By JERUSALEM POST STAFF   AUGUST 22, 2021 1 A bid for plans for a 300-megawatt solar farm in Israel that will provide significant electricity reserves for the country received 11 proposals from national and international groups on Thursday. The farm, together with an energy storage facility, is intended to be built near Dimona. The […]

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In Turkey, climate action is in a state of limbo. Karim Elgendy Sustainability consultant based in London 20 Aug 2021 The forest fires that raged across the Mediterranean for the past few weeks have brought levels of devastation to the Southern coast of Turkey not seen in decades. With almost 300 blazes and a total […]

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It wasn’t a late-night craving that brought Ayla to a Beirut cafe but the air-conditioning that let her children, slouched in a sofa next to her, get some proper rest. Lebanon’s energy crisis is dragging people to unlikely places in their desperate quest for life’s essentials, be it fresh air, electricity, a working fridge or […]

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August 22, 2021 The U.N. children’s agency earlier has warned that Lebanon’s lengthy power cuts are impeding access to safe water. “More than four million people across Lebanon… face the prospect of critical water shortages or being completely cut off from safe water supply in the coming days,” UNICEF said in a statement. “UNICEF is […]

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Opinion | The House Is on Fire? In Israel, Just Blame It on an Arab – Haaretz Shira Makin Aug. 23, 2021 6:47 PM Who wants to play “Who’s to blame for the wildfires?” – an award-winning game show, in which contestants vote on suspects in the fires that destroyed thousands of acres of forest […]

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Wadi Feynan copper mining will pose grave threat to archaeological, environmental treasures — scholar By Saeb Rawashdeh – Aug 22,2021 The interior of Um Al Ammid Roman copper mine in Wadi Feyan (Photos courtesy of ACOR/Jane Taylor Collection) AMMAN — Both the cultural and environmental heritage of Wadi Feynan are supposedly protected by the Law […]

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A leading environmental group warns the proposal would harm ‘one of the most sensitive and rarest nature sites in Israel’ Zafrir Rinat Aug. 19, 2021 An Interior Ministry plan to promote construction of tourism facilities in the undeveloped southern Gulf of Eilat has sparked fierce opposition by environmental organizations. The proposal, drawn up by the […]

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With climate change and global warming, a new era of forest fires, unlike anything seen in the region before, has begun. Now, Israel must change how it fights – and thinks about them Nir Hasson Aug. 16, 2021 The Jerusalem Hills are used to forest fires – even intense, raging fires – but an official […]

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Finally, the government admits Israel is decades behind Europe in meeting its climate crisis goals. But the government’s stalemate on solar energy illustrates what a long way Israel still has to go Meirav Arlosoroff Aug. 17, 2021 5:05 PM When do members of the public know that their government is being run in a serious […]

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RAMALLAH, Tuesday, August 17, 2021 (WAFA) – Ihab Abu Khairan lives in the heart of Arroub refugee camp in the occupied West Bank. Overcrowded and often subject to tear gas and incursions by Israeli Security Forces (ISF), Ihab’s love of agriculture and nature distracts him from the harsh reality of the circumstances of his community. […]

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A year after 2 states normalized relations, new crisis has emerged as Israeli environmental groups warn of ecological disaster after clandestine deal turned Eilat into waypoint for Emirati oil headed for Western markets Associated Press | Published: 08.14.21 A symphony in splendid technicolor, the reefs are among the world’s most resilient coral colonies against warming […]

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Israel’s government continues to encourage search for more gas fields before ‘window of opportunity’ closes, as UN says a third of global warming caused by methane Lee Yaron Aug. 9, 2021 One-third of global warming is a result of the emission of methane, the main component of natural gas, according to the United Nations Intergovernmental […]

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The reforms would see the ministry lose its authority to set conditions for granting licenses to small and medium-sized businesses that may harm the environment Zafrir Rinat Aug. 3, 2021 The cabinet on Monday approved regulatory reforms that will reduce the power of the Environmental Protection Ministry and significantly impair its ability to perform its […]

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The videos by Noble Energy and Delek Group praise the use of natural gas without mentioning its contribution to the climate crisis Lee Yaron Aug. 13, 2021 The Education Ministry is suggesting that geography teachers teach their students about energy in Israel using videos produced by  industry powers that depict the use of oil and […]

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Activists praise the decision, but criticize that the money is going to the general treasury funds and not directly to solve climate change and aid its victims Lee Yaron Aug. 3, 2021 The Israeli government approved an unprecedented measure on Monday that would charge companies for the environmental and economic damage caused by their carbon […]

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Oil companies knew they were destroying the planet. They decided to tackle the problem by building a huge web of disinformation and by funding politicians who would deny scientific truths Nir Hasson Aug. 11, 2021 A severe report pointing to the close relationship between greenhouse gas emissions and global warming was submitted to the president […]

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Osama Al Sharif Aug 10,2021    For decades scientists have been warning governments about the catastrophic effects of global warming, caused by greenhouse gas emissions, on climate change and calling for drastic measures to reduce man-made CO2 emissions as the only way to prevent world-wide environmental disaster. But since the signing of the Kyoto Protocol […]

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A dangerous heatwave is sweeping across the Mediterranean, the latest in a series of recent extreme weather events that underscore the real-world impacts of climate change. The Italian island of Sicily may have smashed continental Europe’s heat record when thermometers hit 48.8 degrees Celsius (119.8 Fahrenheit) on Wednesday. While residents in the region are used […]

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From flash floods to forest fires, drought to “sea snot”, Turkey is bearing the brunt of increasingly frequent disasters blamed on climate change, putting pressure on President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to act. Wildfires that have killed eight people since late July across southern coastal regions, ravaging forests and turning villages to ash, followed the growth […]

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Fuel shortages force people to turn to firewood to cook food, and logging as a source of work in a ravaged economy. 12 Aug 2021 Yemeni lumberjack Ali al-Emadi spends hours chopping down an acacia tree with an axe as his 12-year-old nephew helps out splitting logs. In a country blighted by war, al-Emadi had […]

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