Morocco’s budget for water infrastructure is rising as desalination and dam projects advance amid droughts and increasing international partnerships. Francisco Serrano. August 27, 2023 Repeated droughts and dwindling water resources have pushed Moroccan authorities into emergency mode. As the country grapples with its worst drought in 40 years, the building of critical water infrastructure has emerged […]

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Egypt to drill 35 gas wells by 2025 as BP invests – Al Monitor Jack Dutton. August 29, 2023 The energy giant pledged $3.5 billion in investment into gas exploration in Egypt over the next three years. Egypt plans to invest $1.5 billion into drilling 35 natural gas wells by 2025, the cabinet said in […]

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A tanker full of oil was stuck off the coast of Yemen with a risk of spill greatly damaging the Red Sea. By SETH J. FRANTZMAN.  AUGUST 30, 2023  [editor’s note: Notice how this coverage differs from what is reported elsewhere.] The United Nations helped save the Red Sea from an oil spill in an operation that has […]

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23/8/2023 Affirming Saudi Arabia’s commitment toward a sustainable future, the Kingdom is set to host the third edition of the Saudi Green Initiative Forum on December 4 during the 2023 UN Climate Change Conference, also known as COP28.  Amid the global push for environmental conservation, the COP28 summit will unfold from November 30 to December […]

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23/8/2023 The Arab Network for NGOs, in partnership with the Arab Gulf Program for Development, has launched the “Green in Arabic” media platform to raise awareness about climate change, Saudi Press Agency reported on Monday.  The platform was launched under the patronage of AGFUND President Prince Abdulaziz bin Talal.  Hoda Al-Bakr, executive director of the […]

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By harnessing electricity from the grid during periods of low pricing throughout the day, the hospital will be equipped to store this energy and deploy it during high demand. By MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN.  AUGUST 30, 2023  An Israeli green energy firm has received approval from the Finance Ministry to provide a Holon-based hospital with electric process heat, effectively replacing […]

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Scorching heat as a result of climate change is making the usual problems of the Bedouin of the Judean Desert and Jordan Valley — poverty, settler violence and harassment by authorities — truly unbearable Nir Hasson. Aug 16, 2023 Aug 16, 2023 The Bedouin of the Judean Desert and Jordan Valley may, in many ways, […]

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 Mohamad El Chamaa August 19, 2023  …….. The fires sweeping across northwestern Syria this summer have compounded a dire humanitarian situation. The region, still reeling from two massive earthquakes in February and a grinding economic crisis, remains divided among rival factions and isolated from the world. Firefighters on both sides of the conflict are now trying to confront […]

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Four years into its historic economic meltdown, Lebanon’s political elites, masters at survival, are pushing for a recovery that would sidestep tough reforms demanded by the International Monetary Fund. Economic experts and former officials involved in designing Lebanon’s original IMF-approved recovery plan in 2020 say the political leadership and associates in the banking sector are […]

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Gas exploration plans in Lebanon’s Mediterranean waters have progressed since the country reached a maritime border deal with Israel last year. Adam Lucente. August 22, 2023 A French-Italian-Qatari energy consortium began offshore exploration in Lebanon on Tuesday in another sign of progress in the crisis-stricken country’s gas plans. TotalEnergies, Eni and QatarEnergy launched their exploration activities in […]

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For years, Lebanon’s trash has been burned in open dumps, with dangerous environmental and health effects.  Beatrice Farhat. August 22, 2023 BEIRUT — Lebanon’s government approved a new waste management project Tuesday as part of efforts to regulate the solid waste sector. The project was announced during a workshop organized by the Ministry of Environment. Representatives […]

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Nehemia Shtrasler. Aug 17, 2023 After a short break, the cult of natural gas charlatans returned this week to troll the people of Israel with a new scare: The gas is dwindling, and will run out entirely within a few years. When that happens, electricity prices will soar, air pollution will increase and our energy […]

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The bGen ZERO system has enhanced energy efficiency over the TES system. By MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN Published: AUGUST 10, 2023 Brenmiller Energy introduced the bGen ZERO on Thursday, representing the evolution of its Thermal Energy Storage system designed for heat electrification –  power by electricity instead of fossil fuels like natural gas, coal, or oil. Brenmiller offers scalable thermal […]

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18/8/2023 By next year, the tiny Gulf state will begin building its coastal defences against sea levels that have begun advancing, by widening beaches, constructing taller sea walls and elevating land. “Bahrain is vulnerable,” Mohamed bin Mubarak bin Daina, Bahrain’s oil and environment minister and special envoy for climate affairs, said in an interview. “The […]

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At the end of last year, Apache Corp’s main interests in Egypt were in the Western Desert with 5.3 million gross acres in six separate concessions. Jack Dutton. August 22, 2023 A US shale major plans to invest $1.4 billion to fund oil and gas explorations in Egypt in 2024, according to local media reports. Apache Corporation, […]

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22/8/2023 ACWA Power, a Saudi-listed company and a leader in the energy transition, the Water and Electricity Holding Company (Badeel), wholly owned by Public Investment Fund (PIF), and Saudi Aramco Power Company (SAPCO), a wholly owned subsidiary of Aramco, announced the successful financial close of Al Shuaibah 1 and Al Shuaibah 2 solar PV projects, […]

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David Lehrer. AUG 9, 2023, The solution to Gaza’s dire lack of electricity and water can and should be built in a restricted area just inside the border……. In a recent joint publication by Damour for Community Development and the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies, Eng. Rebhy Al-Sheikh, former Deputy Head of the Palestinian Water […]

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When the world runs out of wheat for challah, pita, rugelach, and more, we’re going to wish we’d set up back-up crops Judy Halper. AUG 12, 2023 https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/let-them-eat-dates/ editor’s note: An unusual and important take, well worth following the link.

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Startup applies for approval from Swiss food regulator, marking first cultivated meat submission in Europe; plans to launch in Singapore and Israel in 2023  By SHARON WROBEL 27 July 2023, full story: https://www.timesofisrael.com/israels-aleph-farms-gears-up-to-sell-first-cultivated-beef-cuts-in-europe/

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N-Drip, an Israeli startup helping farmers cope with the climate crisis, hopes to bring drip irrigation — which has been used in Israel since the 1960s — to farmers in America Corin Degani. Aug 14, 2023 The Colorado River in the United States, the main water source for some 40 million people, is perhaps the […]

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