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Environment and Climate in the Middle East
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Is Iran Is Behind Major Oil Spill? – Haaretz / Greenpeace /YNET / Jerusalem Post / Naharnet
Israel Says Iran Is Behind Major Oil Spill, Accusing Tehran of ‘Environmental Terrorism’ – Haaretz Israeli minister claims Libyan-owned tanker that sailed out of Iran is responsible for massive pollution of Mediterranean coastline, while Israeli intel officials say statement caught them by surprise Zafrir Rinat Mar. 3, 2021 Israel on...
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Ship accused of Israel oil spill shown anchored off Iran coast – In pictures – Jerusalem Post
Photographs of the vessel, which Israel has accused of ‘eco-terrorism’, show the ship anchored off the Iranian coast. By ALEX WINSTON, LAHAV HARKOV MARCH 4, 2021 Israel has named Libyan-owned Emerald as the ship that caused a huge oil spill that severely damaged the coastline and its environment, in...
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Israel Says It Has ‘Caught’ the Ship Responsible for Country’s Worst Oil Disaster – Haaretz / Jerusalem Post
Israel Says It Has ‘Caught’ the Ship Responsible for Country’s Worst Oil Disaster – Haaretz Zafrir Rinat Mar. 3, 2021 Israel’s ‘long arm will reach’ all those who ‘harmed our nature, beaches and coasts,’ environmental protection minister says Environmental Protection Minister Gila Gamliel said on Wednesday that Israel caught the...
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Lebanon Seeks U.N. Help over Mediterranean Oil Spill Pollution – Naharnet
Lebanon’s Foreign Ministry on Tuesday moved to file a report with the U.N. in which it asked for technical assistance in the face of a Mediterranean oil spill that has contaminated at least half of coastline. The report, prepared by the National Council for Scientific Research at the request of...
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Two Weeks After Major Oil Spill, Israel Continues Search for Its Source – Haaretz
Israel has a list of 23 ships it thinks might be responsible for the unreported spill that has caused its worst maritime pollution in decades Zafrir Rinat Mar. 1, 2021 The Environmental Protection Ministry has set out to look at 23 ships in the search for the source of the...
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IRENA Report Identifies Policy Measures to Advance Jordan’s Transition to Renewables – Environment and Development
23/2/2021 A new report published today by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) has identified a series of policy measures that can help advance the energy transition towards renewable energy in Jordan. The “Renewables Readiness Assessment: The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan” – developed in co-operation with Jordan’s Ministry of...
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Study gives impetus to Jordan’s renewable energy drive – JordanTimes
Kingdom aims to reach a 31% contribution of renewable energy in electricity generation — Zawati By Maria Weldali – Feb 23,2021 Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Hala Zawati attends the virtual launch of a study on renewable energy on Monday (Petra photo) AMMAN — The Ministry of Energy and...
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New water resource and irrigation law sets penalties for cutting trees – Egypt Independent
Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm The Egyptian House of Representatives will issue next week a new water resource and irrigation law that sets penalties for cutting or uprooting trees on public land. The law stipulates that anyone who violates the provisions of Article No. 9 concerning the disposal of trees and...
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Israeli Natural Gas Royalties Top 1 Billion Shekels in 2020 – Haaretz
The Energy Ministry said that the increase was due to a 48.4% increase in natural gas production from Israel’s large offshore gas reserves, after the Leviathan reserve came online at the end of 2019 Israel Fisher Mar. 1, 2021 Israel’s state coffers received more than 1 billion shekels ($303 million)...
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Gas to Gaza? The pipeline that might provide a lifeline – Jerusalem Post / Haaretz
For years the project was a distant prospect because of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. By REUTERS FEBRUARY 23, 2021 Talks on a gas pipeline that would cross political faultlines and deliver reliable energy to the impoverished Gaza Strip have moved from the abstract to the concrete in recent weeks, three...
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Israel to link Leviathan gas field to Egyptian LNG plants, says Steinitz – Al-Ahram/ Jerusalem Post / YNET
Egyptian, Israeli ministers mull boosting energy cooperation – Al Ahram The ministers reaffirmed their support for the establishment of a coherent and strong energy infrastructure in the East Mediterranean to maximise the region’s natural gas resources and reserves Egypt’s Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Tarek El-Molla and Israeli Energy...
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Israel: Greek Tanker Ruled Out as Source of Massive Oil Spill – Haaretz / YNET
The Environment Ministry cleared the Miinerva Helen of blame for the worst oil spill in the country’s history following a ‘professional and comprehensive inspection’ Zafrir Rinat Nir Hasson Feb. 28, 2021 The Minerva Helen, a Greek tanker, has been cleared of suspicion for the oil spill that polluted large stretches...
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Eco-Quote
"May all the foliage of the field, all grasses trees and plants, awake at my coming, to send the powers of their life in to the words of my prayer, so that my prayer and speech are made whole through the life and spirit of all growing things, which are made as one by their transcendent Source."
- Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav
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