Haifa Bay is lovely, but it’s extremely polluted. Chemical giant there now producing carbon credits with Citi bank. What would induce a significantly environmentally polluting company like Israel’s Haifa Chemicals to make an agreement with an international banking institution like…
In advance of Copenhagen, a new survey shows that Israelis seek action against climate change. The Israeli public is a few steps ahead of its government in wanting to see strong action on climate change, according to a new poll…
Non-profit groups from 18 developing countries called on Saudi Arabia to “stop playing an obstructionist role” in the current climate change negotiations in Barcelona, claiming the oil kingdom’s delaying tactics will hurt the world’s poor. “Developing countries need all the…
Climate change activists are pooling their resources as we speak in Barcelona at the Barcelona Climate Change Talks. This is an antecedent to the big United Nations climate change conference in Copenhagen in December where countries are expected to draft…
Working or praying too close to CFLs? They may cause skin cancer to warn Israeli health officials. A big “green” confession: I never did replace all the bulbs in my home with compact fluorescents (CFLs), those swirly-shaped bulbs which use…
(Waiting for flights at Ben Gurion Airport in Israel). There’s no denying that wall of Mediterranean heat that hits you like a brick when you disembark at Ben Gurion Airport outside Tel Aviv. Soon, Israel’s major international airport will take…
Yom Kippur, which starts tomorrow evening, is a time of reflection, atonement, and looking forward to the year ahead. It is also the only day of the year in Israel when everyone universally powers down – no cars are driven,…
(Melting like crazy: compare image of arctic ice cap from 1979 to that from 2003. Something seem off to you?) Last year he was in Israel encouraging Israel cleantech companies that they could be part of the solution. But according…
(In 1922 Jerusalem gets its first sewage system. YNet) Jerusalem is a holy city which houses the country’s holiest people. Now their excrement will continue doing good work: In the first deal of its kind for the country, the Israel…
Memos, agreements, bills, pacts, hand-shaking…we’ve heard a lot of talk about Israel and its intent to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The latest episode is yesterday’s announcement that MK Ofer Paz-Pines (Labor party) has submitted a bill to reduce greenhouse gas…
