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Environment and Climate in the Middle East
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A deadly trash trade is poisoning Palestinians in the West Bank – Times of Israel
Burning Israeli scrap for valuable raw metals is a lethal livelihood for thousands of Palestinians, sending cancer rates skyrocketing in villages near Hebron By Aaron Boxerman 10 January 2022 lead: BEIT AWWA, West Bank — When Israa’s four-year-old son was diagnosed with leukemia, she spent little time wondering why. The...
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25,000 tons of old batteries in Gaza pose risk to health, environment – Times of Israel
lead: With no option of exporting or safely disposing of the power units, relied upon due to chronic power cuts, officials warn they could leak sulfuric acid into soil and water supply By Agencies 22 December 2021 Virtually every household in the Gaza Strip relies on batteries to keep their...
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Police Deploy as Bedouin Protest JNF Forestation Work in Israel’s South – Haaretz
United Arab List leader threatens to boycott Knesset deliberations on Jewish National Fund work on land used by locals for agriculture Jack Khoury Deiaa Haj Yahia Nati Yefet Jan. 10, 2022 Hundreds of police officers were deployed to guard Jewish National Fund workers preparing land for forestation near the Bedouin town...
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Opinion | Drought in Iran Could Push It to Reach a Nuclear Deal – Haaretz
Climate change is slamming Iran especially hard, but to do anything about it, Tehran needs the sanctions to cease David Rosenberg Dec. 28, 2021 We now know that sanctions haven’t forced Iran to come on hands and knees to the negotiating table begging to revive the 2015 nuclear agreement. Could...
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Iran Says only 12 Asiatic Cheetahs Left in the Country – Naharnet
by Naharnet Newsdesk Iran is now home to only a dozen Asiatic cheetahs, the deputy environment minister has said, describing the situation for the endangered species as “extremely critical”. “The measures we have taken to increase protection, reproduction, and the installation of road signs have not been enough to save...
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Reducing food waste in Israel requires national effort, year-end report says – YNET
According to Leket report, estimated cost of food waste in 2020 in Israel stood at $6 billion, with a total of 2.5 million tons food, of which about half could have been saved, were thrown away The Media Line, Ynet | Published: 12.31.21, Israelis waste enormous amounts of food every...
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USAID Recycling in Jordan signs joint action plan with Organic Fertilisers Eco Systems Association – Jordan Times
By JT – Jan 06,2022 Participants pose for a group photo during the signing of a joint action plan between the USAID Recycling in Jordan activity and the Organic Fertilisers Eco Systems Association on Wednesday (Photo courtesy of USAID) AMMAN — The USAID Recycling in Jordan activity on Wednesday signed...
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National programme to reduce energy costs – Jordan Times
Third National Energy Efficiency Plan on the anvil — Kharabsheh By JT – Jan 03,2022 Saleh Kharabsheh AMMAN — The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, under the National Energy Efficiency Plan, seeks to provide an empowering environment that improves energy efficiency in various sectors, Minister Saleh Kharabsheh said on...
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Oil Firm Consultant Infiltrates Israeli Teen Climate Activists’ Online Meeting – Haaretz
‘If we’ve managed to get a state-owned company to fear for its future and monitor us, we can certainly get the EAPC agreement canceled immediately,’ says activist protesting Israel’s UAE pipeline deal Lee Yaron Dec. 23, 2021 A consultant to the Europe Asia Pipeline Company infiltrated a Zoom meeting of...
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Lebanon to Start Pipeline Renovation to Import Egyptian Gas – Naharnet
by Naharnet Newsdesk 29 December 2021 Energy minister Walid Fayad has launched two projects in the country’s north to facilitate the flow of natural gas from Egypt. The move aims to improve electricity production and expand the country’s tanks to increase oil reserves. The revival of the Arab Gas Pipeline...
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Israel’s environment ministry blocks oil pipeline deal with UAE – Jerusalem Post / YNET / Haaretz
“We blocked the entry of dozens of oil tankers into the Gulf of Eilat,” Environmental Protection Minister Tamar Zandberg said in a statement. By REUTERS Published: DECEMBER 16, 2021 Israel’s Environmental Protection Ministry said on Thursday that it had blocked a deal with partners from the United Arab Emirates to...
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Winners and losers as energy minister halts gas exploration – Jerusalem Post
Energy Minister Karin Elharrar’s announcement that her ministry will not award licenses for natural gas exploration in Israel’s Economic Zone in 2022 set off a storm. By GUY LIEBERMAN/GLOBES/TNS Published: DECEMBER 17, 2021 The announcement by Energy Minister Karin Elharrar yesterday that her ministry will not award licenses for natural...
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