By JT – Jul 08,2021 AMMAN — The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) on Wednesday launched the Smart Development of Eco-Friendly Solutions and Economic Regional Agricultural Techniques (Smart Desert) project to support a number of agricultural projects in the northern Badia region, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported. The project, funded by the […]

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By JT – Jul 08,2021 AMMAN — The Saudi embassy in Amman on Wednesday announced a grant of 34.5 million Saudi riyals to develop the power grid in Azraq refugee camp. Saudi Ambassador Nayef Bin Bandar Al Sudairy said that the power grid development in Azraq camp, offered through the Saudi Fund for Development, comes […]

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As Iraq bakes in the blistering summer heat, its hardscrabble farmers and livestock herders are battling severe water shortages that are killing their animals, fields and way of life. The oil-rich country, scarred by wars and insurgencies over the past four decades, is also one of the world’s most vulnerable to climate change and struggles […]

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Haaretz Editorial Jul. 2, 2021 What will Prime Minister Naftali Bennett say at his first White House meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden when the latter asks him, worriedly, about Israel’s meager climate targets (a 27 percent reduction in warming emissions by 2030, compared to an American target of 50 percent)? What will he stammer […]

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From Brazil to Honduras, Israeli arms are tied to the murder of activists Eitay Mack Jun. 30, 2021 A fire in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, in August 2020. In the last two years there has been a huge increase in the rate of deforestation due to massive logging and burning of trees.Credit: Carl de Souza/AFP Fear […]

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These biopolymers can be used for solar energy generation, medicine, biomedical engineering and more. * They are affordable and are a viable alternative to petroleum-based polymers. By JERUSALEM POST STAFF   JULY 11, 2021 Researchers at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology have been advancing a groundbreaking technology that allows for converting food byproducts into energy-conductive […]

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Environmental Protection Ministry monitors proliferation of Formosan subterranean termite which is capable of eating through plastic, rubber, concrete and soft metals and urges public to report sightings of pest Noa Fisher | Published: 06.29.21 The Environmental Protection Ministry announced Tuesday that it identified Formosan subterranean termite in several localities near Petah Tikva where the invasive […]

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Transportation main source of emissions in Israel in terms of external cost in a report by the Environmental Protection Ministry. By TZVI JOFFRE   JUNE 27, 2021 Israelis stand on beach in front of a coal power station in Ashkelon (photo credit: AMIR COHEN/REUTERS) Emissions cost Israel NIS 31 billion in external costs in 2018, […]

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The Finance Ministry says Israel has stricter environmental requirements than other OECD countries Zafrir Rinat Jul. 10, 2021 The treasury is trying to limit the Environmental Protection Ministry’s purview in monitoring pollution, but the ministry says the treasury is largely thinking about the economic impact on industry. In the crafting of the new state budget, […]

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By Rayya Al Muheisen – Jul 07,2021 AMMAN — The Ministry of Environment and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have signed an agreement to address the issue of e-waste.  E-waste includes electronics such as computers, batteries, cell phones and refrigerators. E-waste contains a number of poisonous substances that endanger humans and the environment. When […]

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The Israel Fire and Rescue Authority recently stopped using fire retardant foam that contains two toxic substances from the PFAS family – chemicals based on fluorine and carbon compounds – out of concern that these chemicals will seep into the groundwater. A few months ago the Health Ministry discovered for the first time a drinking […]

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Construction in picturesque Ikizdere has angered villagers who allege it is illegal, and dangerous to their health and prosperity. By Tessa Fox 17 Jun 2021 Ikizdere, Turkey – Moving methodically as she cuts tea leaves from her plantation clinging to the side of a mountain between Cevizlik and Gürdere villages, Pervin Baş said her livelihood is […]

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The world has woken up, albeit belatedly, to the dangers of climate change but Israel refuses to follow suit, even though our region would be among the first to bear its brunt; now it’s time for the new government to act Tsur Mishal | Published: 06.29.21 On October 23, 2020, then-U.S. president Donald Trump and […]

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In the last year left-wing activists and Palestinian groups have rebranded themselves and taken center stage in the debate surrounding the global climate crisis Shira Makin Jun. 27, 2021 A lot of water has flowed in the sea near the Gaza Strip since Edward Said described environmentalism as “the indulgence of spoiled tree huggers who […]

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Study finds nature reserves, forests and farmland were set ablaze by rocket fire and incendiary balloons sent from Gaza, endangering the diversity of flora and potentially wildlife in the local ecosystem Almog Ben Zikri Jun. 22, 2021 Some 13,050 dunams (3,260 acres) of nature reserves and farmland were set afire in Israeli areas around the […]

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We had a grand opening of the Biodiversity Center at the PalestineInstitute for Biodiversity and Sustainability at Bethlehem University thismorning. Linda Majaj, Project manager MC’d the event and gave introductoryremarks. We heard from Joris Heeren, the EU representative as well as fromBrother Peter Bray (Vice Chancellor of BU). From the audience we heard fromMunib Al-Masri […]

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The planned road connecting West Bank settlements will run through agricultural land, potentially hampering Palestinian farmers’ access to it Zafrir Rinat Jun. 23, 2021 Israel is promoting the paving of a road near the West Bank settlement of Betar Ilit that would run through the agricultural lands of a Palestinian village and impact the access […]

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The Nature and Parks Authority plans to make the area accessible to the public by developing hiking trails, bicycle paths, observation points and other stopping points along the road Or Kashti Jun. 21, 2021 A plan to set up a new nature reserve east of Haifa on 10,000 dunams is raising strong objections from the […]

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Jun 17,2021 AMMAN — The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) and the Ministry of Agriculture on Thursday launched a project to address the country’s technical capacity needs and support in regards to forest fire management. In line with a technical cooperation agreement signed between the two parties in early January, FAO […]

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It is still unclear what caused the spark that ignited the fire. By AARON REICH   JUNE 28, 2021 A fire that broke out near Mevesseret Zion. (photo credit: CARRIE HART) The large wildfire that ignited in a forest area near Mevaseret Zion and Abu Ghosh may have been due to dead trees and poor […]

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