09 March 2023 Since the collapse of Lebanon’s state power grid, many middle and working class families have been forced to spend most of their monthly income to pay shady neighborhood businessmen running private generators. Still, they go without electricity for nearly half the day, according to a report by Human Rights Watch released Thursday. […]

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by Naharnet Newsdesk 07 March 2023, French oil giant TotalEnergies will begin drilling for potential gas reserves in Lebanon’s offshore Block 9 in late September, a company official said. “The results of the drilling operations will be announced at the end of this year,” said Romain de la Martinière, the General Manager of Exploration and […]

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Mar 02,2023 AMMAN — A joint campaign was conducted by the Ministry of Water and Irrigation and the Public Security Directorate (PSD) in which eight illegal wells were detected in Zarqa, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported. The wells were used to illegally supply farms and large ponds with water. In a statement released on […]

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Heavy metal pollution poses a great danger to water and birds at the iconic Nile River Delta. By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH Published: MARCH 10, 2023 1 Even before the ancient Israelis lived nearby, the Nile River has for millennia irrigated otherwise-arid Egypt and 10 other African countries that it runs through or that lie on its […]

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The Yarkon River Authority has helped bring back two near-extinct species and improved wateer flow to the Yarkon River, but the cleanliness of the water is still a concern. By SHANNA FULD Published: MARCH 11, 2023 It all came back to Yonatan Raz: the Tel Aviv Municipality, the Water Authority, the Daniel Rowing Center. When […]

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A British merchant ship, that was sunken by Nazi bombers 80 years ago in the northern Red Sea, today serves as a thriving artificial coral reef. By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH Published: MARCH 16, 2023 The World War II shipwreck of the SS Thistlegorm in the northern part of the Red Sea is now a popular dive […]

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Oxford University Press (3 Mar. 2023) description from Amazon Water is central to all life, but we use it to destroy. Water can nourish, but we use it to starve. It can cleanse and unify, but we ensure it contaminates and divides. The consequences of continuing to desecrate or beginning to restore water’s inner grace […]

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5/3/2023 Najib Saab Protecting the environment begins with the rational management of natural resources. Outside this framework, treatments are circumstantial and target symptoms only, without addressing the root of the problem. Water management begins with enhancing efficiency, putting an end to waste and preventing pollution at the source. Protecting marine resources begins with proper zoning […]

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From: Middle East Solar Industry Association <info+mesia.com@ccsend.com>Date: March 6, 2023 at 07:04:27 ESTSubject:Reminder: Your Monthly Solar Briefing By MESIAReply-To:info@mesia.com MONTHLY EDITIONFor the 1st time in 3 years, MESIA is returning to KSA for its third Solar Trade Mission. The agenda will be broken down between power generation, local content, regulations, and project updates in the […]

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By Maria Weldali – Mar 03,2023 AMMAN — The Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature (RSCN), maintains its commitment to its core mission of conserving Jordan’s biodiversity and protecting the local wildlife and natural resources. World Wildlife Day (WWD), which falls annually on March 3, is affiliated with celebrating and raising awareness of wild […]

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00-megawatt station is joint venture between UAE’s Masdar, Finnish group Taaleri By JT – Feb 25,2023 Prime Minister Bisher Khasawneh launches the Baynouna solar and photovoltaic energy station, located near the Muwaqar region east of Amman, during a ceremony attended by UAE Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, and senior officials […]

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Feb 28,2023 AMMAN — The industrial sector is a key pillar for Jordan’s economic growth, directly contributing some 25 per cent to the Kingdom’s GDP and indirectly contributing approximately 40 per cent, according to Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Salah Kharabsheh.. Kharabsheh noted the sector’s importance during a ceremony to launch the Energy Efficiency for […]

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Mar 06,2023 Participants pose for a photo during the launch of the third phase of Build_ME project in Amman on Monday (Photo courtesy of RSS) AMMAN — The Royal Scientific Society’s (RSS) National Energy Research Centre in partnership with Guidehouse launched the third phase of Build_ME project: Accelerating 0-emission building sector ambitions in the MENA […]

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French oil giant TotalEnergies will begin drilling for potential gas reserves in Lebanon’s offshore Block 9 in late September, a company official said. “The results of the drilling operations will be announced at the end of this year,” said Romain de la Martinière, the General Manager of Exploration and Production at TotalEnergies, following a meeting […]

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Israel’s carbon emissions have fallen since 2015, but changes are not being made fast enough. By JERUSALEM POST STAFF MARCH 1, 2023 Despite efforts to move towards more eco-friendly energy sources, Israel’s economy remains reliant on fossil fuels, Israel’s Environment Protection Ministry said in a report submitted to the United Nations on Tuesd “Despite encouraging […]

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A survey of Israeli coasts seeks to restore collapsed caves along shores in Israel in order to provide rare species with a safe place to live and thrive in the region Noa Fisher|03.05.23 An Israeli environmentalist group published last week a survey of the country’s coasts it examined that could serve as potential habitats for […]

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Mar 02,2023 Simon Zadek GENEVA — In January, it was revealed that as much as 90 per cent of the carbon credits approved by one of the world’s largest certifiers may be phantom, thus not representing actual reductions of carbon in the atmosphere. While the scandal may have shocked some, it should be no surprise. […]

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by Mazin B. Qumsiyeh and Banan Al-Sheikh Palestine Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability, Bethlehem University, Bethlehem 92248, Palestine Diversity2023, 15(2), 142; https://doi.org/10.3390/d15020142 (This article belongs to the Special Issue Ecology, Conservation and Restoration of Plant Species) Abstract The Palestinian environment suffered from abuse and neglect for decades. As a nascent state, Palestine aspired to protect […]

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by Gianluigi Cardone 1, Michele Digiaro 1, Khaled Djelouah 1, Michel Frem 1,2,3,*, Cosimo Rota 1, Alessia Lenders 4 and Vincenzo Fucilli 3 1 Mediterranean Agronomic Institute, CIHEAM BARI, Via Ceglie 9, Valenzano, 70010 Bari, Italy 2 Lebanese Agricultural Research Institute, El Roumieh Zone, Qleiat, Keserwan, Lebanon 3 Department of Agro-Environmental and Territorial Sciences, University […]

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February 23, 2023 The International Conference on Climate Change and Human Rights called on states and stakeholders to work together to ensure that human rights law, principles and standards are the cornerstone of government efforts related to climate change mitigation and adaptation to limit losses and damages.The conference’s general recommendations called for the incorporation of […]

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