Study says trend may have serious consequences for water quality, amount of greenhouse gas emissions from water. Zafrir Rinat Dec 20, 2015 Lakes, including Lake Kinneret, are quickly warming worldwide, according to new research, a trend that may have serious implications for water quality and the rate of greenhouse gas emissions from the water. The […]

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Negotiations between Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan on the Renaissance Dam do not seem to be leading toward a resolution of the issue. Resorting to international arbitration should be Egypt’s immediate option Ahmed El-Sayed Al-Naggar , Monday 21 Dec 2015 Once again the Renaissance Dam occupies the forefront in the water issues and Egypt’s foreign relations […]

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Dec 16,2015 AMMAN — Three workers from the Irbid District Electricity Company have been attacked by a property owner in Jerash after they discovered that the electricity meter at his building was tampered with, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported on Wednesday. The incident is the second this month. In Irbid, a similar attack took […]

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By Hana Namrouqa – Dec 17,2015 The Jordan Water Company (Miyahuna) started replacing regular water meters with the smart gauges this week AMMAN — By winter next year, Amman households will be equipped with new smart water meters which provide accurate readings and detect tampering attempts, according to the Jordan Water Company (Miyahuna). The company […]

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Basel Burgan The Disi Water Conveyance Project was set to be the dream saviour for Jordanians until the middle of the next decade. Before 2011, the Ministry of Water and Irrigation had announced several times that with the Disi project there would be a complete shutdown of aquifer water usage until 2024, after which aquifer […]

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By Hana Namrouqa – Dec 20,2015 In its following phases, the Red Sea-Dead Sea Water Conveyance Project entails transferring up to 2 billion cubic metres of seawater from the Red Sea to the Dead Sea AMMAN — The Water Ministry on Sunday signed the engineering services agreement for the first phase of the Red Sea-Dead […]

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In a joint venture with Masdar and other international companies, the first utility scale wind power project in the Middle East was inaugurated last Thursday by King Abdullah II Ibn Al Hussain of Jordan. The UAE had pledged to assist other developing nations in their quest for increasing dependence on renewable energy during the recently […]

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By Mohammad Ghazal – Dec 20,2015 AMMAN — Jordan on Sunday signed an agreement to build a $128 million solar-run power plant with a total capacity of 100 megawatts. The plant, which will be located in Al Qweira in the south of the country, will be owned by the government and financed by a grant […]

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AMMAN — The Council of Ministers on Sunday extended the deadline for scrapping old fuel-run cars and exchanging them for hybrid vehicles until the end of 2016, according to the Jordan News Agency, Petra. The decision was taken in light of the great demand on hybrid vehicles. The deadline was supposed to expire by the […]

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By JT – Dec 17,2015 AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah on Thursday inaugurated the Tafileh Wind Project, considered the first such renewablel energy project at the domestic and regional levels. With a capacity of 117-megawatt, the wind farm, implemented in accordance with the Royal vision aimed at diversifying the sources of energy and boosting […]

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Dec 19,2015 AMMAN — The National Centre for Energy Research is currently preparing tenders to implement renewable energy projects at 11 public and private institutions to provide 4 million kilowatt hours, which annually cost JD800,000, Walid Shaheen, president of the centre, said Saturday. The scheme is implemented in cooperation with the Energy Ministry and partially […]

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By Omar Obeidat – Dec 16,2015 AMMAN –– Around 400 mosques in the Kingdom are currently generating power from solar energy, Awqaf Ministry Secretary General Abdul Munem Hiyari said Wednesday. In addition, hundreds of other mosques are also set to switch to solar energy in the near future, Hiyari told The Jordan Times, noting that […]

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Dec 15,2015 AMMAN — HRH Princess Sanaa Asem, chairperson of the higher oversight committee at the Arab Renewable Energy Commission (AREC), on Tuesday inaugurated the 2nd International Investment Forum for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency, held to discuss challenges facing the renewable energy sector in the Arab world. At the opening of the three-day forum, […]

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By SHARON UDASIN 12/21/2015 The bill, proposed by MK Eitan Broshi (Zionist Union), calls for setting national targets for producing electricity from renewable energy sources. The Ministerial Committee for Legislation approved a bill on Sunday designed to regulate the renewable energy sector in Israel while reducing greenhouse gas emissions and creating new jobs in the […]

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By SHARON UDASIN 12/13/2015 As a result of the ministry’s order, about 1.4 terawatts will be diverted from coal to natural gas in 2016. To reduce air pollution in the Hadera region, the Environmental Protection Ministry has demanded that the Israel Electric Corporation significantly reduce its coal use at the Orot Rabin power station in […]

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Israeli company this week opened the world’s largest desalinization facility in California. Reuters Dec 18, 2015 Israel’s IDE Technologies, which opened a billion-dollar desalination plant in California this week, is helping to plan 10 new facilities throughout the United States, the company’s CEO said on Wednesday. Located in Carlsbad on the Pacific coast, the plant […]

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Najib Saab 17/12/2015 As a good climate agreement was sealed in Paris last week, the Arab Forum for Environment and Development can be proud to have been part of the process. AFED’s flagship report in 2009, titled “Impact of Climate Change on Arab Countries,” provided solid arguments for negotiators that Arabs gain from a strong […]

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MOHAMED EL-ASHRY 7/12/2015 Climate change, once considered an issue for the future, has now moved firmly into the present. A few days before a new climate change deal is due to be agreed in Paris, the question is no longer whether there will be an agreement but what shape and how strong it will be. […]

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By DANI OR AND SHMUEL ASSOULINE 12/21/2015 The unprecedented level of public awareness and the global political organization mobilized to address potential consequences of global climate change have pushed aside a potentially more urgent global challenge linked only indirectly with climate change – securing sufficient food production capabilities to meet the needs of a rapidly […]

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A new study says climate change will cause growth of Israel’s economy to slow until 2055, after which the economy will significantly shrink by the end of the century. Dr. Daniel Madar 12.19.15 Climate change could lead to the collapse of Israel’s economy within a few decades, says a new study. According to researchers, climate […]

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