One more refinery worker in critical condition, with seven others ill after inhaling poisonous gas. By Eli Ashkenazi and News Agencies * * Published 21:42 23.11.10 * Latest update 23:15 23.11.10 Three dead after toxic leak at Haifa oil refinery One more refinery worker in critical condition, with seven others ill after inhaling poisonous gas. […]

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Industry minister threatens to shut down the oil installation after a toxic leak that left three workers dead. Industry, Trade and Labor Minister Benjamin Ben-Eliezer threatened Wednesday to close down oil refineries in the city of Haifa, a day after a toxic leak left three workers dead. “The whole area is like a nuclear bomb […]

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The road to hell, they say, is paved with good intentions. Even bad economic decisions may stem from a surplus of good intentions. By Doron Tsur A few years ago I wrote several articles on the folly of producing corn-based ethanol as fuel for cars. At the time the United States was encouraging ethanol use […]

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By EHUD ZION WALDOKS 11/21/2010 03:12 Society of Electrical and Electronic Engineers chairman says only engineers can solve tomorrow’s problems. The world needs engineers to solve tomorrow’s problems, just as they have been solving today’s problems, according to Emil Koifman, chairman of The Society of Electrical and Electronic Engineers in Israel. The engineering organization held […]

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Russians looking for more Israeli economic cooperation. By TheMarker and Agencies re Russian-Israeli economic ties picking up steam? Russian natural gas giant Gazprom plans to buy into an Israeli offshore gas project this year, Russian media outlets yesterday. Also, the joint Russian-Israeli intergovernmental committee of economic cooperation, headed by Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman and Russian […]

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Steinitz agrees to hold the meeting even though there will be an official hearing process for the gas companies, scheduled for next month. By Avi Bar-Eli Delek Group controlling shareholder Yitzhak Tshuva, Delek Energy CEO Gideon Tadmor and Isramco controlling shareholder Kobi Maimon met with Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz and treasury Director General Haim Shani […]

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The project is intended to bring to light how ordinary people and key stakeholders can, do, and should cooperate to address “human security” challenges in four areas of critical importance to the future of the region: 1) migration, 2) higher education, 3) environment, and 4) public health. During the third stage of the project — […]

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As it enters its second decade, the Heschel Center for Environmental Learning and Leadership looks to create a critical mass of ‘change agents.’ There’s a gathering buzz if you listen closely enough. People are talking about environmental and social change in a similar way across an array of professions. You can hear it in the […]

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Tuesday, November 16, 2010 Dust storms scour Iraq. Freak floods wreak havoc in Saudi Arabia and Yemen. Rising sea levels erode Egypt’s coast. Hotter, drier weather worsens water scarcity in the Middle East, already the world’s most water-short region. The Arab world is already suffering impacts consistent with climate change predictions. Although scientists are wary […]

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By Raed Omari AMMAN – By virtue of its geographical location, Jordan is probably experiencing negative effects of climate change, although it is too early to be absolutely sure, environmental experts said. Commenting on the delay in rainfall the Kingdom is currently experiencing, Jawad Bakri, a professor in environmental remote sensing at the University of […]

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West Bank Jews are making tourism sites of water sources that Palestinians use for agriculture. By Zafrir Rinat Springwater continues to be vital to Palestinian farmers, but recently, at the settlers’ initiative, many springs on the other side of the Green Line have been turned into tourism sites from which the Palestinians are barred. Hebrew-language […]

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By Hana Namrouqa AMMAN – Stakeholders of the Red Sea-Dead Sea Water Conveyance Study Programme (Red-Dead project) are scheduled to convene in Israel later this month to review progress, a government official said Saturday. Representatives of the three beneficiary governments (Jordan, the Palestinian Authority and Israel,) as well as World Bank experts, are expected to […]

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By Hana Namrouqa AMMAN – Water supply to the public will remain unchanged, while irrigation water for farmers in the Jordan Valley will be reduced due to the lack of rainfall, government officials said on Monday. Minister of Water and Irrigation Mohammad Najjar said the ministry is drawing up plans to address the water shortage […]

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Locals angered as private firms convince grove owners to part with specimens as old as 1,000 years By Mohammed Zaatari Saturday, November 20, 2010 Southerners sell ancient olive trees for use as decorative pieces HASBAYA: For the past three years, ancient olive trees have been growing in popularity, not as a target of preserving the […]

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Rangers in Gamla National Park in the Golan Heights attempt to revive vulture population, badly damaged by mass poisoning. By Eli Ashkenazi Gamla National Park rangers will release Sunday vultures into the wild, as part of Israel Nature and Parks Authority to increase the population of the vulture population in the area. The project began […]

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Some 50 presidents, prime ministers and foreign ministers were due to attend the summit, which now has been canceled for the third time. By Barak Ravid An international summit of Mediterranean leaders has been canceled for the third time because Arab states threatened to boycott if Israel was invited. French national security adviser Jean-David Levitte […]

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by EHUD ZION WALDOKS 11/16/2010 04:08 Hydro-electric power is one of the “baseline” energy sources used to power electricity grids. Leviathan Energy Hydroelectric Ltd. has announced it was awarded a EUREKA grant of over €1 million to continue to develop and test its Benkatina in-pipe turbine. Leviathan said last week that it has partnered with […]

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By Abdulhamid Qabbani Although the effects of climate change are obvious in Syria, awareness of it remains low and programmes to combat it are nascent. On August 18, the temperature in Syria reached 47 degrees, 8 degrees hotter than the annual average, according to local records. Despite acknowledgement that heat, desertification, sand storms and drought […]

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Saturday, November 13, 2010 BEIRUT: Dozens of fires have erupted across Lebanon over recent days and the country is expected to face even higher, unseasonably warm, temperatures over the weekend. Meanwhile, a toxic fire that occurred in Beirut earlier in the week involved illegally stored chemicals, according to the governor of Mount Lebanon. A fire […]

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Due to water scarcity in the region, Israel has become a global leader in water reuse technologies; more than 80 percent of household waste water is recycled. By Reuters Thirty years ago, Israeli farmers faced a daunting choice – find a new water source or go under. Their solution was waste water recycling. Now climate […]

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