By SHARON UDASIN 08/30/2016 Latest find and ongoing projects accelerating development in the entire region. The expected purchase of the Karish and Tanin gas reservoirs by the Greek oil and gas company Energean will be a catalyst for other international companies interested in exploring Israel’s Mediterranean, a source linked to the project told The Jerusalem […]

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The Gaza Strip in Palestine has battled diesel and electricity shortages, leading to blackouts that can last up to 12 hours and major transportation challenges. So engineering students Jamal Al Miqaty and Khalid Al Bardawil at Al Azhar University Gaza decided to creatively work around that crippling issue: they designed a solar-powered car. The 23-year […]

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By Peter Harrison 2 September 2016 The US envoy for climate change has told Al Arabiya English he’s confident the Paris Agreement will be honored. The Paris agreement obligates states to curb emissions that contribute to climate change. It takes effect once at least 55 nations accounting for at least 55% of global emissions ratify […]

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Zafrir Rinat For years, a small park with a few dozen trees was one of Bnei Brak residents’ only refuges from overcrowding in their city. Despite the objections of people living near the park, the city cut down some of the trees and built kindergartens instead. This is far from a unique occurrence. In coming […]

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Conservationist says leak was mostly on land, is not expected to affect marine life By Hana Namrouqa – AMMAN — Authorities on Wednesday cleaned up the remnants of an oil slick near the southern beach of Aqaba, according to a marine conservationist. A fracture in a pipeline transferring crude oil from a tanker to Aqaba […]

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Israel offers assistance to Jordanians in handling oil spill in Aqaba Port, while its Environmental Protection inspectors are closely monitoring the situation; oil spill currently pushed by winds towards Saudi. Itamar Eichner, Ilana Curiel|Published: 24.08.16 Some 200 tons of crude oil leaked on Tuesday into the Gulf of Eilat from a fuel storage facility at […]

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RAMALLAH, August 29, 2016 (WAFA) – Ambassador for the Palestinian Affairs and Representative of Japan to the PA, Takeshi Okubo, visited Za’atara in Bethlehem Governorate to celebrate the completion of a project funded by the Government of Japan through Japan’s Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects (GGP), said a statement issued by the representative […]

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French Environment Minister Segolene Royal met with her Iranian counterpart in Tehran on Sunday to announce plans for a number of joint projects addressing energy, water shortages and pollution. Royal held talks with the head of Iran’s Environmental Protection Organization, Massoumeh Ebtekar, and said they would build several key partnerships by February. “Several highly operational […]

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1. Finance and Budget Committee Tackles Trash File, Kanaan Refuses Turning Metn into Dumpster إ 2. Report: Trash Plan Setback in Metn and Keserwan Sees a Solution 3. Trash Collection Crisis Looms as Sukleen Says Municipality Blocking Access to Bourj Hammoud Site ———————- Finance and Budget Committee Tackles Trash File, Kanaan Refuses Turning Metn into […]

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By Hana Namrouqa – Aug 27,2016 – Last updated at Aug 27,2016 0 0 googleplus0 0 0 AMMAN — Authorities will shut down the Abu Nseir Wastewater Treatment Plant by next summer, thus ending one of the capital’s longstanding environmental problems, according to the Water Ministry. The plant, which was established in the late 1980s […]

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Aug 27,2016 AMMAN — The Ministry of Water has saved 133,000 cubic metres of water in its crackdown on water waste, Minister Hazem Nasser said on Saturday. The ministry’s field teams implemented 480 surveys across the Kingdom in July and August, as part of a campaign to address water waste, Nasser said, adding that surveys […]

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By Omar Obeidat – Aug 24,2016 AMMAN – The Jordan Strategy Forum (JSF) has released a position paper on alternatives to increasing the electricity tariffs in Jordan, recommending three scenarios that, it said, “if adopted would boost the economic growth and reduce the Kingdom’s imports of energy.” In its 11-page report, made available to The […]

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Water crisis in the besieged Palestinian territory is putting Palestinian lives at risk, analysts say. Ylenia Gostoli Many Palestinians in Gaza buy water from small-scale desalination plants [Ylenia Gostoli/Al Jazeera]Many Palestinians in Gaza buy water from small-scale desalination plants [Ylenia Gostoli/Al Jazeera] Gaza City – Water may be a highly valued commodity the world over […]

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Kataeb party chief MP Sami Gemayel stressed on Thursday that establishing a landfill in Bourj Hammoud region will trigger the emission of poisonous gases and smoke that will affect the whole area around it for the next two decades. “The mountain of garbage in Bourj Hammoud must be addressed because it will emit poisonous gases […]

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Agriculture Minister Akram Shehayyeb, who is in charge of overseeing the government’s emergency waste management plan, hoped Tuesday that the Free Patriotic Movement will not be allowed to join Kataeb Party’s protests outside the Bourj Hammoud landfill, as he warned that the alternative to the plan would be the return of the piles of trash […]

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By Baha Abu Hasnah AMMAN — The Ministry of Social Development is conducting a nationwide study into the issue of garbage scavenging, Spokesperson Fawwaz Ratrout said on Wednesday. The ministry has directed its governorate departments to study the social cases of trash pickers and is awaiting the results, Ratrout told The Jordan Times, adding that […]

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Report: Oil and Gas Exploration Back on Front Burner by Naharnet Lebanon’s stalled oil and gas exploration file will hopefully be put on the front burner after reports said that it shall be referred to the related ministerial committee in order to refer it later to the cabinet for approving the related decrees, al-Joumhouria daily […]

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By SHARON UDASIN 08/08/2016 The units, which began operating in the 1980s, are “the oldest, least efficient and most polluting coal-fired units in Israel’s electricity system,” according to the Environment Ministry report. Parading a poster with a man’s face covered in soot, protesters from Greenpeace Israel on Monday stormed through a Knesset meeting about a […]

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By Mohammad Ghazal – Aug 10,2016 AMMAN — Government buildings could reduce their power bills by 30-40 per cent by adopting low-cost energy-saving measures, according to an energy audit released on Wednesday. The audit, conducted by the USAID’s energy sector capacity-building activity in partnership with the Energy Ministry and the Jordan Renewable Energy and Efficiency […]

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Suzanna Goussous – Aug 21,2016 AMMAN — Around 1,000 palm trees have been planted in Zizya, in south Amman, to develop the area’s green spaces and encourage environmental awareness, the local mayor said on Sunday. Turki Fayez, the mayor of Al Jizah Municipality, said the palm trees were planted to fulfil His Majesty the late […]

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