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(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...

Israel and America Sign Renewable Energy Cooperation Deal

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Blogger Yuli Ziv On Green Trends and Sustainable Designs

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Supermodels, Free Parking, Biblical Parchments All Part of Israel's Zany Solutions for Combatting Water Shortage

Israel has officially pulled out all the stops for water conservation: Last month, Israeli officials led by Agriculture Minister Shalom Simhon sought to combat...

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The Middle East is pretty thirsty right now.  Headlines from all over the region chronicle the increasingly serious drought conditions affecting agriculture, industry, and...

Environmental Issues and the Israeli Election Results

("Polluted Sea - Bathing is Forbidden.") The outcome of Israel's parliamentary elections weren’t a great surprise for many people living in this country of...

New Energy For America Might Be In Israel: Top US Energy Leaders In Israel Now

The Obama administration has committed to supporting renewable energy sources and to mitigate domestic and international climate initiatives. At the dawn of Obama’s new presidency,...

Saudi Oil Minister Calls Renewable Energy a "Nightmare"

This week, executives of major oil companies met at the Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA) annual conference in Houston, Texas and (finally!) expressed a...

Masdar "Zero Carbon" Super City Breaks Ground This Month in Abu Dhabi

Taking God-Knows-How-Much of the world's non-renewable energy sources to build, developers of the world's first zero carbon city, Masdar City, proclaim that the historic...

Tal Ater Gives "GAS" To Help the World GreenAnySite

Consumption is, in general, not very green.  It often involves the wasteful use of resources, fossil fuels for transportation, and non environmentally friendly materials. ...

Israel's Elections: Platforms on Water

In preparation for Israeli election day, we present a series of posts with a summary of the environmental positions of the parties running for the Knesset...

Israel's Elections: Platforms on Recycling

In preparation for Israeli election day, we present a series of posts with a summary of the environmental positions of the parties running for the Knesset...

Israel's Elections: Platforms on Air Pollution, Industrial Pollution & Enforcement

In preparation for Israeli election day, we present a series of posts with a summary of the environmental positions of the parties running for the Knesset...

Israel's Elections: Platforms on Sustainable Development

In preparation for Israeli election day, we present a series of posts with a summary of the environmental positions of the parties running for the Knesset...

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