BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israel’s offensive on Gaza last summer caused lasting and extensive damage to water, sanitation, and energy infrastructure in Gaza, according to a recent report by the International Committee of the Red Cross. Damage caused to water supply systems by successive rounds of fighting have seriously reduced the territory’s water storage capacity, primarily […]

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HEBRON, March 24, 2015 (WAFA) – The Israeli authorities Tuesday handed a local resident of Um Nir, south of Hebron, an order to demolish his water storage tank, according to local sources. Coordinator of the Anti-Settlement Committee in Hebron, Rateb Jabour, said an Israeli army force broke into the village and handed Mohammad Ali Jabour, […]

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Israel produces 500 million cubic meters of wastewater every year, more than 90 percent of which reaches the various treatment plants. By Zafrir Rinat | Mar. 23, 2015 Israel continues to be a world leader in the successful exploitation of treated wastewater, and over the past decade it nearly doubled the area in which this […]

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Mar. 21, 2015 Mazin Sidahmed| The Daily Star BEIRUT: When Speaker Nabih Berri filed a lawsuit Thursday against merchants for importing toxic waste into Lebanon, he made a point of doing it both as a Lebanese citizen, as well as in his governmental role, judicial sources told The Daily Star. The Amal Movement leader did […]

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Brothers sentenced for operating unauthorized waste disposal site. By Zafrir Rinat | Mar. 23, 2015 Imposing a prison sentence for environmental infractions is a rare event in Israel, but it happened recently. A District Court rejected an appeal by a person convicted of running an unauthorized waste disposal site, and the offenders were ordered to […]

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Hazard left behind after evicted working-class homes were demolished to make way for upscale Tel Aviv housing. By Daniel Dolev | Mar. 26, 2015 MK Ilan Gilon (Meretz) called on the Environmental Protection Ministry Wednesday to remove the asbestos left after the demolition of buildings in Tel Aviv’s Givat Amal Bet neighborhood. Gilon’s letter to […]

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Mar. 03, 2015 Mohammed Zaatari| The Daily Star SIDON, Lebanon: Remember the rubber playground floors where countless childhood days were spent playing? Well, these tiles were manufactured from recycled tires, and one Sidon activist is making sure the production keeps going. Tires in Lebanon are infamous for another use: They are often burned by demonstrators […]

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BEIRUT: A controversial cement factory that was set to be built in Zahle will be relocated to another area, Bishop Issam Darwish announced Wednesday. The planned cement factory, which has been met with widespread opposition for Zahle residents and officials over health and environmental concerns, will now be relocated after an agreement was reached with […]

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By SHARON UDASIN 03/06/2015 ‘The Jerusalem Post’ looks at how the major political parties perceive their physical environment. As Israelis prepare to head for the polls in just 11 days, The Jerusalem Post looks at how the major political parties perceive their physical environment – their thoughts on cleaning up the air we breathe, renewable […]

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Al Arabiyah/ AFP, Jerusalem Thursday, 12 March 2015 An Israeli partner in the Leviathan offshore gas field said on Wednesday the Palestinians had cancelled a $1.2-billion supply contract, citing delays by Israel’s Antitrust Authority. Delek said it had informed the Tel Aviv stock exchange that a 20-year contract it had signed with the Palestine Power […]

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By SHARON UDASIN 03/01/2015 “We must save the ecological system of the Mediterranean Sea from collapse – 100,000 protected animals die every year in the sea, as a result of uncontrolled fishing,” a statement from SPNI said. The Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel demanded that Agriculture Ministry officials take immediate actions to […]

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by SHARON UDASIN 03/04/2015 EnviroNor operates floating treatment plants to offer a cheaper solution to purifying the globe’s water supply. A Norwegian company aiming to convert secondhand oil barges into floating desalination and wastewater treatment plants is recruiting Israeli expertise to furnish the water-processing technology necessary for the ships. According to Sigmund Larsen, the founder […]

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By SHARON UDASIN 03/04/2015 For three years, the Advanced Waste Water Treatment Demonstration Project will bring cutting edge water technologies developed by Israeli academics. Aiming to further collaboration with Israel and solidify its position as a wastewater treatment hub, the city of Akron, Ohio, is partnering with a consortium of Israeli private and public industry […]

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A 914-acre patch is considered extremely important because it abuts a forest and the Alexander Stream. By Zafrir Rinat | Mar. 11, 2015 The government is reviving plans for a new town near Kochav Ya’ir that would comprise thousands of homes, but local people say it would harm the environment, damage their rural way of […]

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Activists fear increased air pollution if proposed condensate facility is built. By Zafrir Rinat | Mar. 5, 2015 The Energy and Water Resources Ministry is seeking to permit the storage of fuel by-products from natural gas production in a large storage facility due to be built in the Haifa Bay region. Environmentalists reject the plan […]

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Al Jazeera spoke to the leader of the anti-fracking movement in Algeria’s Ain Salah. Djamila Ould Khettab | 11 Mar 2015 Ain Salah, Algeria – On February 28, the first violent clashes between the anti-shale gas protesters and police forces erupted in the Saharan city of Ain Salah, located about 1,200km south of Algiers. The […]

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Water-sharing deal has brought conflict between Egypt and Ethiopia over massive hydroelectric dam closer to resolution. Campbell MacDiarmid | 10 Mar 2015 A long-simmering water conflict between Ethiopia and Egypt has moved a step closer to resolution, after the countries’ foreign ministers announced last week they had reached a preliminary agreement on sharing Nile water. […]

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BEIRUT: Unlicensed water companies have three months to ensure their products are safe to drink, Health Minister Wael Abu Faour said Wednesday, urging them to obtain government certificates. “We will not allow the sale of polluted water to the public,” Abu Faour said, indicating that the ministry intended to shut establishment who continued to violate […]

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While water experts and environmental activists are widely praising Israel’s decision, many argue the increase is simply not enough. Source (click) By SHARON UDASIN ,  06/03/2015 Israel’s decision to double its water allocations to Gaza is a positive step forward, environmental experts said Thursday, but agreed that it is still far from sufficient to satisfy […]

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A political battle to install a water pipeline for the first planned Palestinian city of Rawabi is now over, with Palestinian American entrepeneur finally able to reach his goal of establishing a beautiful city in area A of the West Bank. Smadar Peri Published: 03.04.15 Bashar al-Masri, a Palestinian American entrepreneur, has finally followed-through with […]

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