By Mohammad Ghazal FUHEIS – His Majesty King Abdullah on Monday voiced support for efforts to address environmental pollution in Fuheis and preserve the environment in the area. The King made his remarks yesterday at the conclusion of a meeting with representatives and notables from Fuheis. The Monarch said he will be the first to […]

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By Avirama Golan The hitch that occurred on Monday with the trains, grave as it may have been, is possible anywhere. Worse problems than that have held up trains for three freezing days of snow in places known longingly here as “Europe” or “properly run countries.” However here the multiplicity of disruptions and hitches is […]

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By SHARON UDASIN 12/19/2011 07:02 Newly appointed Israel Nature, Parks Authority head seeks to further cooperation among various environmental organizations. Talkbacks () Newly appointed Israel Nature and Parks Authority head Shaul Goldstein seeks to further cooperation among Israel’s various environmental organizations as well as increase tourism in the country’s natural oases, he told The Jerusalem […]

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New European study finds less than 17 percent of corporate social responsibility reports report the corporation’s entire emission of greenhouse gases. By Zafrir Rinat Companies worldwide are submiting environmental reports that are either factually inaccurate or mistaken, according to a new European study. The study, by researchers from Leeds University in the U.K. and EUROMED […]

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By Taylor Luck JORDAN IS SET to move away from Egyptian gas due to the growing unreliability of the country’s main energy source, officials say. In a statement earlier this week, Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Qutaiba Abu Qura announced that the ministry is intensifying efforts to secure alternatives to Egyptian gas, on which […]

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Noble Energy adjusts Leviathan estimate – YNET Gas field’s new estimate stands at 14-20 TCF as compared with 10.5-21 TCF six months ago. Ratio’s share loses previously gained 5% following report Shay Salinas, Calcalist Published: 12.20.11, 07:48 / Israel Business Noble Energy announced Monday that it had adjusted its resource estimate of the Leviathan gas […]

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By SHARON UDASIN 12/19/2011 06:53 Cooperation in desertification may result from collegial contacts; delegates from over 25 countries visit booth. Talkbacks (3) Representatives of the Jewish National Fund at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) forged some unexpected friendships during their two weeks in Durban, South Africa, earlier this month. At their […]

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Published: 16-12-2011 here. Full report and / or executive summary as well as a Benefits Assessment : Social and Economic Benefits of Enhanced Environmental Protection in the ENPI countries. Between 50,000 and 150,000 lives could be saved due to reduced air pollution if the countries of the European neighbourhood made even a partial, voluntary adoption […]

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By Hana Namrouqa AMMAN – The impact of abstracting millions of cubic metres of seawater from the Red Sea will be negligible, according to the results of the Red Sea Modelling Study. The study assessed effects of the Red Sea-Dead Sea Water Conveyance Project on the environment of the Gulf of Aqaba and Eilat, especially […]

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Antto Melasniemi started out as a restaurateur in Finland, became a culinary designer and is coming here next week to build a solar kitchen at the Dead Sea. Food is much more than something to eat, he says. By Yuval Saar The rumor spread among the visitors at last year’s London Design Festival. Everyone was […]

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JIIS Bulletin #8 – December 2011 Refilling the Dead Sea The Dead Sea water level is dropping at an alarming rate. There was a time “when freshwater flowed into the Dead Sea, mostly from the Jordan River, and this balanced the water volume that evaporated from the lake,” explains Dr. Amos Bein. “But the diversion […]

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By SHARON UDASIN 12/16/2011 02:39 Beit She’an municipality, surrounding Emek Mayanot Regional Council owe treatment plant NIS 3 milion. Talkbacks (7) The wastewater treatment facility in Beit She’an may be forced to close within two weeks, causing hundreds of thousands of cubic meters of raw sewage to flow into the Jordan River, clean water advocacy […]

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By Laila Azzeh AMMAN –– Reducing water loss is daunting in terms of money and resources, but not for women trained under the Water Wise Women’s Initiative (WWWI). In just a few weeks, 16 women from Southern Shuneh went from knowing very little about water conservation to being water-savvy thanks to a training course on […]

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The Environmental Protection Ministry has not set stream rehabilitation as a top priority and leaves it to the drainage authorities, the comptroller says. By Zafrir Rinat Almost 20 years after the state launched a project to rehabilitate the country’s rivers and streams, the State Comptroller recently found that not a single watercourse has been fully […]

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By Hana Namrouqa AMMAN – With gardens and toilets accounting for 45 per cent of domestic water consumption, conservationists on Saturday urged the public to cultivate native plants to reduce water use. Water supply is very limited in Jordan, which is categorised as one of the water-poorest nations in the world; therefore, saving every drop […]

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By SHARON UDASIN 12/14/2011 07:02 site will include organic farms, soil-enhancing strategies, modernized herding techniques and an education center. Talkbacks (3) The mayor of Hura expressed his hopes that the Wadi Attir eco-village will become a “classroom for all Negev students” following the official cornerstone-laying ceremony for the Beduin sustainable desert community on Tuesday. Project […]

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There is one way to prove that the new national park in East Jerusalem is not a bluff: Lace up your walking shoes and hit the road. By Yuval Ben Ami “Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in where nature may heal and cheer and give strength to […]

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European geese make huge splash in rare Israel visit Bean Goose, which originates from northern Europe, Siberia, normally migrates to damp European regions; this is only the second sighting in Israel. By Eli Ashkenazi Mere days after the Hula Valley reservation was graced with a rare visit by a flock of singing swans, another aviary […]

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By Hana Namrouqa AMMAN – Preliminary results of the Red Sea-Dead Sea Water Conveyance Study Programme showed that a large-scale conveyance of seawater from the Red Sea to the Dead Sea is technically possible, but might entail risks as well as environmental and social impacts, according to the World Bank. The conveyance of seawater from […]

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By SHARON UDASIN 12/14/2011 18:45 Talkbacks (1) The Knesset approved in a preliminary reading two bills proposed by MK Moshe Matalon (Israel Beiteinu) that would authorize a full salt harvest of the southern Dead Sea and charge 90 percent of the cost of the harvest to Dead Sea Works. These extra royalties on the company […]

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