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Topic: environmental issues

February 11, 2013
7:54 pm

An Israeli train station (illustrative photo credit: Roni Schutzer/Flash90)

Tel Aviv to Eilat fast train moves one stop closer

Environmental concerns overruled; national planning committee still has to approve plan

By Aaron Kalman

January 2, 2013
11:55 am

Illustrative photo of a park area in Jerusalem (Photo by Yossi Zamir/Flash 90)

Report lists 119 specific threats to Israel’s open spaces

Society for the Protection of Nature points a finger at the projects, legislation and issues that endanger green areas

By Gabe Fisher

November 22, 2012
5:16 pm

Casualty of war: a genuine debate on who we want to be

Will the upcoming elections fail, once again, to focus on the social agenda?

By Alon Tal

October 17, 2012
6:49 pm

Satellite view of the Strait of Hormuz (photo credit: NASA/Public domain)

Iran denies oil spill plan to block vital Strait of Hormuz

From the web Tehran says it won’t cause environmental disaster to sabotage shipping, Reuters reports

September 25, 2012
1:43 pm

Day of reconciliation with the planet

I’ve discovered that this thing we have — me and the Earth — is a relationship, and I have a lot to apologize for

By Jen Maidenberg

September 3, 2012
12:32 am

The Jordan River flowing near Kibbutz Gadot in the upper Galilee (Photo credit: Yossi Zamir/Flash90)

A last-ditch effort to rescue the Jordan River

From the web Deutsche Welle: An NGO working with Israel, Jordan, Syria and the PA hopes to rehabilitate the polluted, once-mighty waterway

September 2, 2012
9:44 pm

A BYD electric bus (Photo credit: Courtesy)

Electric bus fleet heads to Tel Aviv

Dan Bus Company promises lower emissions, less noise with 700 new vehicles

By David Shamah

August 30, 2012
4:53 pm

The Ariel University green house (Photo credit: Courtesy)

The greenest house in the world?

Students at Ariel University marshal all sorts of techniques to build an environmentally sound abode

By David Shamah

August 9, 2012
5:19 pm

Tel-O-No-Fun

A bike-sharing station turns up right outside an environmentalist’s front door. What could go wrong?

By Marni Mandell

July 17, 2012
12:20 pm

A desalination plant on the Mediterranean Sea near Atlit, in northern Israel (Photo credit: Shay Levy/Flash 90)

Environmental risks vie with economic rewards in Israel’s desalination efforts

From the web International Business Times: By the end of 2013, one out of every two glasses of water drunk in Israel will come from desalinated water. Just where is all that salt going?

May 29, 2012
12:55 pm

Green profit

Can environmentally conscious (or just cheap) tourists make Israel richer?

By Karin Kloosterman

May 4, 2012
2:01 am

Diaspora youth to clean up Israel, promote conservation

Masa fellows to launch grassroots project in May

By Times of Israel staff

April 22, 2012
1:15 pm

Israeli rocker Geva Alon performing at the 2010 Earth Day concert at Tel Aviv's Rabin Square (photo credit: Geva Alon, MySpace)

Earth Day 2012: Cities go dark to promote green concerns

22 municipalities join in the annual environmental festivities

By Shira Rubin and Times of Israel staff