The sinkholes that emerge as the Dead Sea recedes require safe new roads and access to the beach. Haaretz Editorial | Apr. 12, 2015 Israeli visitors to the Dead Sea over the Passover holiday experienced a painful encounter with the consequences of its receding waters. As reported by Nir Hasson, masses of visitors were unable […]

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BEIRUT: An environmental scout group Friday found a sea turtle washed up on the shore of Mina in Tripoli, north Lebanon, after it became trapped inside a fishing net and drowned. State-run National News Agency said the Caretta Caretta was over one meter long and 80 cm wide and aged approximately 25 years. Head of […]

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Unless effective action is taken, a water war between Nile basin countries remains a distinct future possibility. 11 Apr 2015 Khaled Diab Khaled Diab is an award-winning Egyptian-Belgian journalist, writer and blogger. He is the author of Intimate Enemies: Living with Israelis and Palestinians in the Holy Land. He blogs at www.chronikler.com @diabolicalidea War has […]

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AMMAN — A 117-megawatt wind farm in Tafileh, 180km southwest of the capital, will begin its initial operations by the end of this month, producing electricity from five turbines, Energy Minister Ibrahim Saif said Monday. The Jordan News Agency, Petra, quoted Saif as saying that the project is scheduled to start operating commercially by the […]

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Black storks can now be seen in the southern Israeli nature spot – but it’s not because they’re covered in crude oil. By Zafrir Rinat | Apr. 7, 2015 A special flight recently landed at southern Israel’s Evrona nature reserve, which was severely damaged by a major oil spill four months ago. The visitors were […]

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The government encourages recycling, but 
does not comply with reporting requirements. By Zafrir Rinat | Apr. 8, 2015 The Environmental Protection Ministry is not in compliance with laws requiring it to publish data on the extent of waste recycling in Israel, which prevents the public from monitoring and criticizing the progress or lack thereof of […]

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Methuselah the 10-foot tall date palm tree is a boy, researchers say, and think a female may be found. By Shira Rubin  and Ruth Schuster     | Mar. 31, 2015 | source: Haaretz Methuselah, the Judean date palm grown from a 2,000-year old seed, has turned out to be male, and there’s fresh hope he […]

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April 2015 “Green Economy Initiatives” holds seminar on EcoTourism Business Development EcoPeace’s “Green Economy Initiatives” (GEI) project held a 2-day cross border meeting this month with Israeli Professor Dr. Uri Mayer Chissik – who leads an education program on food heritage and community involvement – and staff from our Sharhabil Bin Hassneh EcoPark (SHE) in […]

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By Najib Saab In his inaugural speech at the last World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi, Sultan Al-Jaber, a minister of state in the United Arab Emirates and chairman of Masdar, the architecture and ecology, or “arcology,” project, said: “Renewable energy is a critical component for building a sustainable future and has today changed […]

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JERICHO (Ma’an) — Israeli forces on Wednesday injured a child during a raid on a West Bank Bedouin village in which they also confiscated solar energy panels donated to locals by a local sustainability organization, a local official said. A Fatah party official in Jahalin, an area in the central West Bank near Abu Dis […]

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By TOVAH LAZAROFF The civil administration on Wednesday confiscated 11 solar panels from the West Bank Beduin encampment of Khan al-Ahmar, located off of Route 1 between the settlements of Ma’aleh Adumim and Kfar Adumim. The encampment of temporary structures lacks electricity and its residents are in the midst of a legal battle with the […]

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By JPost Editorial 04/01/2015 Going green ‘From Zion will go out the law of green energy,” announced Yuli Edelstein at a ceremony on Sunday, inaugurating the Knesset’s solar rooftop. Going green ‘From Zion will go out the law of green energy,” announced Yuli Edelstein at a ceremony on Sunday, inaugurating the Knesset’s solar rooftop. “What […]

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By SHARON UDASIN Advancing what will likely be the company’s second utility-scale solar facility in East Africa, the American- Israeli-led Gigawatt Global firm has secured two international grants worth nearly $1 million for the construction of a photovoltaic field in Burundi. Gigawatt Global, a US-owned Dutch developer co-founded by American-Israeli solar entrepreneur Yosef Abramowitz, is […]

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By SHARON UDASIN Tel Aviv-based Eco Wave Power, which works to harness energy from ocean waves, has established a Chinese subsidiary and received approval to establish its first plant in the Asian country, the company announced on Thursday. Eco Wave’s subsidiary, Suzhou Eco Wave Technology, will operate in the city of Changshu, in the jurisdiction […]

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by Hana Namrouqa | Mar 30, 2015 AMMAN — The Ministry of Environment has completed distributing the second batch of bins and containers across the country to collect electronic waste, a government official said Monday. The ministry started earlier this month the distribution of 200 bins and containers in the governorates to collect unwanted computers, […]

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By SHARON UDASIN Recycling of household electronic waste is expected to grow by 20 percent over Passover, according to M.A.I. – Electronics Recycling Corp. M.A.I., one of Israel’s electronic waste recycling firms, is expecting to receive about a ton of electronic waste from residences before and during Passover, as people replace old electrical products, CEO […]

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A scholarship opportunity is being offered by the Water Security Research Centre and The Ashton Partnership to an eligible candidate of the MSc in Water Security and International Development for the 2015-16 academic year. The ‘Ashton Partnership Scholarship in Water Security’ offers the scholarship recipient an award of £6,500 as a reduction to tuition fees […]

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by Brian Flood, NewsWire. Source: http://www.newswise.com/articles/great-lakes-middle-east-leaders-to-gather-for-water-summit Government officials, organization leaders and environmental experts from the U.S., Canada and the Middle East will convene April 23-24 for a University of Illinois at Chicago summit addressing water issues in the Great Lakes and Jordan River Valley. “Water After Borders: Global Stakes, Local Politics,” at UIC’s Student Center […]

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(press release) 26 March 2015, SINGAPORE- On Saturday, 28 March 8:30 p.m. local time, individuals, businesses, cities and landmarks around the world will switch off their lights for one hour to focus attention on climate change. As the lights go out, Earth Hour supporters will also be contributing real climate solutions to combat the globe’s […]

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3/03/2015 12:03 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Palestinians are suffering from unfair distribution of water resources as Israel is consuming the vast majority of Palestinian water, Palestinian officials said Sunday. The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) and the Palestinian Water Authority (PWA) made the comments in a statement released in honor of World Water Day that […]

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