by Hana Namrouqa | Mar 04,2012 | 22:42 AMMAN — The polar depression that brought heavy rain and snow to Jordan this weekend raised water storage in the country’s major dams to a “reassuring” third of their total capacity, according to the Ministry of Water and Irrigation. “The country’s major dams now hold 106 million […]

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By MELANIE LIDMAN 03/04/2012 23:53 Season sees 50% more rainfall than average, spelling relief for farmers. Pura Nature Reserve By Melanie Lidman For six years, the drooping eucalyptus trees illustrated the frustration of the Negev’s farmers: Like most trees, they were suffering from a severe drought and did not have enough water to blossom. Unable […]

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Increase comes after heavy snowfall in northern Israel and Jerusalem, and as rains inundate Tel Aviv. By Eli Ashkenazi A weekend of heavy rains and snowstorms throughout the country contributed to a 20 centimeter rise in the level of Lake Kinneret, one of Israel’s primary sources of drinking water. The Kinneret’s water level has risen […]

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Date : 1/3/2012 Time : 14:17 Print News Email News Bookmark and Share JERUSALEM, March 1, 2012 (WAFA) – Tourism Minister Khouloud Daibes and US Consul General Daniel Rubinstein Thursday hosted a ceremony at the historical mound of Tel al-Sultan in Jericho to commemorate the completion of a conservation project funded by the State Department’s […]

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The Good Water Neighbors program encourages communities in Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian territories to cooperate with one another to improve shared water resources. By Andrew Tobin Water and peace are two of the scarcest commodities in the Middle East. But Friends of the Earth Middle East, a nonprofit environmental and peace organization, has managed […]

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By SHARON UDASIN 02/28/2012 21:41 Environmental economics vital to future development, and even to efforts against Iran, says Netanyahu. Protesters disrupted Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s opening address at Tuesday’s First National Green Growth Convention, with shouts against the government’s intended planning and building reforms. The reforms intend to streamline the building approval process and make […]

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Environment Ministry official saw fuel, oil leaking into ground on tour of IDF bases 18 months ago; official says civilian polluter would have already been investigated by the ministry’s enforcement officials. By Zafrir Rinat The Israel Defense Forces is ignoring the requirement to submit environmental quality reports with apparent impunity, according to a senior Environmental […]

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By Van Meguerditchian The Daily Star BEIRUT: Tests show the red liquid that contaminated the Beirut River earlier this month was not dangerous, Environment Minister Nazim Khoury said Thursday. Around two weeks ago, the Beirut River turned red after a stream of an unidentified liquid began pouring into the river through a sewage pipe adjacent […]

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By NICHOLAS SAIDEL AND HARVEY RUBIN 02/27/2012 22:59 However great the economic impact of Israel’s energy sector transformation will be, the interdependent geopolitical consequences look even more astonishing. We are now witnessing a transformation of the energy landscape of Israel. In the short term, Israel is actually suffering from an energy shortage. Warnings of blackouts […]

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Rangers working in several of Egypt’s protectorates staged sit-ins earlier this month for the first time to protest problems related to their work conditions and to call attention to the ongoing threats to Egypt’s protectorates, which they work to safeguard. In what Waleed Hassan, one of the protesting rangers who spoke to Egypt Independent, called […]

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Nairobi, 22 February 2012 Secretary General of the Arab Forum for Environment & Development (AFED), Najib Saab, spoke on prospects of green economy in the Arab countries, at a ministerial roundtable during the Global Ministerial Environment Forum held at the Headquarters of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in Nairobi. The panel, attended by representatives […]

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Urban planning experts fear that a proposed network of overhead electricity cables alongside existing railway tracks will finally sever Haifa from the lower city – a focus of the city’s rejuvenation . By Zafrir Rinat The authorization stage of Israel Railways’ ambitious project to electrify its tracks is nearing completion. The project is designed to […]

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Cam McGrath Fri, 24/02/2012 Alexandria-born fisherman Ali Mohsen has seen his profits ebb and flow with the tide. The salty septuagenarian spent his youth plying the coastal lagoons of the Nile Delta. He recalls a time before the Aswan High Dam when sardines churned the muddy shallows near Rosetta, and glows while describing the bountiful […]

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by Khaled Neimat | Feb 28,2012 | 00:02 QATRANEH — His Majesty King Abdullah on Monday inaugurated a multimillion 373-megawatt power plant in the southern Governorate of Karak that is expected to increase electricity generation by 12 per cent. The JD420 million project near the town of Qatraneh, 100km south of Amman, is the second […]

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By SHARON UDASIN 02/28/2012 03:39 The residents of Givat Masua and their supporters have until March 8 to file objections to both the regional and local planning committees. Looking up at Givat Masua By Sharon Udasin A green, blossoming valley along Jerusalem’s most southwestern border may soon be populated by 482 new apartment units in […]

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By SHARON UDASIN 02/26/2012 22:58 Blue I Water Technologies was previously active in Paris and Beijing, too. Drinking water [illustrative] By Thinkstock/Imagebank A Tel Aviv-based water-monitoring technology firm is currently in the process of installing 140 of its quality-inspection devices in Barcelona and 40 more in other areas of Spain. Having completed a pilot phase […]

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Andre Fecteau Wed, 22/02/2012 – Ask about ideas of progress in Egypt and you’ll commonly hear: malls and villas away from downtown Cairo, American coffee at some neighborhood Cilantro or, for those living in Upper Egypt or the Delta, a better life in Cairo. On the other hand, the sight of donkeys on the streets, […]

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Sunday, 26 February 2012 By Noora Faraj Al Arabiya with Agencies Palestinian farmers in the West Bank town of Jericho are banking on their basil plants to gain a foothold in European and American markets. A growing number of Palestinian farmers are resorting to planting basil in order to earn an income from West Bank […]

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By SHARON UDASIN 02/26/2012 01:43 Ministry hoping to improve public attitude toward energy efficiency and integrate smart grids that monitor electricity usage in homes. Electric lines [illustrative photo] By Thinkstock/Imagebank If the nation’s largest industries and institutions can decrease their energy usage by 10 percent, Israel might be able to avoid the energy crisis and […]

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The photovoltaic facilities will be built on land leased from Kibbutz Kramim, in the northern Negev, and Moshav Idan, in the central Arava Desert and will cost an estimated NIS 60 million to build. By Yoram Gabison Enlight Renewable Energy received a major boost on Tuesday toward establishing two photovoltaic energy projects with a combined […]

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