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Agricultural waste. (Matauw, iStock by Getty Images)
December 5, 2024, 10:22 am
Israel to get 1st facility to recycle organic waste, produce gas and fertilizer
Discount Bank, environment ministry to fund plant near Gaza border that will use sealed containers of microbes to break down 200 tons of household and agricultural waste annually
By Sue Surkes
Protesters march to the President's Residence in Jerusalem on April 2, 2024 (Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
April 3, 2024, 3:13 pm
Daily Briefing Apr. 3: Day 180 – Knesset protests, Haredi draft and maybe Israeli cocoa
Political correspondent Sam Sokol looks at anti-government protests, yeshivas and the army; reporter Sue Surkes discusses comptroller’s environment report and a possible new crop
By ToI Staff
Shoshanna Harari plays a harp in the ruins of her harp-making factory after a forest fire, Moshav Ramat Raziel, near Jerusalem, August 18, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 4, 2024, 4:48 pm
Climate change will be here long after the war, but the leadership is neglecting it
CEO of environmental advocacy organization Adam Teva V’Din says that one year in, the current government is the ‘worst for the environment in Israel’s history’
By Sue Surkes
IDF reserve units guard a kibbutz near the Syrian border in the northern Golan Heights on October 8, 2023 (Photo by Michael Giladi/Flash90)
December 29, 2023, 12:12 pm
Daily Briefing Dec. 29: Day 84 – Reservists demand aid as gov’t delays their retirement
Political reporter Sam Sokol discusses reservists as Knesset temporarily extends service age; environmental reporter Sue Surkes looks at COP28 + Israel’s environmental progress
By ToI Staff
A traffic jam at the entrance to a gas station in Jerusalem, on March 11, 2022. (Jamal Awad/Flash90)
May 31, 2023, 6:52 pm
OECD slaps Israel with poor marks on environmental performance in new report
Country behind on climate targets, has increased subsidies for fossil fuels, has the lowest level of renewable energy in 38-member club, highest rate of threatened native mammals
By Sue Surkes
MK Alon Tal attends an Education, Culture, and Sports Committee meeting in the Israeli parliament ahead of the opening of the new school year, August 16, 2022. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)
September 6, 2022, 11:04 am
Green groups press Gantz to give MK Alon Tal realistic spot on electoral slate
Veteran environmental campaigner, who slipped into current Knesset under Norwegian law, is in unrealistic 24th spot on list to be released Tuesday
By Sue Surkes
Illustrative. A Boeing 747 El Al plane. (Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)
September 5, 2022, 3:03 am
Israel to ban jumbo jets from Ben Gurion airport to cut noise, pollution
Reform set to come into effect in March 2023, though it will only affect cargo carriers as no passenger airlines currently fly 747s, A340s or A380s to Tel Aviv
By Tobias Siegal
View of salt formations on the Dead Sea shore, October 30, 2021.(Mila Aviv/Flash90)
June 20, 2022, 4:49 pm
Authorities urged to act immediately to stabilize Dead Sea levels
In draft policy paper, Environment Ministry proposes limiting industrial pumping and charging for it, seeking regional deal to allow more water for Jordan River
By Sue Surkes
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