http://www.jpost.com/LocalIsrael/AroundIsrael/Article.aspx?id=175444 By MAURICE PICOW 14/05/2010 20:50 If you ask Gideon Bromberg, the sorry state of the Jordan River is manmade, the result of government policies, even if climate change does aggravate the situation. Bromberg reels off reams of statistics to back up his case: 30,000 Israelis channel raw sewage into the river from Beit She’an, […]

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http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=3&article_id=114880#axzz0oFGw9e9Z Saturday, May 15, 2010 BEIRUT: The Italian government agreed on Friday to provide Lebanon with a 1.8-million euro ($2.29 million) grant for the development of a hydrological study. The agreement was signed by Water and Energy Minister Jibran Bassil, the Italian ambassador to Lebanon Gabriel Kikia, UNDP Deputy Special Coordinator for Lebanon Marta Ruedas […]

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http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=1&article_id=114971#axzz0oFH7Khts Tuesday, May 18, 2010 BEIRUT: Italian and Lebanese municipal officials held a “water day” recently to improve water resource management in south Lebanon. President of the Union of Municipalities of Shkif Samih Hallal, director of Support to the South Lebanon Water Establishment (SLWE) Ahmad Nizam and representatives of Italian NGO CISP held the water […]

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http://www.jpost.com/HealthAndSci-Tech/ScienceAndEnvironment/Article.aspx?id=175648 By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH 15/05/2010 23:49 Also, Weizmann Institute researcher reveals gene responsible for producing sweet, pink tomato loved by diners in the Far East. Where there’s smoke, there’s fire, and where there’s air pollution, local weather patterns, rainfall and thunderstorm intensity can be affected. So say Tel Aviv University researchers and colleagues in other […]

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http://www.jordantimes.com/?news=26656 By Amena Bakr Reuters ABU DHABI – Gulf nations hope science will turn desert areas into arable land to boost food security and avoid the risks inherent in buying farmland abroad, industry insiders said on Monday. Farming in the Gulf battles against little water supply, high soil salinity and extreme heat. But many of […]

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http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3881227,00.html Nature and Park Authority rangers can now increase fines, punishments given to environmental offenders. Maximum penalty for poaching, trading natural monuments now punishable by two-year jail time Yael Darel Published: 05.13.10, 09:08 / Israel Activism Offenders harming wild animals or nature will be made to pay higher fines and receive harsher punishments – both […]

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Zalul conferences bring together stakeholders to take strides toward environmental change Desalination: On Sunday, April 25, 2010, Zalul hosted the conference “Desalination: How Much Does it Cost the Sea?” at Haifa’s prestigious Technion Water Reseach Institute, bringing about Israel’s top desalination professors and researchers to deliberate on this important topic. In the hopes of zeroing […]

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FoEME is proud to report that our Jordanian Director, Mr. Munqeth Mehyar was one of 150 selected delegates from 50 countries around the world to participate in President Obama’s Summit on Entrepreneurship in Washington DC this week. The Summit highlighted the importance of entrepreneurship to fostering economic opportunity and community development and aimed to identify […]

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http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/business/the-denuding-of-lachish-1.289269 By Zafrir Rinat The once unadulterated hills of Lachish are alive with the sound of bulldozers. One green group is bemoaning the loss of another nature area Lachish hills Bulldozers preparing the Lachish hills for housing for Gush Katif evacuees Photo by: Zafrir Rinat Until recently the Lachish hills were one of the few […]

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http://english.aljazeera.net/focus/2010/05/20105510484475825.html By Orly Halpern The Jordan River is the main source of the Sea of Galilee [GETTY] Normally on bus tours the guide will make numerous pit stops for the sightseers. But as we drove from Jerusalem out of the Judea Mountains and into the open space of the Jordan Valley, our Jordan River tour […]

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http://www.jordantimes.com/index.php?news=26385 By Hana Namrouqa AMMAN – Pumping from the Karameh Dam desalination plant has started at a total capacity of 2,400 cubic metres per day, an official at the Ministry of Water and Irrigation said on Saturday. Following two-months of experimental operation to ensure that the desalinated water is fit for human consumption, the plant […]

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http://www.jordantimes.com/?news=26432 By Taylor Luck AMMAN – The government has notified three international companies that they have been short-listed to build the Kingdom’s first nuclear power plant, according to a senior energy official. Following the official notifications, which were sent out this week, the government will enter negotiations with the three companies, which were short-listed from […]

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http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3885147,00.html Ron Huldai is not waiting for Shai Agassi. Coulomb Technologies, Better Place’s competitor in US, reaches agreement in principle with city of Tel Aviv. City official: We won’t allow issue of charging electric cars to become monopoly Sharon Baider Published: 05.10.10, 07:48 / Israel Business Owners of electric cars and motorbikes will be able […]

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http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/opinion/slow-train-to-the-subway-1.289344 Editorial Tel Aviv’s lack of a subway system (or as it is officially known, the Dan Region Mass Transit System ) is one of most grave infrastructure failures Israel has ever known. This country, whose scientists have won Nobel prizes and whose entrepreneurs shine in high-tech markets, has been unable to build a basic […]

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http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/features/street-cats-are-paying-the-price-of-saving-the-birds-1.289177 Some wildlife conservationists say that street cats are decimating urban songbird populations and call for extreme measures to control them. Pro-cat charities favor sterilization. By Zafrir Rinat An opinion piece posted recently on a Jewish National Fund Web site by Prof. Yoram Yom-Tov and Dr. Eli Gefen of Tel Aviv University was removed soon […]

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http://www.foeme.org/press.php?ind=77 the media release on FoEME Jordan River reports MEDIA RELEASE Two new reports released today identify the amount of water needed to rehabilitate the Jordan River and where the water must come from if we are to bring back to life one of the most famous rivers on earth. EcoPeace / Friends of the […]

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http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/print/2010/04/parting-the-waters/belt-text from the special issue on water, April 2010 http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2010/04/table-of-contents Published: April 2010 A source of conflict between Israel and its neighbors for decades, the Jordan River is now depleted by drought, pollution, and overuse. Could the fight to save it forge a path toward peace? By Don Belt For a biblical stream whose name […]

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editorial on the FoEME report on the Jordan River http://www.jordantimes.com/?news=26336 It does not come as a surprise to hear that the Jordan River is destined to run dry by next year due to overexploitation and pollution. What is surprising is the fact that environmentalists waited for so long to reach this conclusion. A report of […]

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from the special April 2010 issue on the future of Syria’s oil and gas sector http://www.syria-today.com/index.php/focus/7687-steady-as-she-goes By John Dagge Photos Carole al-Farah & Adel Samara This month the Syrian government will auction off the exploration and production rights to eight blocks located in the north-east, east and south of the country. The auction comes hot […]

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http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3881669,00.html Having ‘conquered the desert’ at home, Jewish state ready to share technology and skills with African countries struggling to sustain agricultural output due to increasingly unreliable rains Reuters Published: 05.04.10, 07:50 / Israel Activism Having “conquered the desert” at home, Israel is ready to share technology and skills with African countries struggling to sustain […]

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