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Damage caused to an apartment building following heavy rainfall in Ness Ziona, central Israel, November 21, 2020. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
December 4, 2024, 3:07 pm
Knesset panel paves way for controversial climate bill to go to final Knesset votes
Bill, which passed first reading in April, has no budget, allows government to change emission cut targets and delay climate action for up to three years without Knesset okay
By Sue Surkes
Firefighters try to extinguish a forest fire raging near moshav Mesilat Zion, September 28, 2022. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
March 19, 2024, 4:15 pm
State comptroller chides government, PM for talk but little action on climate change
Report says despite 47 government decisions in 16 years, progress marked by ‘functional stagnation’; fossil fuel subsidies far exceed funds for emissions cuts, climate preparation
By Sue Surkes
An example from the Environmental Protection Ministry's climate risk map for the northern coastal city of Acre. (Environmental Protection Ministry)
November 17, 2022, 7:37 pm
Environment Ministry unveils details of climate risk map to help policymakers
Inspired by a US national risk index, an interactive portal getting a pilot next year will provide detailed information on different locations’ vulnerability to potential disasters
By Sue Surkes
Part of a new 15 million euro solar plant during its official inauguration at the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan, on November 13, 2017. (AFP Photo/Khalil Mazraawi)
July 12, 2022, 4:27 pm
Trailblazing models show green windfall from Israel-Jordan-PA water, energy alliance
First-of-its kind-Oxford University project indicates that making Jordan a solar energy hub could speed carbon emission cuts in all three countries, save $47 billion by 2050
By Sue Surkes
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Eurasian golden oriole specimens from the Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Tel Aviv University. (TAU)
April 5, 2022, 8:26 pm
Study: Birds in Israel may be changing shape in response to global warming
TAU researchers suggest morphological changes enable birds to shed more heat; but they worry that as planet continues to warm, birds may run out of coping mechanisms
By Sue Surkes
Britain's Prince Charles, Prince of Wales (C) is shown the Joint European Torus (JET) at the UK Atomic Energy Authority in Culham, near Abingdon on January 31, 2022. (ADRIAN DENNIS / POOL / AFP)
February 9, 2022, 10:45 pm
UK scientists smash nuclear fusion record in quest for new energy source
Team at Joint European Torus generate 59 megajoules of energy for five seconds, more than doubling 1997 benchmark — enough power for 35,000 homes for the same time period
By Charles ONIANS
Israelis attend a rally calling for action against climate crisis and the ecological crisis in Tel Aviv on November 29, 2019. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
October 26, 2021, 4:11 pm
Ahead of world climate meet, watchdog says Israel over-polluting, underpreparing
In report described as ‘warning light,’ ombudsman slams lack of government focus, failure to budget and implement decisions, rising emissions and too-modest targets
By Sue Surkes
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