JERUSALEM (AFP) — Israeli firefighters brought a forest fire in Jerusalem under control on Sunday after the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum was evacuated as a precaution, a police spokesman said. “The fire has been brought totally under control but the fire service is continuing to work on the ground to make sure it doesn’t restart,” […]

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BEIRUT (AFP) – Lebanon’s Shiite group Hizbollah on Sunday warned Israel against developing “a single metre” of disputed waters in the eastern Mediterranean to search for offshore gas deposits. “The Lebanese government, which is dominated by Hizbollah, will restore the sovereignty of our waters in their entirety,” said Mohammed Raad, head of the Hizbollah group […]

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BEIRUT: Hezbollah MP Mohammad Raad has said that the government is standing up to Israel’s theft of Lebanon’s natural resources, and will use any means to combat Israeli aggression. “The resistance is ready to defend Lebanon’s sovereignty, including our waters, and the Israeli enemy won’t be able to drill one meter for oil or gas […]

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By JTA 07/16/2011 10:09 US photographer asks for volunteers to take part in nude photo shoot at Dead Sea for project to raise int’l awareness over its receding water. Talkbacks (14) American photographer Spencer Tunick has posted a registration for volunteers to participate in a photo shoot of nude Israelis at the Dead Sea. Tunick, […]

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By Laila Azzeh AMMAN – Renewable energy may be a major challenge for Jordan, but can also be a great economic opportunity that can place the Kingdom at the regional forefront, Princess Sumaya University for Technology (PSUT) President Issa Batarseh said on Sunday. “Economies like Jordan must take all necessary political and financial steps to […]

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By SHARON UDASIN 07/13/2011 01:02 Landau calls for more ‘affirmative action’ for Judea and Samaria residents; 10% of Israel’s solar allocation could be shifted to W. Bank. The cabinet is looking to approve regulations that would allow for the private investment of $120 million to build solar fields in Israeli-held areas of the West Bank. […]

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By Hana Namrouqa AMMAN – Evaluation of the Red Sea-Dead Sea Water Conveyance Programme’s economic feasibility study and the environmental and social impact assessment will conclude later this year, a senior government official said on Thursday. The implementation of the Red-Dead project will commence when results of the studies are finalised and evaluated, Minister of […]

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By Khetam Malkawi AMMAN – Jordanians and tourists alike will be able to enjoy leisure facilities on the shores of the Dead Sea that will be constructed over the next 25 years as part of a master plan that seeks to develop the site. Taha Zboun, CEO of the Jordan Development Zone Company, said the […]

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July 14, 2011 01:02 AM By Emma Gatten The Daily Star BEIRUT: Ask a Lebanese shopper how safe they think the fruit and vegetables they buy are and a typical response is one of wariness. The latest wave of mistrust probably stems from reports that sewage water has been used to irrigate crops, as well […]

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By Humeyra Pamuk Reuters DUBAI – Ali’s air conditioning quietly cools his spacious Dubai apartment around the clock and all year round, even when he is away on holiday. With outside temperatures soaring towards 50 degrees in summer, he likes to come home to his chilled oasis in this skyscraper city sprouting from the desert. […]

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Environment Ministry’s NIS 220 million program will take three years to implement. By Zafrir Rinat The cabinet yesterday approved a cleanup program for the Kishon streambed to remove a layer of contaminated material that has accumulated there over the years. The project, put together by the Environmental Protection Ministry, is to take about three years […]

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Many of Israel’s most unique plant species are not located in nature reserves, and are therefore threatened by development. The Nature and Parks Authority is proposing a solution. By Zafrir Rinat The Israel Nature and Parks Authority is not effectively protecting rare plants in Israel, most markedly in the northern Negev. One problem is that […]

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Published: 26.6.2011. Egypt’s government has started to implement a new plan to treat 9-13 billion cubic meters of sanitary and agricultural drainage water to help solve the problem of limited water resources, said Irrigation Minister Hussein al-Atfy on Sunday. In his speech at the opening of Egyptian-Dutch Water Week, Atfy said the plan is part […]

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By Anshel Pfeffer, 7 Jul 2011 The biblical battlefield between David and Goliath is about to become the scene of an altogether more modern confrontation: between oil drillers and environmentalists. Jews have for generations been complaining that while the Arab nations have enjoyed hundreds of billions of petrodollars, Israel, which is in the same region, […]

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Published June 26, 2011, By Eliot Caroom. Source: http://www.nj.com/business/index.ssf/2011/06/newarks_idt_looks_to_israel_co.html Newark-based IDT carved out a niche in the world of telecommunications offering cheap international calls and calling cards, and as its stock awakens from a deep recessionary swoon, the company is looking for another growth opportunity wringing oil from layers of shale rock in Israel and Colorado. […]

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By Dan Rabinowitz. Published 06.07.11. Link to source: Haaretz-Opinion The big money for Better Place lies in the monopoly it received from the state on building and operating charging stations. The first electric cars in the Better Place system are due to arrive on Israel’s roads in the next few days. The cars themselves are […]

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By Wael Mahdi – Jul 4, 2011. Tunisia plans to invest $2 billion in solar projects to generate power for Europe, the minister of planning and international cooperation said. Tunisia is building 40 solar projects with foreign partners from Germany and other countries, and they will start providing electricity to Europe by 2016, Tunisia’s Abdelhamid […]

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By SHARON UDASIN 07/08/2011 05:58 Environmental Protection Ministry says insufficient cleanup cited for stoppage after one of the worst disasters this year. The Environmental Protection Ministry ordered the Eilat- Ashkelon Pipeline Company to cease all operations on the oil pipeline at Nahal Zin – into which 1.5 million liters of oil gushed last Wednesday – […]

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By Taylor Luck AMMAN – Jordanian energy officials have reiterated their commitment to securing alternative energy sources as technical delays continue to stall the resumption of Egyptian gas supplies. According to Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Khaled Toukan, officials are exploring alternative energy sources as Egyptian gas supplies have yet to resume since an […]

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