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An oil spill in the Arava area of southern Israel, on December 4, 2014. (Nature and Parks Authority)
October 31, 2018, 8:03 pm
Damages from massive 2014 oil spill amount to NIS 281 million
Environmental Protection Ministry says criminal probe being conducted on ruptured pipeline that caused massive ecological disaster in south
By TOI staff
Illustrative image of a mosquito biting through skin. (iStock by Getty Images/nechaev-kon)
August 22, 2018, 6:36 pm
68 hospitalized with West Nile fever; teenager in critical condition
Health Ministry records twice as many cases as last year; tests confirm mosquitoes carrying disease found in coastal regions
By TOI staff
The Tamar gas rig, located 23 kilometers (14 miles) west of the city of Haifa in northern Israel. (AP/Albatross Aerial Perspective)
August 14, 2018, 9:54 pm
Energy Ministry agrees on role for public in supervising natural gas
As protests continue against location of gas platform 10 km from shore, ministry green lights new monitoring body. Ministry research director: Rig poses lower risk than tankers
By Sue Surkes
Workers seen on the Tamar natural gas processing platform, 23 km off the southern coast of Ashkelon., October 11, 2013. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
August 10, 2018, 12:47 pm
State Comptroller probing why gas platform being built close to Israeli coast
As protests grow, watchdog opens inquiry into government’s use of security argument to justify putting Leviathan processing facility only 10 km from shore, rather than out at sea
By Sue Surkes
A sandfly (CC BY-SA Commander Applebery/Flickr)
July 19, 2018, 12:02 pm
Disease-spreading flies torment West Bank, northern Israel
Local authorities concerned by growing number of cases of leishmaniasis, caused by a parasite borne by sandflies and resulting in open sores, skin lesions
By TOI staff
A supermakert worker bagging groceries in plastic bags at the Rami Levi supermarket in Talpiot, Jerusalem, September 3, 2013. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 15, 2018, 4:36 pm
Supermarket plastic bag use down 80% in 2017, saving over 7,000 tons of plastic
Environmental protection minister hails reduction in waste as a result of law mandating charge for single-use bags
By TOI staff
Emanuele Giaufret
June 22, 2018, 3:40 pm
Emanuele Giaufret
There’s no Planet B
All countries must support long-term structural change in energy systems worldwide
A lag B'Omer bonfire in Jerusalem on May 25, 2016. (Zack Wajsgras/Flash90)
May 2, 2018, 3:47 pm
Fire service bans some Lag B’Omer bonfires due to dry conditions
Large section of Carmel region covered by ban; Education Ministry cancels approval for fire events; municipalities call on public not to light pyres
By Stuart Winer
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt attends a meeting with state and local officials and President Donald Trump about infrastructure in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington on February 12, 2018. (AP/Carolyn Kaster)
February 19, 2018, 12:48 am
EPA chief Pruitt postpones Israel trip amid scrutiny over travel costs
US environmental protection head has come under fire for first-class seating and security detail to protect from ‘toxic’ political environment
By AP
A view of the ammonia tank in Haifa on June 30, 2017. (Flash90)
July 18, 2017, 10:20 pm
Watchdog says ministry head illegally helped Haifa ammonia plant
State Comptroller accuses Israel Danziger of breaking conflict of interest rules during search for new location for Haifa Chemicals storage tank
By TOI staff
A dead ibex found near the Ashalim stream after a massive acid waste spill on June 30, 2017. (Mark Katz/Nature and Parks Authority)
July 16, 2017, 5:42 pm
Dead Sea acid spill has turned popular hike route into long-term disaster zone
Despite ongoing 24-hour-a-day cleanup, the Arava’s Ashalim stream will take years to rehabilitate after toxic sludge deluge
By Melanie Lidman
A dead ibex found in Nahal Ashalim on July 15, 2017. (Nature and Parks Authority)
July 15, 2017, 7:02 pm
2 more rare ibexes found dead after massive acid spill
Nature Authority says 8 of the 26 creatures living in the Judean desert have died since spill two weeks ago into Nahal Ashalim
By TOI staff
Untended camels rounded up in the south of Israel on July 9, 2017. (Agriculture Ministry)
July 10, 2017, 12:09 am
Israel rounds up traffic-stopping stray camels
30 animals, which had been left to roam near roads, were treated by a vet, vaccinated, and returned to their owners, with a fine
By TOI staff
View of chimneys from a refinery in Haifa Bay (Photo credit: Shay Levy/Flash90)
July 5, 2017, 5:10 am
Haifa’s Oil Refineries tops worst environmental offenders list
Environment Protection Ministry says its annual review seeks to increase transparency for investors and the general public
By Stuart Winer
The muddy Ashalim stream flowing on Friday, June 30 2017 after acidic water leaked from a fertilizer plant nearby. (Environment Protection Ministry)
July 2, 2017, 2:11 pm
Ministry considers criminal probe over Negev acid waste spill
Parks authority ecologist warns it could take weeks before Nahal Ashalim is safe for visitors, years to fully rehabilitate wildlife
By Stuart Winer and TOI staff
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