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Report: Palestinian effluent endangers underground water reservoirs The underground water reservoirs in the West Bank are in severe risk of contamination due to wastewater, a report published by the Environmental Protection Ministry, the Civil Administration and the Israeli Nature ... Full story Walking for the environment Freaky Friday: The Rishon Lezion Municipality has initiated a new environmental project, calling on all school children to walk to schools on Fridays, in an attempt to boost physical education, road safety and ... Full story US lawmakers vote to end 26-year ban on offshore drilling US lawmakers Tuesday sought to overturn a decades-old ban on offshore drilling voting in favor of a new energy bill which has been spurred by spiraling oil prices. The new bill, which was put forward by the ... Full story Spain to set up climate change research institute Spain, among the nations in Europe most affected by desertification, will set up a climate change research institute in the northeastern city of Zaragoza, Environment Minister Elena Espinosa said over the ... Full story Arctic sea ice drops to 2nd lowest level on record Arctic Ocean sea ice has melted to the second lowest minimum since satellite observations began, according to scientists at the National Snow and Ice Data Center. Sea ice melt recorded earlier in the week ... Full story Coming soon: 6km walkway in Tel Aviv's Hayarkon Park A new six-kilometer walkway will be inaugurated in two weeks in Tel Aviv's Hayarkon Park. The city's municipality is said to have invested NIS 500,000 (approx. $140,000) in the project. The walkway will ... Full story Ocean 'dead zones' expanding worldwide Oceanic "dead zones" where marine life cannot survive have been steadily increasing over the past five decades and now encompass 400 coastal areas of the world, a US-Swedish study suggests. The number of these ... Full story Knesset to form State commission of inquiry on water crisis The Knesset's State Control Committee ordered the formation of a State commission of inquiry Monday in order to investigate the causes for the major water crisis Israel faces. The motion to form a State ... Full story Knesset passes Clean Air Act After three years in the making, the Knesset finally passed Israel's Clean Air Act Tuesday, with 39 MKs voting in favor of it and none objecting. The act is expected to regulate all issues pertaining to the ... Full story Knesset to mull new recycling bill The Israel Union for Environmental Protection submitted a new bill for the Knesset to review, calling it to facilitate increased household waste recycling, by making paper, plastic, glass and metal recycling bins ... Full story Ask the (environmentalist) rabbi Jewish Law and our Sages of Blessed Memory had a lot to say about the environment and not only locally but globally as well, said Executive Director of Sviva Israel, ("Israel environment"), Carmi Wisemon. His ... Full story Israel sets record use of ozone-depleting chemical Israel is one of the world's largest consumers of Methyl Bromide – one of the chemicals proven to be most harmful to the ozone layer, a report by the Knesset's Internal Affairs and Environment Committee revealed ... Full story New power plant to be built in Ashkelon Israel’s National Infrastructure Committee confirmed Tuesday a proposal to establish a new, additional carbon power plant in Ashkelon. The committee also decided that the conditions of building the plant would ... Full story Drowning in plastic bags Nailing nylons – About one million plastic bags are tossed away is Israel every day and another two million “recycled” bags – which we use as trash bags at home – join the waste count on a daily basis, the ... Full story Bicycle bill up for Knesset debate Is the government for or against encouraging the use of bicycles in Israel? The government's official stand on the issue is "absolutely, yes"; but the Finance Ministry is not so quick to get behind the ... Full story

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