By Hana Namrouqa AMMAN – Ecologists on Tuesday warned that wolves, a locally threatened species, are increasingly being hunted down and poisoned, leading to a drop in their numbers in Jordan. Gray wolves, known simply as wolves, are carnivorous mammals belonging to the Canidae family, of which five species exist in Jordan, also including the […]

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By EHUD ZION WALDOKS 09/01/2010 05:39 Garbage mountain will become the showpiece of a series of walking and biking paths, a lake, and a canal system. Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz (Likud) and Environmental Protection Minister Gilad Erdan (Likud) both pledged to ensure funding for the development of Ariel Sharon Park in the Tel Aviv metropolitan […]

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09/02/2010 08:51 Friends of the Earth Middle East wins Euro-Mediterranean Dialogue Award. Friends of the Earth Middle East, an Israeli-Palestinian-Jordanian environmental organization, has won the 2010 Anna Lindh Foundation’s Euro- Mediterranean Dialogue Award. The theme of the award this year was “Intercultural Dialogue for Ecological Sustainability.” According to its Web site, Friends of the Earth […]

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by Sarah Ozacky-Lazar 02 September 2010 JERUSALEM – Every few years, the idea of establishing one state between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea rises and falls like a phoenix; a dream of a state where both Palestinians and Israelis live in peace with no borders, no barriers, cultural autonomy and equal citizenship for […]

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‘Big Jump,’ an international environmental event, held Middle Eastern style. Israelis, Palestinians, including mayors, youth group leaders, jump into Jordan River in order to raise awareness of pollution in southern section Yael Darel Published: 08.20.10, 08:21 / Israel Activism More than half a million people throughout Europe showed up in bathing suits next to a […]

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By Rebecca Conway Reuters ISLAMABAD – Global warming might be one explanation for Pakistan’s devastating floods, but scientists believe poor land management, outdated irrigation systems and logging are at least as much to blame. Flooding has battered Pakistan since the onset of heavy monsoon rains a month ago, affecting a wide central belt. More than […]

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By DAVID E. MILLER / THE MEDIA LINE 08/24/2010 22:12 Recurring power shortages cause demonstrations. The Egyptian government has announced its intention to continue decreasing electric output pending the end of a heat-wave which saw temperatures climb to 40 degrees Celsius. Government spokesman Magdi Radi announced that an “emergency plan” prepared by the government would […]

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By Ali Ibrahim August is a hot summer month, and in some cases, a month of problems. August in Lebanon has been characterized by two problems, which reflect two aspects of the lives and concerns of the people there. The first was the clash that erupted suddenly, amidst rocket-propelled grenades and machine guns, between Hezbollah […]

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By EHUD ZION WALDOKS 08/26/2010 22:22 Government issues tender to analyze alternative energy vehicles. The National Infrastructures Ministry on Thursday issued a tender for a consultant to do an economic analysis of the feasibility of electric cars compared to gasoline-powered and other alternative energy vehicles. The ministry said it was committed to cleaner transport to […]

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By Mohammad Ghazal AMMAN – Starting next year, several electric cars will be introduced to public agency fleets as part of the country’s commitment to adopt eco-friendly practices, the government said on Wednesday. The Nissan LEAF, manufactured by Nissan Motor Co., Lt., will be introduced in the public sector in 2011 to help the Kingdom […]

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By Taylor Luck AMMAN – Talks are ongoing between the government and a firm selected to carry out the country’s first wind power plant, according to a senior energy official. The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources and Greek firm Terna Energy SA remain in negotiations over the construction of a 40 megawatt (MW) wind […]

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By Taylor Luck AMMAN – The government has said that it remains committed to renewable energy, with senior officials studying various financing plans to utilise alternative energy resources in the Kingdom. Despite facing a budget deficit of over JD1 billion, the government has made renewable energy projects a priority to secure the country’s energy independence, […]

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By EHUD ZION WALDOKS 08/24/2010 04:02 Four years after founding Leviathan Energy, US oleh Daniel Farb proves his Wind Lotus really works. The winds are blowing favorably for Leviathan Energy, a four-yearold renewable energy technology company, whose first small wind turbine, the Wind Lotus, connected to the power grid on Monday and began producing electricity […]

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By Mohammed Zaatari Tuesday, August 31, 2010 SIDON: Sidon’s fishermen are outraged by the death of huge quantities of fish in their harbor, with some attributing the incident and its impact on their livelihoods to the high levels of sewage pouring into the area. Sidon’s municipality has been gradually closing up sewage outlets which poured […]

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More than 100 major industrial firms will participate in the pollution curbing program by the end of 2012, at which point they will be subject to OECD requirements. By Ora Coren More than 100 major industrial firms will participate in the pollution curbing program by the end of 2012, at which point they will be […]

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WASHINGTON, August 26, 2010 – The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved the following project: IDA Grant: US$7 million Project ID: P117446 Project Description: The proposed additional financing will support the original objectives of the project, which are a) to mitigate the immediate and gathering health and environmental safety threats to the communities […]

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HEBRON (Ma’an) — Several landfills in Hebron were shut down this week, officials said Saturday, as part of an ongoing project to improve waste management in the southern West Bank. The closures were part of a plan by the council for waste management in the Hebron and Bethlehem districts, to shut down a total of […]

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By GIL ZOHAR 08/27/2010 17:02 A Christian holy place and a unique historic site preserving millennia-old agricultural terraces. Ein Kerem activists scored a victory on August 18 when Jerusalem Deputy Mayor Naomi Tsur issued a temporary cease work order freezing the Tourism Ministry’s redevelopment of the area facing Mary’s Spring – both a Christian holy […]

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There’s something impressive about the sight of trees clinging to a mound amid an empty expanse, but the trees themselves are dying. By Zafrir Rinat A few weeks ago Sivan Shiknagy was on her way to visit family near Eilat. Around Nahal Shehoret, not far from Eilat, she noticed some acacia trees clinging to a […]

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Lawyer and photographer Dani Nissim is fighting to preserve trees he believes are vital to the Tel Aviv cityscape. By Noah Kosharek “Hi there – here’s a picture of trees uprooted on Tumarkin Street.” That is one of numerous posts Web surfers taking virtual tours of Tel Aviv on Google Earth will find. Alongside Bauhaus […]

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