza Strip plunge into darkness — the result of chronic and worsening power outages. In crowded city streets, the only source of light comes from the headlights of passing cars. The power shortages are the worst to hit Gaza […]

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In many areas, Palestinians received only three hours of electricity at a time, punctuated by 12-hour blackouts. Ezz Zanoun | 21 Jan 2017 Gaza Strip – Anger is growing among Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip as the narrow coastal enclave’s electricity crisis deepens. An estimated 10,000 Palestinians flooded the streets in Jabaliya refugee camp […]

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Jan. 22, 2017 12:18 P.M. CAIRO (Ma’an) — Egyptian security sources told Ma’an that militants connected to the so-called Islamic State under the local affiliate group the Sinai Province blew up two transmission towers in the Sinai Peninsula on Saturday evening, while in northern Sinai two Egyptian policemen were reportedly injured during clashes with unidentified […]

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By JT – Jan 18,2017 AMMAN — Masdar, Abu Dhabi’s renewable energy company, said on Wednesday it has selected International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, to oversee the funding of the largest solar power plant in Jordan. At Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week in the UAE, Masdar CEO Mohamed Jameel Al […]

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Work on the world’s largest solar park is set to move forward this month. Phase 3 of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park in Dubai will add 800 megawatts (MW) of clean energy to the enormous solar park. The project could be a big win for the environment, expected as it is to […]

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Saudi Arabia will launch in coming weeks a renewable energy program that is expected to involve investment of between $30 billion and $50 billion by 2023, Saudi Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih said on Monday. Falih, speaking at an energy industry event in Abu Dhabi, said Riyadh would in the next few weeks start the first […]

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By Khetam Malkawi – Jan 18,2017 AMMAN — More than 250 workers in food cultivation, handling and retailing in Jordan have been trained on reducing food loss throughout the supply chain. The training was part of a two-year project implemented by the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the Ministry of Agriculture with the […]

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Newspapers Review: Gaza protests against deepening electricity crisis focus of dailies WAFA RAMALLAH, January 14, 2017 (WAFA) – Protests against weeks of deepening electricity crisis which left many of besieged Gaza’s two million population with less than three hours of electricity a day hit the front page headlines in Palestinian dailies on Saturday. Al-Ayyam said […]

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Jan. 14, 2017 GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — The deputy president of Gaza’s power authority said Saturday that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has offered to ship fuel to the Gaza Strip to run the besieged coastal enclave’s sole power plant, in order to help lighten the crippling electricity crisis that has sparked widespread protests in […]

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Syria: Deal reached to repair Wadi Barada water supply AL JAZEERA Deal reached after damaged water infrastructure in Wadi Barada left 5.5 million in Damascus area enduring shortages. Syrian government workers have entered a formerly rebel-held area near Damascus to begin restoring water to the capital after weeks of shortages, state media reported. The engineers […]

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The United Nations has warned of an oil spill south of the Iraqi city of Mosul, near the town of Qayara that was retaken from Islamic State militants some four months ago. The warnings came in a report released this week on environmental damages caused by oil fires intentionally started by retreating IS militants. U.N. […]

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27 October 2016 – Environmental pollution is adding “complexity and danger” to the humanitarian crisis sparked by the military offensive in Mosul, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) said today, warning that fumes from burning stockpiles of sulphur dioxide, and oil wells that have been set ablaze, have led to further suffering for civilians in […]

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Inside the Economic War against ISIS Joby Warrick January 4, 2017, 9:33 am Washington- ISIS starts the new year with a drastically depleted bank account, counterterrorism officials say, following months of intensified efforts to deprive the jihadists of oil profits and other revenue used to finance military operations and terrorist attacks abroad. Coalition aircraft in […]

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Following the latest warnings that flights in and out of Lebanon’s Beirut airport are at risk because of the large number of birds flying over a nearby garbage dump, reports said Saturday that hunters are shooting down the seagulls which angered environmentalist movements in Lebanon. A Lebanese environmental movement condemned in a statement on Saturday […]

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By Hana Namrouqa – Jan 12,2017 AMMAN — A newly endorsed plan on green economic growth is aimed at leading Jordan into a sustainable economy that creates more jobs and achieves social inclusion while leaving the least negative impact on the environment, green economists said on Thursday. The National Green Growth Plan lists 24 projects […]

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By Hana Namrouqa AMMAN — Plans are under way to announce Burqu in the eastern desert as a nature reserve to protect species endemic to the ancient and historical site, according to the Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature (RSCN). Sustainable development projects and income generating ventures are being implemented in Burqu in Mafraq […]

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