Carbon dioxide absorption is making oceans acidic, and sea life might not be able to adapt. 26 Dec 2012 video report: http://www.aljazeera.com/video/middleeast/2012/12/2012122611536560157.html One of the biggest impacts of climate change is on the oceans, which absorb up to 30 percent of all the carbon dioxide pumped into the atmosphere. This is making sea water more […]

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BAGHDAD: Iraq’s most senior energy official called for coordinated Arab action on climate change while Egypt’s environment minister proposed a regional green fund at a conference in Baghdad on Monday. Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Affairs Hussein al-Shahristani warned of the risk of flooding, and also pointed to desertification and sandstorms affecting Iraq in his […]

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By SHARON UDASIN 12/26/2012 02:28 State comptroller finds area of half-million people ‘has hazardous materials in air, water, land and sea.’ The Haifa Bay Municipal Association for Environmental Protection has done an insufficient job in managing a region that is filled with explosive, flammable and radioactive toxins, State Comptroller Joseph Shapira argued in a report […]

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By SHARON UDASIN 12/24/2012 23:26 Adam Teva V’Din-Israel Union for Environmental Defense had deemed government’s new oil, gas drilling standards insufficient. The High Court of Justice rejected on Monday morning a petition from environmental activism group Adam Teva V’Din-Israel Union for Environmental Defense that had deemed the government’s new oil and gas drilling standards insufficient. […]

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Rana Khaled Fri, 21/12/2012 Giza is getting a bit more green as part of the “A million roses and 10,000 trees initiative.” Al-Amal Association for Development launched the project several months ago and has so far planted 7,000 trees in squares and on streets around Giza, in cooperation with governorate officials. The green initiative is […]

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By SHARON UDASIN 12/24/2012 23:20 After 7-year legal battle, Jerusalem court rejects plan to build neighborhood over site off coast of Aqueduct Beach. Following a seven-year legal battle, the Jerusalem District Court has decided to reject a plan to build a neighborhood over a site off the coast of Aqueduct Beach, just north of the […]

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BEIRUT: Hezbollah Minister Hussein Hajj Hasan accused the U.S. Sunday of indirectly aiding Israel to claim part of the Lebanese maritime economic zone by presenting a plan to resolve this issue, the National News Agency reported. “The Zionist ambitions in Lebanon have never stopped and, from what we have heard about an American plan to […]

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Source: EU News Friends of the Earth Middle East (FoEME) organized a concert this week in the Palestinian village of Battir to raise awareness about the route of the Separation Barrier due to be built in this area of tremendous ecological and cultural significance to all the people of the region. The event was supported […]

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THE NEXUS BETWEEN LIFE, BUSINESS, AND CLIMATE FROM AN ISLAMIC PERSPECTIVE OF JUSTICE AND THE PUBLIC INTEREST by Anowar Zahid. Source: International Journal of Civil Society Law, Volume X, Issue IV. Can be found: http://www.iccsl.org/pubs/index_journal.html The concluding paragraph: From the above discourse it is found that greenhouse effect or climate change is a threat to […]

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Nicola Abe Mon, 17/12/2012 The joint research facility Sesame, supported by Middle East countries including Egypt, Jordan, Turkey, Iran, Israel and Palestine, is almost ready to kick off. It is not only meant to promote scientific excellence but also peace and understanding. When Egyptian scientist Tarek Hussein visited Jordan and entered the building that will […]

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By SHARON UDASIN 12/18/2012 An Israeli firm specializing in rapid microbiological water testing is set to showcase its system in the New England hi-tech hub. As Massachusetts eagerly seeks Israeli partners in water innovation, a Herzliya-based firm specializing in rapid microbiological water testing will get the chance to showcase its systems in the New England […]

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Israeli greens up in arms over building plans on last stretch of major sand dunes – HAARETZ The planned industrial park, which will cater to high-tech firms, will encompass an area of 400 dunams (100 acres), of which 130 dunams will actually be built on. By Zafrir Rinat | Dec.18, 2012 The Southern District Planning […]

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By SHARON UDASIN 12/17/2012 US expert celebrates find, says molecular research of new resource will provide better understanding of alternative fuels. Developing a firmer understanding of shale oil’s chemical complexities is crucial to the search by oil explorers in both Israel and North America drilling at home in shale rock and sands for alternatives to […]

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CEO of Epsilon Mutual Fund says that Tamar natural gas field will contribute NIS 12 billion to Israel’s economy in 2013 alone. By Eran Azran | Dec.12, 2012 The Tamar natural gas field could contribute as much as NIS 12 billion to Israel’s gross domestic product in 2013, considerably more than the NIS 6 billion […]

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by Hana Namrouqa | Dec 17, 2012 AMMAN — Organised timber gangs in the Ajloun and Jerash governorates have chopped down hundreds of trees over the past three months, a government official said on Monday. The country’s remaining forests are under a “fierce attack” from these gangs, with centennial trees being chopped down and shipped […]

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Negev’s capital to plans to plant 1360-acre forest in lieu of construction of 16,000 housing units Ilana Curiel Published: 12.19.12 Beersheba Mayor Rubik Danilovich announced recently that he has decided to revoke plans to build 16,000 new housing units in the city’s Ramot Gimel neighborhood in favor of planting a new forest. The urban forest […]

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Battir’s 5,000 residents own about 3,000 dunams on the Israeli side of the Green Line. By Nir Hasson | Dec.14, 2012 The state must come up with an alternative to constructing the separation fence near Battir in order to prevent damage to the West Bank village’s ancient agricultural terraces, the High Court of Justice said […]

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Carbon dioxide emissions note worldwide increase; China, India key top polluters’ list Reuters Published: 12.11.12 Carbon dioxide emissions from industry rose an estimated 2.6% in 2012, a study released last week showed. The study by the Global Carbon Project, an annual report card on mankind’s CO2 pollution, also said that emissions grew 3.1% in 2011, […]

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The proportion of food that goes to waste in developed countries comes to more than 30 percent – that is, nearly a third of the food produced ends up in the trash. By Yoram Kapulnik | Dec.14, 2012 No one can say with certainty what will happen in the future, but one thing is clear: […]

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Prophets of doom like Paul Ehrlich warn of demographic disaster, but the data show that the human race is diminishing in numbers. The Arab world is a major case in point. By Oded Carmeli | Dec.13, 2012′ Since the 19th century, and more intensively since the 1960s, demographers like Paul Ehrlich, who was interviewed in […]

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