National Planning and Building Council due to authorize policy paper calling for the establishment of stations producing electricity on a scale of 800 megawatts. By Zafrir Rinat Green movements around the world consider use of wind power to produce electricity a viable way to reduce dependence on pollutant fuels. But the Israel Nature and Parks […]

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By SHARON UDASIN 04/02/2012 03:18 Decade-long multilateral Jordan Valley program that promoted regional cooperation comes to an end. Adhering to the “resources know no borders” concept, experts involved in a multinational, decade-long Jordan Valley hydrological project hope that their research will not only help preserve the area’s ecosystem but also promote future regional cooperation through […]

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Most experts and environmental groups support the policy, but Jerusalem-area residents used to a green landscape outside their windows, were not convinced. By Nir Hasson and Zafrir Rinat The Jerusalem Municipality and the Jewish National Fund last week cut down several dozen healthy trees in the Jerusalem Forest, to create fire breaks as buffers between […]

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Battle focuses on plans to build a road through the Jerusalem Forest, as well as more than 1,000 homes at Mitzpeh Nafto’ah. By Zafrir Rinat Green groups are battling amongst themselves over whether new apartment complexes should go up in the hills west of Jerusalem or inside the city itself. Over the past decade, Jerusalem […]

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Asbestos everywhere you look: This northern-Israel coastal town is riddled with the toxin, and the company that made it has taken its fight against paying half of the cleanup cost to the courts. By Ronny Linder-Ganz When Orit Reich, then a young mother, returned in 1991 to live in Nahariya, the city where she grew […]

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April 03, 2012 02:09 AM The Daily Star BEIRUT: The Environment Ministry is to establish a National Council for the Environment to carry out research on the environmental impact of construction projects and provide an environmental certification system for businesses. The projects were announced Monday by Environment Minister Nazem al-Khoury under a series of decrees […]

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By SHARON UDASIN 04/03/2012 05:51 ILA removes main obstacle that had been delaying further development of Ariel Sharon Park. The Israel Lands Administration transferred 120 hectares (297 acres) of land from a private company to the Ariel Sharon Park Company over the weekend, achieving a “green dream of Gush Dan,” the Environmental Protection Ministry said. […]

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Government expected to approve NIS 40 million project to establish a network of bird-watching centers aimed at boosting nature tourism to Israel. By Zafrir Rinat The cabinet is expected to approve on Sunday the establishment of a network of bird-watching centers aimed at boosting nature tourism to Israel. The project, which is scheduled to take […]

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By Rt Hon John Gummer Sunday, 01 April 2012 The attention of much of the Arab world has recently been focused on the landmark Arab League summit, held between 27 and 29 March, the first to be held in Iraq since 1990. Going forwards, however, preparations are already underway for an even bigger, global conference […]

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March 29, 2012 02:52 PM LONDON: Leading scientists on Thursday called on the upcoming Rio Summit to grapple with environmental ills that they said pointed to “a humanitarian emergency on a global scale.” In a “State of the Planet” declaration issued after a four-day conference, the scientists said Earth was now facing unprecedented challenges, from […]

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A new OECD report paints a bleak future for our environmental future, unless we cut our rampant consumption of the planet’s resources. By Zafrir Rinat Environmental Protection Minister Gilad Erdan is in Paris to address other government ministers on Thursday about “Making Green Growth Deliver.” The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development convened the meeting […]

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Red tape, frequent change of energy ministers delay plans, pundits say by Omar Obeidat | Apr 01,2012 | 00:06 AMMAN — A group of energy experts has suggested several possible solutions to help policy makers put an end to the Kingdom’s energy woes. In a study prepared by the economic policy development forum, launched by […]

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March 27, 2012 02:02 AM By Mamdouh G. Salameh The Daily Star In 2006, U.S. oil company Noble Energy and Israel’s Ratio Oil Exploration received a license to explore “Leviathan,” a deep-water gas field in the Mediterranean about 130 kilometers off of Israel’s coastline. At the end of 2010, the two companies announced that Leviathan […]

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April 02, 2012 12:59 AM By Fareed Zakaria The Daily Star No one could have predicted that oil prices would rise to today’s levels. Saudi Arabia’s oil minister, Ali al-Naimi, says they are irrationally high, pointing out that world demand is lower than the available supply and that Saudi oil inventories around the world are […]

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By SHARON UDASIN 03/29/2012 03:15 Experts at energy forum say Israel’s natural gas reserves can create more than just a valuable supply for Israel. Israel’s ample natural gas reserves can create more than just a valuable energy supply for Israel and the countries that may import the resource, experts said at a forum on Wednesday. […]

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Desalination systems account for a fifth of the freshwater used in Israel and, according to existing plans, by the end of the decade that amount will be doubled. By Zafrir Rinat Increasing desalination can improve water quality and save the economy some NIS 500 million a year, according to a new survey commissioned by the […]

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Can overfishing here and abroad be stopped in time to save the last undomesticated food? By Netta Ahituv Published 12:40 29.03.12 Latest update 12:40 29.03.12 As Israelis consume more seafood, Mediterranean and Kinneret produce less Can overfishing here and abroad be stopped in time to save the last undomesticated food? By Netta Ahituv While humans […]

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By SHARON UDASIN 03/30/2012 00:01 Bezalel design student believes water purification projects could help solve clean water shortage issues across the globe. Bossmat Eliezer’s modern take on the biosand filte By Oded Antman Equipping children with the hands-on ability to easily assemble a natural water filtration unit with their own raw materials could help solve […]

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by Hana Namrouqa | Mar 28,2012 | 00:14 AMMAN — Implementation of the first phase of the Jordan Red Sea Project (JRSP) will start early next year, Minister of Water and Irrigation Mousa Jamani said on Tuesday. Projected to supply the Kingdom with around one billion cubic metres of water by 2022, the JRSP will […]

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BEIRUT: Lebanon is running out of water. The country was unable to retain almost any of the rain that fell during one of the rainiest winters in years, and personal water consumption remains extremely high. At the beginning of the month Energy and Water Ministry officials took one of the first unified steps to address […]

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