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A view of Tehran, Iran, Monday, June 2, 2014, when a flash dust storm hits the Iranian capital. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
September 8, 2018, 3:57 pm
Conflicts hinder Iran efforts to counter dust storms
With civil war in Syria and Islamic State uprising in Iraq, ‘environment has lost all priority,’ Tehran official says sadly
By AFP
Two Jews walking down a street in Antwerp, Belgium, August 22, 2018. (Cnaan Liphshiz)
September 4, 2018, 10:12 pm
Belgian heatwave puts a cherished Rosh Hashanah tradition on ice
At Antwerp’s City Park pond, the annual tashlich ritual will be improvised with tanks as it is unadvisable for Jews to walk en masse to another body of water a mile away
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Al-Shabaab fighters march with their weapons during military exercises on the outskirts of Mogadishu, Somalia, in 2011. (AP/Mohamed Sheikh Nor)
July 5, 2018, 2:15 pm
Al Qaeda-backed terror group bans single-use plastic bags
Fear of violence at the hands of al-Shabaab means that their edicts are usually followed
By TOI staff and Agencies
Israelis set the record for the world's largest 'surfing paddle-out' in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Herzliya, as part of a protest against natural gas drilling near Israel's coastline. (Screen capture: Hadashot news)
June 22, 2018, 7:00 pm
Israeli surfers claim to set world record with gas-drilling protest
1,000 people form human circle off Herzliya coast in what they say is the largest-ever ‘paddle out,’ call for gas rigs to be moved further from shore
By TOI staff
Orange smoke rises from smoke bombs near Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's home in Caesarea, May 25, 2018 (Kan TV news screenshot)
May 25, 2018, 5:07 pm
Demonstrators set off smoke bombs near PM’s Caesarea home, with him inside
Police investigating use of canisters in dumpster near Netanyahu’s private residence during environmentalists’ rally
By TOI staff
Reformist Iranian politician, Mahmoud Sadeghi. (CC BY-SA 4.0, Mzzvsdgh/Wikimedia)
April 21, 2018, 2:47 pm
Iran MP slams Revolutionary Guards’ treatment of environmentalists
Mahmoud Sadeghi criticizes recent crackdown which included arrest of 7 members of Persian wildlife group
By AFP
Flies seen at sunset. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
October 19, 2017, 3:17 am
Drastically falling insect numbers could cause ‘ecological Armageddon’ — study
Warning of global crisis, new research shows flying insects have decreased by more than three-quarters across Germany since 1989
By AFP and TOI staff
7-year-old male Asiatic Cheetah, named 'Koushki,' hunts a rabbit at the Miandasht Wildlife Refuge in Jajarm, northeastern Iran. (photo credit: AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
July 13, 2017, 8:48 am
Earth already in midst of next mass extinction, scientists warn
Human overpopulation and over-consumption leading planet and its inhabitants to catastrophe faster than previously thought, study claims
By Sue Surkes
Researchers from the Interuniversity Institute for Marine Sciences in the southern Israeli resort city of Eilat monitor coral growth while scuba diving on June 12, 2017 in the Red Sea off Eilat. (AFP PHOTO / MENAHEM KAHANA)
June 21, 2017, 10:51 am
Gulf of Eilat corals probed for secret to surviving global warming
Colorful marine life, seemingly impervious to high temperatures, may be longest to survive significant climate change
By Jonah Mandel
European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker speaks at the EU Headquarters in Brussels on June 24, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / JOHN THYS)
June 1, 2017, 8:27 am
Europe must stand up to Trump over climate deal — EU leader
‘It takes three to four years’ to pull out of Paris agreement, and climate change is neither ‘fake news’ nor ‘fairy tale,’ says Juncker
By LORNE COOK
Rabbi Marc Soloway hugs a baby goat named Sheleg at the Jewish Community co-op farm near his synagogue in Boulder, Colorado on April 10, 2014. (Photo By Helen H. Richardson/ The Denver Post)
April 22, 2017, 2:24 pm
The 12 Jews who are leading the green movement
Whether they’re demonstrating or making coffee with sustainably-raised goats’ milk, Jewish environmental advocates have plenty to kvell about on Saturday’s Earth Day
By Rich Tenorio
French electronic music pioneer Jean-Michel Jarre speaks during an interview as he prepares for his upcoming concert to publicise the plight of the shrinking Dead Sea at the ancient clifftop fortress of Massada, on April 2, 2017. (Menahem Kahana/AFP)
April 3, 2017, 7:22 pm
Electro music pioneer targets Trump with Dead Sea show
Jean-Michel Jarre wants to highlight US president’s anti-environmental policies at body of water experts predict will dry out by 2050
By Michael Blum
Delegates arrive for a Major Economies Forum meeting at the COP22 climate change conference in Marrakech, Morocco, on November 16, 2016. (AFP/ POOL / Mark RALSTON)
November 17, 2016, 2:00 pm
Israel, Palestinians trade barbs at environment confab in Morocco
PA prime minister accuses Israeli of methodically ‘pillaging resources’; Israeli minister Elkin calls claims ‘completely untrue’
By Sue Surkes
People swim in the salty waters of the Dead Sea, from Jordan to Israel, arriving at Ein Gedi, Israel, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2016. Swimmers from around the world plunged into the salty waters of the Dead Sea in a bid to draw attention to its environmental degradation. Wearing protective masks and snorkels, 25 swimmers paddled through the muddy water to attempt the 10-mile (17-kilometer) swim from Jordan to Israel. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
November 16, 2016, 2:45 am
Swimmers prove their salt in 7-hour crawl across shrinking Dead Sea
Using protective masks and snorkels, multinational activists complete ‘historic and iconic’ journey in ‘global call to save this amazing sea’
By Video by Iacopo Luzi
Swimmers attempt a seven-hour swim across the Dead Sea in from Jordan to Israel a bid to draw attention to its environmental degradation on November 15, 2016. (EcoPeace Middle East)
November 15, 2016, 2:21 pm
Swimmers attempt 7-hour crawl across shrinking Dead Sea
Wearing protective masks and snorkels, participants embark on ‘historic and iconic’ attempt to highlight lake’s environmental degradation
By Sam McNeil and Video by Iacopo Luzi
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