With residential houses accounting for 30% of country’s electricity use, government says system will help buyers anticipate heating, air conditioning costs, save up to 30% on bills By Sue Surkes 21 December 2022, New apartments will have to be marketed from now on with an energy efficiency rating to enable prospective buyers to calculate their […]

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Once we wore coats and scarves during Hanukkah, but these days people are going to the beach in Tel Aviv’ Netta Ahituv Dec 23, 2022 “Tel Aviv – We Don’t Do Winter” is the playful title of three catchy videos the municipality hopes will encourage tourists from Europe to visit the city. The campaign is […]

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Project, meant to transfer water through a desalination mechanism from the Mediterranean to Israel’s only freshwater lake, seeks to aid agriculture as well as Israel’s international commitment to Jordan Noa Fisher 27 December 2022 Israeli authorities said Tuesday they have launched a project that is meant to help pump desalinated water into the depleted Sea […]

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Project aims to take maggots and cultivate their protein-rich bodies into a sustainable form of energy as biodiesel and fertilizing agents i24NEWS| 12.28.22 Israeli researchers found a way to turn maggots into the future of farming. “It contains 30 percent protein, very high quality, and 30 percent oil. It can be used for animal feed, […]

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You can still see sharks swimming freely near the Hadera’s power plant, but the area is filthy, unsupervised, and dangerous Moshe Gilad December 22, 2022 ust about 10 meters from me swam a shark. At first, I thought I was hallucinating. It was close to the rocks along the shore, about one and a half […]

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A massive acid spill from the ICL Rotem plant polluted the Ashalim Creek west of the Dead Sea in 2017 and caused serious damage to fauna and flora along the riverbed Ilana Curiel ICL — the Israel-based multi-national powerhouse in fertilizers and specialty chemicals — announced that a settlement has been reached in a class […]

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By Maria Weldali – Jan 02,2023 AMMAN — Viewing climate change through a feminist lens, Jordanian experts are bringing focus to the diverse ecofeminist dimensions of the issue. “Ecofeminism can be applied in Jordan through reviving the environmental and cultural wealth of communities and living in harmony with nature,” Mayyada Abu Jaber, founder and CEO […]

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Ahmed Kotb , Monday 19 Dec 2022 Alessandra Sensi, head of the environment, green and blue economy sector at the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), spoke about the complex challenges facing the Mediterranean region from climate change, pollution and economic hardship. The UfM is an intergovernmental institution bringing together 42 countries to promote dialogue and […]

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18/12/2022 Najib Saab As soon as the 27th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention on Climate Change (COP 27) concluded, preparations for future climate summits were underway, as if the matter was a mere accumulation of conferences. Officials and negotiators, along with fans of conference tourism, began their travel plans to participate […]

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27/12/2022 Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW) 2023, the global initiative by the UAE and its clean energy powerhouse Masdar, will feature high-level sessions on priorities ahead of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28), which will be held in the UAE from November 30 to December 12, 2023. ADSW 15th edition will take place from […]

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By Rayya Al Muheisen – Dec 29,2022 Although Jordan is among the top 10 olive producing countries in the world, farmers are claiming that extreme weather conditions are affecting olive produce (Al Rai Photo) AMMAN — Although Jordan is among the top 10 olive producing countries in the world, farmers are claiming that extreme weather […]

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By Mays Ibrahim Mustafa – Dec 31,2022 Representative image (Photo courtesy of unsplash/Andrew Roberts) AMMAN — The year 2022 marked the clearance of roughly 56,000 vehicles, with a roughly 180 per cent increase in the clearance of electric cars, according to the Jordan Free Zone Investor Commission (JFZIC).  Diesel vehicles’ clearance decreased by around 10 […]

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Dam levels reach 13.5%, says Water Ministry By Mays Ibrahim Mustafa – Dec 26,2022 Rain clouds are seen over West Amman on Monday (Photo by Osama Aqarbeh) AMMAN — This year’s rainfall levels have so far been well below their seasonal average, according to the Jordan Meteorological Department (JMD).  Isam Yacoub, a weather forecaster at […]

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Dec 19,2022 AMMAN — Water Minister Mohammed Najjar and German Development Bank (KfW) Country Director Jordan Mark Schwiete on Monday signed a loan agreement worth 115 million euros to finance the implementation of three phases of a climate protection project related to the water sector, energy and renewable energy efficiency.   The agreement aims to renovate […]

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Photos: Climate crisis threatens centuries-old oases in Morocco – Al Jazeera Published On 27 Dec 2022 Residents of the oasis of Alnif say they cannot remember a drought this bad. The land is dry. Some wells are empty. Palm groves that date back more than 100 years are barren. Home to centuries-old oases that have […]

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29/12/2022 The Green Riyadh project on Tuesday announced the start of tree-planting in residential neighborhoods — a central component of the program that aims to increase green space in the city. It is one of four mega projects in Riyadh launched by King Salman upon an initiative of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. The program […]

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For every kilogram of beef meat replaced with a kilogram of Spirulina, one can save nearly 100 kilograms of greenhouse gas emissions, 340 square meters of land and 1,400 liters of water. By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH Published: DECEMBER 8, 2022 The future of food lies in Iceland, where a state-of-the-art facility cultivates spirulina algae – a […]

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By JT – Dec 10,2022 According to the Higher Population Council, 75 per cent of the Kingdom’s population lives in three main governorates: Amman, Irbid and Zarqa (File photo) AMMAN — The Kingdom’s first centennial started with a population of just 225,000 people, and reached the first million in 1963. In 2004, the population reached […]

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20/12/2022 Intensifying “rivers” of water vapour in the atmosphere over Africa caused by climate change are creating more dust storms for the UAE and the Middle East region, research has revealed. The study by an international team that includes scientists at Khalifa University in Abu Dhabi demonstrates how complex the effects of human-induced climatic changes […]

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By JT – Dec 13,2022 British Deputy Ambassador Helen Fazey and officials during the inauguration of the prototype solar-powered wastewater treatment plant in Fuheis, developed with funding from the UK’s Newton-Khalidi Fund, on Monday (Photo courtesy of British embassy) AMMAN — British Deputy Ambassador Helen Fazey on Monday inaugurated the prototype solar-powered wastewater treatment plant […]

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