By JT – Jul 07,2022 AMMAN — The Water Ministry/Water Authority of Jordan (WAJ) has implemented a security campaign to prevent water theft in Ein Al Basha and Omm Injassa in the Balqa and Southern Shuneh areas.  Water is illegally diverted for irrigation and to fill swimming pools in tourist chalets in these areas, according […]

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1/7/2022 The United Arab Emirates’ Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure (MoEI), Audi Middle East, and Siemens signed an agreement to cooperate on boosting electric vehicle charging capacity on federal roads and increasing adoption of EVs across the country. The agreement follows MoEI’s selection in June of Siemens technology for a nationwide network of ultra-fast chargers. […]

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Electreon demonstrates a prototype stretch of road to Italian ministers, company executives; luxury car firm Maserati expresses interest in installing tech too By Sue Surkes 16 June 2022 Israeli company Electreon, whose technology is integrated into roads that recharge the batteries of electric vehicles as they travel on them, is on track to design a […]

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The LumiWeave company comes up with an innovative green model to keep our streets cooler and brighter By BARRY DAVIS Published: JULY 2, 2022 There are some great inventions out there, stuff that could only come from the razor-sharp cutting edge of the very latest technological breakthroughs. But when you break the innovative offerings down, […]

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On Sunday, July 3, The Arava Institute and the Oxford Martin School of Oxford University hosted the second event in memory of Dr. Noam Segal, which was on the topic of Applied Environmental Diplomacy: Pathways to Sustainability in the Jordan River Basin. The evening provided an opportunity for sharing and discussion around joint research carried out by Oxford […]

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Published: 27 October 2021 by Yara Dahdal 1, Nadav Davidovitch 2, Michael Gilmont 3, Javier Lezaun 4, Maya Negev 5,*, Deborah Sandler 6,7 and Mohammed Shaheen 8 Abstract In early 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic revealed a faceless, non-adversarial threat that endangered Israelis and Palestinians with the same ferocity. However, the capacities of the health systems […]

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Water International Volume 47, 2022 – Issue 3: 480-505 Published online: 01 Feb 2022 Natalija Vojno, Rozemarijn ter Horst, Hussam Hussein, Tim Nolden, Adham Badawy, Anna Goubert, Bota Sharipova, Francisco Pedrero, Stas Peters & Simon Damkjaer ABSTRACT Most people on this planet are under the age of 35. They have been raising their voices in […]

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By JT – Jul 05,2022 AMMAN — Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Saleh Kharabsheh on Tuesday announced criteria to allow the implementation of renewable energy projects with a capacity of more than 1 megawatt in a bid to stimulate the economy, attract more investments and increase jobs. Kharabsheh said that the Cabinet decision includes new […]

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By JT – Jul 07,2022 AMMAN — The Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry is considering proposals by several renewable energy companies that responded to a letter from the ministry to re-negotiate the prices of power generated from their projects, Energy Minister Saleh Kharabsheh said on Thursday. Kharabsheh said that the ministry had organised several meetings […]

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By JT – Jul 05,2022 Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Local Administration Tawfiq Kreishan during a meeting over a new solar panel project on Tuesday in Zarqa governorate (Petra photo) AMMAN — The Local Administration Ministry will help municipalities benefit from alternative energy through a solar panels project, which is scheduled to be implemented […]

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By Lucie Lagodich – Jul 05,2022 Syrian refugees are seen in the Azraq camp around 100km from Amman, in the Eastern Desert (Photo by Hanna Davis) AMMAN — The introduction of solar plants at Jordan’s two-largest Syrian refugee camps, Azraq and Zaatari, have brightened the homes of 100,000 refugees.   In 2017, Azraq became is the […]

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By JT – Jul 05,2022 The Airport International Group announced that Queen Alia International Airport has become the first in the Middle East to achieve Level 4+ ‘Transition’ of the Airport Carbon Accreditation Programme (Photo courtesy of AIG) AMMAN — The Airport International Group announced that Queen Alia International Airport (QAIA) has become the first […]

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Beekeepers in northwestern Syria have to do whatever they can to produce honey – despite the dangers they face. By Ali Haj Suleiman Published On 6 Jul 2022 Beekeeping is the only work the 29-year-old Syrian has ever known, but conflict, economic deterioration, and even climate change have become painful stings to his livelihood. A short […]

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by Naharnet Newsdesk Over a dozen endangered sea turtles that were rescued after suffering major injuries in the Mediterranean scuttled their way over a beach in Israel on Friday after months of medical care. The 15 loggerhead sea turtles and two green sea turtles were released back into the wild after months of rehabilitation at […]

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Israel’s emergency management agency doesn’t think preparedness for heatwaves should be an immediate priority, saying it is currently studying how to address the waves which have killed hundreds of Israelis in the last decade Lee Yaron Jun 26, 2022 9:42 PM Officials at Israel’s National Emergency Management Authority will not add heatwaves to the list […]

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With regional politics holding back release of any more water from Sea of Galilee, green groups hope that a revamped mining concession will protect the lake’s future By Sue Surkes 22 June 2022, for full story (very detaile) see: https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-has-a-chance-to-slow-the-dead-seas-demise-will-big-business-get-in-the-way/ See also video: https://www.timesofisrael.com/into-the-land-dead-sea-walking/

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Energy, environment ministers visit copper exploration project in Dana Biosphere Reserve By Mays Ibrahim Mustafa – Jun 25,2022 Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Saleh Al Kharabsheh and Environment Minister Muawieh Radaideh during a visit to a copper exploration project led by the Jordanian Integrated Company in the Dana Biosphere Reserve in Tafileh on Saturday […]

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24/6/2022 Emirates Draw recently celebrated a new milestone in its ‘Coral Reef Restoration Programme’ with the planting of over 4,000 coral polyps across various sites. Representatives from the organisation and members of the media toured an existing planting site in Khor Fakkan in Sharjah to learn about its progress as well as a new site […]

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Najib Saab 19/6/2022 The fifteenth session of the Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), which was held in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, garnered little publicity. Although the UNCCD has been ratified by 196 states, no less than those that signed the Paris Climate Agreement, the world still considers desertification […]

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By Maria Weldali – Jun 23,2022 Participants pose for a photo during an event at a commercial centre to distribute eco-friendly cotton bags (Photo courtesy of the Ministry of Environment) AMMAN — The Ministry of Environment launched an awareness campaign on Tuesday titled “Kisna Akhdar” (Our bag is green) to encourage a shift towards sustainable […]

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