By Mohammad Ghazal – Nov 25,2015 AMMAN — Investments in the country’s renewable energy sector exceed JD1 billion at present and are expected to increase significantly in the next few years as more projects are in the pipeline, according to investment and energy officials. Renewable energy is “one of the most attractive and rapidly growing […]

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On Our Doorstep – the Gaza Water and Energy Crisis, Scenarios November 12, 2015 As part of the Haaretz Peace Conference held today (Nov 12) in Tel Aviv, EcoPeace Middle East and the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) held a high level panel on the water, sanitation and energy crisis in Gaza and its […]

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A major international climate conference in Paris will move forward later this month, and President Obama is still slated to attend, despite a series of attacks in the city Friday. An administration official confirmed Saturday that Obama is still planning on going to Paris later this month to attend early sessions of the United Nations […]

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11/11/2015 Oil export giant Saudi Arabia submitted its pledge Tuesday to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, a move observers hailed as a step in the right direction. In an action plan filed with the UN three weeks before a crucial climate conference in Paris, the world’s biggest crude oil exporter said up to 130 million tonnes […]

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NAJIB SAAB The Arab public is ready to pay more for energy and water and embrace changes in consumption patterns if this will help preserve resources and protect the environment, according to a survey carried out by Arab Forum for Environment and Development (AFED) in 22 countries. However, good intentions and wishes of the public, […]

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The Arab Forum for Environment and Development (AFED) concluded its eighth annual conference on sustainable consumption, held at the Phoenicia Intercontinental Hotel in Beirut. The conference brought together 600 delegates from 48 countries, representing governments, private sector, regional and international organizations, research centers, universities, civil society and the media. AFED secretary general Najib Saab cited […]

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Assist. Prof. Vakur Sümer, ORSAM Advisor, Selçuk University New studies are published everyday on how water resources management problems are evolving. A recent report by CDP on “Global Water”* has also demonstrated that the growing water crisis can have serious consequences for economic activities worldwide. It is, however, a less ordinary report in the sense […]

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By SHARON UDASIN 11/16/2015 From 2008 to 2013, landfilling prices rose at certain sites by as much as 100 percent – a phenomenon that the Environment Ministry attributed to the lack of competition among service providers. Aiming to trim down excess public spending on garbage collection and foster competition in the sector, the Environmental Protection […]

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Shehayyeb: Negotiations to Export Waste to Kick Off with European Firms – – Naharnet Agriculture Minister Akram Shehayyeb revealed that negotiations with European companies to export Lebanon’s garbage will kick off on Thursday, reported As Safir newspaper. He told the daily: “The negotiations rely on very critical calculations and technical details.” The negotiations will be […]

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You Stink activists dumped trash early on Thursday in front of several ministries protesting the government’s dysfunction on a months-long trash crisis, the state-run National News Agency reported. The activists dumped waste near the ministries of Environment, Labor, Energy, Foreign, Culture, Education, Social Affairs, Industry and Displaced. Three of the campaigners were arrested including Tarek […]

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Prime Minister Tammam Salam hinted Tuesday that the exportation of garbage has become the only solution to the growing trash disposal crisis as he traveled to Saudi Arabia to attend an Arab-South American summit. “The cost of exportation might be high and its technical requirements might not be easy, but should we manage to do […]

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by Raed Omari – Nov 12,2015 The Forestry Department says 13 people are behind the violations committed in the forests of Ajloun and Jerash AMMAN — Only 13 people are behind the violations committed in the forests of Ajloun and Jerash, but they remain free to repeat their actions, according to the Agriculture Ministry. “We […]

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By Muath Freij – Nov 12,2015 – Last updated at Nov 12,2015 Merchant Anwar Zghair’s goods that are stored close to his shop in downtown Amman are seen damaged on Wednesday after last week’s floods (Photo by Muath Freij) AMMAN — The heavy rainfall that caused floods in downtown Amman last Thursday has prompted many […]

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Nov 11,2015 Hasan Abu Nimah Last week Amman was hit by a severe rainstorm. In about 30 minutes of extraordinarily heavy fall, the city was full of lakes of accumulated water. Many roads, basements of buildings, shops and other structures were dangerously flooded. Underpasses were quickly filled with water as drainage pumps could not empty […]

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By JT – Nov 09,2015 AMMAN — Jordan and the European Investment Bank (EIB) on Sunday signed two loan agreements worth $126 million to finance electricity and water projects. Also on Sunday, Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour met with EIB Vice President Dario Scannapieco and voiced Jordan’s appreciation for the financial and technical assistance the bank […]

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By SHARON UDASIN 11/12/2015 “We are waging a long struggle against the building plan, which will bring serious harm to the city,” Nir Barkat said on Wednesday. Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat and environmentalists decried the national planning committee’s approval Wednesday of an expansive new neighborhood that they say will threaten the area’s ecology. The Committee […]

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Creede Newton | 08 Nov 2015 After an unseasonably warm October, one would expect the cool rainfall of autumn to be welcomed in the Gaza Strip. But the downpours only make life harder, as excess rainwater springs from roads, sidewalks, and courtyards. The territory’s water infrastructure has shuddered under the burden of an almost decade-long […]

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By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH 11/11/2015 NIS 50 million in matching funds are needed to achieve goal, MK tells committee. Jordanian scientists are eager to see a new research center built in Eilat and to cooperate with it, MK Manuel Trajtenberg told the Knesset Science and Technology Committee on Tuesday. The lawmaker, who is an economist by […]

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By SHARON UDASIN 11/10/2015 Exhibition and conference organized in Tel Aviv for the third year in a row by the Fuel Choices Initiative in the Prime Minister’s Office. As the transportation sector awaits the mass integration of electric vehicles and other innovative technologies, one start-up is focusing on conserving gasoline – and money – in […]

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Violent clashes break out in central Tel Aviv during natural gas protest, ten arrested – YNET Ynet 11.07.15 Violent clashes between demonstrators and police broke out in central Tel Aviv during a demonstration protesting Israeli government plans for a natural gas field of its coast that was discovered in 2010. Eight demonstrators have been arrested […]

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