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"Earth Poetica" by Beverly Barkat. Photo: Michael Amar.

New Jerusalem exhibit demonstrates how plastic is ‘suffocating Earth’

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“Warning: Plastic packets may be dangerous. Full stop.” This is the typical warning label on those small plastic packets of silica gel that are tossed into food packaging, shoe boxes, electronics wrapping and more. Not...
Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh (center) is flanked by alongside British Prime Minister Boris Johnson (left) and U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres. Source: Twitter.

At Glasgow, Palestinian Authority blames Israel for environmental woes

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Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh blamed Israel’s “occupation” for his people’s environmental issues in his address to world leaders at the U.N. Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Scotland on Monday. “In #COP26, we affirmed...
Disposable utensils. Credit: Pixabay.

Israel’s Technion to scrap throwaway cutlery for more sustainable alternatives

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In less than three months, on Oct. 1, the Technion‒Israel Institute of Technology will stop buying disposable utensils. The decision by Technion executive vice president and director general Professor Boaz Golany came after a lengthy...
View of the port in the northern Israeli city of Haifa. Credit: Marcelo Sus/Flash90.

Israel to close Haifa industrial zone, citing environmental factors

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Israel plans to close an industrial zone in the northern city of Haifa and transform the area into green space. The plan calls for closing factories and the country’s largest oil refinery over the next...
An aerial view of the beach in the southern Israeli coastal city of Ashkelon, on June 1, 2019. Photo by Edi Israel/Flash90.

On Earth Day, delving into Israel’s ‘overlooked’ sea

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Much of the public attention surrounding Israel, both within the country and internationally, focuses on the land. Yet the sea plays a significant and unsung role in the development of the state, according to...
Villages around the Ramat Hovav industrial zone in southern Israel have a high level of air pollution from nearby chemical-evaporation ponds and the Israel Electric Company power plant, Dec. 28, 2017. Photo by Yaniv Nadav/Flash90.

Israel’s Energy Ministry unveils plan to combat air pollution

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The Israeli Ministry of Energy announced on Sunday a new plan designed to significantly reduce air pollution in the energy market. The plan, which the ministry says is part of Israel’s efforts to counteract climate...
A beach in Tel Aviv, on March 4, 2021. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90.

Israel declares most beaches restored following massive oil spill

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Israel’s Environmental Protection Ministry on Wednesday announced the lifting of the state of emergency declared last month due to a massive oil spill off the country’s Mediterranean coast. Intensive clean-up efforts have restored 82 percent of the country’s...
Israelis clean tar off the Bat Yam beach following an offshore oil spill that drenched most of the Israeli coastline, March 2, 2021. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.

Israelis rally to clean tar spill and avert future environmental crises

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Why did 1,200 tons of sticky tar begin washing up on Israel’s Mediterranean beaches on Feb. 17? The answer is not yet clear. However, experts say that no matter what caused Israel’s worst environmental disaster, it should...
The “Minerva Helen” oil tanker, at the terminal of Dunkirk, France. Credit: Remi Jouan via Wikimedia Commons.

Israel rules out Greek tanker as suspect in Mediterranean oil spill

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The Greek tanker Minerva Helen was not the source of the tons of toxic tar that washed up on Israel’s shores last weekend, Israel’s Environmental Protection Ministry announced on Sunday. A team led by the ministry and including representatives...
Israeli volunteers clean tar off the Gan Or beach, following an offshore oil spill. Feb. 22, 2021. Photo by Flash90.

In wake of tar spill, Israel’s Health Ministry bans sale of fish from Mediterranean

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Israel’s Health Ministry on Wednesday announced a temporary ban on the sale of fish from the Mediterranean Sea, due to the massive tar spill last weekend along the country’s shores. Although so far, there is no indication...