Green mountains in Saudi Arabia. (Supplied) Emile Amin Published: 31 March ,2021: At the initiative of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia announced two initiatives that will serve as the cornerstone for efforts aimed at protecting Earth and nature in the Kingdom and the region respectively. These initiatives, which will be […]

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Tamara Abueish, Al Arabiya English Published: 08 April ,2021: 06:27 PM GST Updated: 09 April ,2021: 02:27 PM GST Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman announced the opening of the Sakaka IPP PV power plant, the Kingdom’s first renewable energy project, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported on Thursday. The launch of the Sakaka […]

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The first unit at the Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant in Al-Dafrah in Abu Dhabi, UAE. (File photo: WAM/AFP) Nuclear Nuclear energy: Why the Arab world should lead in delivering clean energy Mohamed Al Hammadi 18 April ,2021 The Arab world, and those nations located along the same lines of latitude, should move to embrace and […]

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Major new projects will increase traffic congestion, cost billions and destroy one of the last open areas in central Israel Osnat Zamir Apr. 20, 2021 Government companies and agencies subordinate to Israel’s Transportation Ministry are advancing plans for three massive access roads to Jerusalem, despite widespread acknowledgement that the solution to Israel’s transport morass lies […]

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The feathered guests come to Eilat every year as an important stop on their migration patterns, but their numbers are in sharp decline in recent years. By AARON REICH   APRIL 19, 2021 Israel is seeing a huge influx of new feathered guests flying into the country, as huge flocks of birds returned to Eilat […]

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Dozens of sharks gathered Tuesday in warm waters of the Mediterranean near an Israeli power plant, drawing sightseers in what has become an annual occurence. The sharks’ fins sliced through the swallow waters just meters (yards) away from bathers eager to take photos of them near the city of Hadera. Sandbar and dusky sharks, which […]

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The little creatures have been found nowhere else in the world and show how their ancestors looked millions of years ago Zafrir Rinat Apr. 16, 2021 A cave in central Israel boasts “living fossils” of species that went extinct millions of years ago, but scientists fear that invasive species and a plan to turn the […]

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Abandoned, rebel-held Yemeni tanker could spill four times as much oil as Exxon Valdez By MINA NADER / THE MEDIA LINE   APRIL 5, 2021 The Red Sea has been flirting with environmental disaster for six years, ever since Houthi rebels seized control of the FSO Safer, a floating storage and offloading vessel for petroleum […]

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Ron Gonen was tapped to build the biggest recycling operation in the U.S. Now his Closed Loop Partners wants to invest in tech that recycles, reuses and refuses Amitai Ziv finalklApr. 2, 2021 Ron Gonen’s road in life seems to have directed him to what he’s doing today – an entrepreneur specializing in circular economics […]

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“The Green station project will help reduce the amount of plastic waste and encourage recycling.” By JERUSALEM POST STAFF   APRIL 7, 2021 New recycling ‘Green Stations’ will be set up for pesticide containers in a pilot program that is a joint effort of the Adama company, Israel Nature and Parks Authority and the Yoav […]

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Lebanon is grappling with an unprecedented economic crisis that need not delay resolving its conflict with Israel over their maritime border, and hence the resumption of UN-sponsored sea talks between the two, MTV reported on Monday. According to information, MTV said Lebanon has a potential gas field in Block No. 9 (marked in red in […]

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Al-Masry Al-Youm April 7, 2021 The Egyptian House of Representatives’ Energy and Environment Committee on Tuesday approved a US$200 million loan agreement signed between Egypt and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development for the Air Pollution and Climate Change Management Project in Greater Cairo. Comitee Chief Hossam Awadallah said that Egypt was the first […]

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Apr 01,2021   AMMAN — The Ministry of Environment on Thursday signed six agreements with building insulation companies, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.  With a grant valued at $247,000 offered by the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation’s (UNIDO) Montreal Protocol, the agreements were signed by Environment Minister Nabil Masarweh and the companies’ executives.  The […]

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Haaretz Editorial Mar. 29, 2021 11:57 PM Millions of Israelis are experiencing this Passover as a true holiday of liberation, with the lifting of restrictions imposed to curb the spread of COVID-19 including bans on travel and family gatherings. Hundreds of thousands are enjoying the country’s national parks, nature reserves, beaches and open spaces in […]

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By Maria Weldali – Apr 08,2021 Participants of the Training Instructors – Skills for the Implementation of Environmental Protection, Biodiversity and Ecotourism Laws programme pose for a group photo (Photo courtesy of the RSCN) AMMAN — The Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature (RSCN) conducted a five-day-long training programme titled “Training Instructors – Skills […]

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At a time when Lebanon is “fighting” to fully secure its southern maritime border rights through indirect negotiations with Israel, the confusion came from Syria which seems to be “infringing” on thousands of kilometers from Lebanon’s northern borders, al-Hadath television station reported on Friday. A few days ago, the Syrian government signed a four-year agreement […]

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Water loss in Amman reached 55 per cent, says ministry spokesperson By Maria Weldali – Mar 31,2021 Water loss in the Kingdom has reached 48 per cent, 60 per cent in a number of governorates and 38 per cent in Amman, according to Minister of Water and Irrigation Mohammad Najjar (JT file photo) AMMAN — […]

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While rising water levels is monumental, Israel turns to desalination as its source for drinking water, and the lake’s water quality has taken the forefront of environmental concerns. By HADASSAH BRENNER   MARCH 29, 2021 Lake Kinneret, Israel’s northernmost and only freshwater lake, has inspired much awe and curiosity throughout the country’s history, and its […]

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BeeWise has invented a new kind of beehive that can help prevent colony collapse – which is threatening pollination across the world Ruti Levy Mar. 16, 2021 11:56 AM Eliyah Radzyner, 36, has been fascinated by bees for a long time. He began raising them in his backyard while studying at the Hebrew University’s Agriculture […]

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Migratory locusts across several provinces threaten billions of dollars worth of food at a critical time for Iran. By Maziar Motamedi31 Mar 2021 Tehran, Iran – Iranian authorities are engaged in a large-scale operation across several provinces in southern Iran to battle swarms of migratory locusts that threaten billions of dollars worth of food in farmlands at […]

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