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Environment and Climate in the Middle East
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A Deadly Climate Change Effect Isn’t Dangerous Enough for This Israeli Agency – Haaretz
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...
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Israel has a chance to slow the Dead Sea’s demise. Will big business get in the way? – Times of Israel
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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(Copper Mining in Dana Diosphere Reserve) Gov’t to leverage mineral wealth, while preserving environment — Kharabsheh- Jordan Times
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...
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UAE: 4,000 coral polyps planted off Fujairah coast to regenerate marine ecosystem – Environment and Development
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...
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Desertification cannot wait for climate – Envrionment and Development
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,...
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Environment Ministry campaigns for eco-friendly bags – Jordan Times
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...
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Shift to paper bags comes at a price, say shopkeepers – Jordan Times
By Rayya Al Muheisen – Jun 26,2022 Representative image (Photo courtesy of unsplash.com/Dmitry Mashkin) AMMAN — The Ministry of Environment encouraged local retailers to replace plastic bags with paper bags, but some retailers said that the cost of paper bags is “unbearable”. Abu Tarek, who owns a supermarket in Amman,...
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Has Bennett’s government done enough to combat climate change? – poll – Jerusalem Post
Israelis are extremely worried about the climate crisis and think the outgoing government has not done enough to combat it. By JERUSALEM POST STAFF Published: JUNE 26, 2022 SOLDIERS CLEAN tar off Palmahim beach on Monday, following an offshore oil spill that drenched most of the Israeli coastline. (photo credit:...
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Israeli Schools to Make Classes on Climate Crisis Mandatory for All Ages – Haaretz
The education and environmental protection ministries say they will begin integrating a climate program, equivalent to one hour per week, into the curriculum for students of all ages in September Youth activists against the climate change in Tel Aviv, in August.Credit: Moti Milrod Lee Yaron Shira Kadari-Ovadia May 30, 2022...
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Government approves three billion shekel plan to boost climate technology – Times of Israel
Targets set for 2026 include doubling registered patents, startups, and pilot projects carried out on state infrastructure By Sue Surkes for full story see: https://www.timesofisrael.com/government-approves-three-billion-shekel-plan-to-boost-climate-technology/
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For Iraqis a sweltering summer of ‘hell’ has begun – Naharnet
Umm Mohammed, 74, waves a fan back and forth to cool down, but in the blistering heat of Iraq’s southern city of Basra there is nothing but stiflingly hot air. While Basra is used to scorching summers, this year it has started sooner than expected, bringing misery to residents in...
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What is the environmental impact of Israel’s natural gas exploration? -Jerusalem Post
By prioritizing natural gas rather than renewables, Israel is essentially saying that we prefer the comfort and convenience of the present generation over our grandchildren’s future. By ALON TAL Published: JUNE 18, 2022 Golda Meir was a politician who was more known for her common sense than her sense of...
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Eco-Quote
"We do not need English coal for plowing the soil. ... We have wires which carry electric power from the Jordan Falls, the Dead Sea Canal, and the brooks of the Hermon to all parts of the country. Instead of coal, we have water."
- from AltNeuLand, by Theodor Herzl
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