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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SIDON/BEIRUT: Around 85 percent of companies in the country that sell drinking water do not have a license to do so, Health Minister Ali Hasan Khalil said Thursday as authorities continued to uncover expired goods around the country. The minister, speaking during a news conference on public health and food safety, added that many do […]

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RAMALLAH, March 21, 2012 (WAFA) – Japan and the Palestinian Authority (PA) inaugurated on Wednesday three projects for community empowerment in the Jordan Valley, according to a press release by representative office of Japan to the PA. The three projects come as part of Japan’s contribution to the PA totaling around $12 million to support […]

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GAZA, March 27, 2012 (WAFA) – The Jeddah, Saudi Arabia-based Islamic Development Bank (IDB) Tuesday signed a number of aid agreements worth a total of $52 million to support several projects in different sectors in Gaza, according to a statement issued by IDB. It said $13 million would go for supporting the reconstruction of 250 […]

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By SHARON UDASIN 03/19/2012 03:32 Conservation, renewables will not be sufficient to satisfy increasing demands. In order to maintain Israel’s energy security for the foreseeable future, the government must refrain from exporting its newfound natural gas supply, as well as ensure that these reserves are not the country’s sole source of electricity, experts said at […]

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By SHARON UDASIN 03/19/2012 23:30 Energy and Water Minister Uzi Landau says portion of natural gas in Mediterranean Sea reservoirs should be exported. To maintain the needs of the Israeli economy, the country will need to export a portion of the natural gas in its Mediterranean Sea reservoirs, Energy and Water Minister Uzi Landau said […]

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Cairo says will explore oil, gas sites near maritime border with Israel in effort to ‘stake its hold on the area’ Doron Peskin Published: 03.16.12, 13:27 / Israel Business A source at the Egyptian Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources said Wednesday that Egypt plans to auction exploration sites for oil and gas near its […]

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Company holding talks with Warburg Pincus equity fund for approximately a half a billion dollars for offshore drilling in Israel Lior Gutman, Calcalist Published: 03.21.12, 08:48 / Israel Business US energy giant ATP has been conducting advanced negotiations with the Warburg Pincus private equity fund over the establishment of a gas and oil investment fund, […]

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Mar 21,2012 | 22:35 Today marks the World Water Day, an occasion when the issue of water crisis around the world needs to be highlighted. This crisis is acute in Jordan, one of the poorest countries in the world when it comes to water resources. Close to seven billion people inhabit the planet; of these, […]

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UN agency says most of springs are located on private Palestinian land, publishes testimonies by Palestinians who say they are afraid of approaching water sources due to settler violence. By Zafrir Rinat Settlers in the West Bank have seized control of dozens of springs in the past few years, and often use violence and intimidation […]

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BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Palestinian food production is hampered by limited access to abundant natural water resources, the water authority said Tuesday. In a report to mark World Water Day, observed Wednesday, the Palestinian Water Authority and the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics warned that water shortages lowered food production. “Israeli actions of ongoing siege and […]

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