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Environment and Climate in the Middle East
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Kingdom must guard against future water crises – Rifai – Jordan Times
AMMAN (JT) – Prime Minister Samir Rifai on Monday underscored the need to take all necessary measures to prevent the recurrence of the “drinking water shortage crisis” witnessed recently in a number of governorates. During a tour to the governorates of Zarqa and Jerash yesterday, Rifai underlined the need to...
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New wells to quench water-deprived northern region – ministry – Jordan Times
By Hana Namrouqa AMMAN – The northern governorates’ water woes will be solved in the next 10 days with the pumping of an additional 400 cubic metres of water per hour to the area, the Ministry of Water and Irrigation said on Tuesday. Pumping from the Mashtal Feisal water wells...
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‘Jordanian-Thai cooperation to make it rain’ – Jordan Times
By Mohammad Ghazal AMMAN – Jordanian-Thai ties may bring about wet weather in the Kingdom under cooperation in artificial rain techniques, according to the top Thai diplomat in Amman. In a recent interview with The Jordan Times, Thai Ambassador in Amman Isinthorn Sornvai said Jordan is actively studying ways to...
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As greenhouses bake in heat, millions of shekels of produce ruined – Haaretz
While no vegetables are expected to disappear altogether from the market, prices are going to be increasing, even though they’re already higher than usual for the season. By Amiram Cohen and Haim Bior The heat wave of the past few weeks has given the country a surplus of roasted vegetables...
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Fires take their toll on northern farmland – Daily Star
By Antoine Amrieh Friday, September 03, 2010 AKKAR: The series of fires that broke out across the country this summer have left numerous green spaces completely torched. The massive damage has become evident in the north Lebanon region of Akkar, where almost 100,000 square meters of land were ruined, threatening...
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Water waste treatement plants sit idle as pollution problems mount – Daily Star
World Bank report to urge government action on issue By Simona Sikimic Wednesday, September 08, 2010 BEIRUT: Many of Lebanon’s waste water treatment plants are lying unused due to high operating costs, insufficient support infrastructure and a lack of awareness, several experts told The Daily Star on Tuesday. Eight government-backed...
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Pollution reduction plan to be contracted out – Jerusalem Post
By EHUD ZION WALDOKS 09/02/2010 08:00 International consultant to help Israeli team of specialists improve air quality. As the implementation date for the Clean Air Act approaches, the Environmental Protection Ministry issued a tender this week seeking an economic consultant to create a national plan to reduce air pollution. The...
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Digging up the dirt = Haaretz
The West Bank settlement of Beit Haggai lives on earnings from a stone quarry it received as a ‘gift’ from the state. But the High Court of Justice may soon stop work at the quarry and force the government to rethink the way it exploits natural resources in the territories....
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Wolf population threatened by hunting, poisoning – Jordan Times
By Hana Namrouqa AMMAN – Ecologists on Tuesday warned that wolves, a locally threatened species, are increasingly being hunted down and poisoned, leading to a drop in their numbers in Jordan. Gray wolves, known simply as wolves, are carnivorous mammals belonging to the Canidae family, of which five species exist...
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Steinitz, Erdan pledge support to Ariel Sharon Park – Jerusalem Post
By EHUD ZION WALDOKS 09/01/2010 05:39 Garbage mountain will become the showpiece of a series of walking and biking paths, a lake, and a canal system. Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz (Likud) and Environmental Protection Minister Gilad Erdan (Likud) both pledged to ensure funding for the development of Ariel Sharon Park...
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Arab-Israeli Eco group scores award – Jerusalem Post
09/02/2010 08:51 Friends of the Earth Middle East wins Euro-Mediterranean Dialogue Award. Friends of the Earth Middle East, an Israeli-Palestinian-Jordanian environmental organization, has won the 2010 Anna Lindh Foundation’s Euro- Mediterranean Dialogue Award. The theme of the award this year was “Intercultural Dialogue for Ecological Sustainability.” According to its Web...
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Environment first – Common Ground
by Sarah Ozacky-Lazar 02 September 2010 JERUSALEM – Every few years, the idea of establishing one state between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea rises and falls like a phoenix; a dream of a state where both Palestinians and Israelis live in peace with no borders, no barriers, cultural...
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"We, who have been torn away from nature, who have lost the savor of natural living - if we desire life, we must establish a new relationship with nature."
- A.D. Gordon
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