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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
The muddy Ashalim stream flowing on Friday, June 30 2017 after acidic water leaked from a fertilizer plant nearby. (Environment Protection Ministry)
June 30, 2017, 11:13 pm
Acid leak threatens plants, wildlife in Judean Desert
Israel Nature and Parks Authority closes nature reserve, tells hikers to stay away; 'contamination will take years to clear,' says official
By TOI staff
May 2, 2017, 10:06 am
Blue and white going green
69 ways you can change your household practices to protect the Israel you love (instead of just singing about it)
By Helen Gottstein
Argentinian Minister of Environment and Sustainability, and ordained pulpit rabbi, Sergio Bergman. (Titu Becher)
May 1, 2017, 3:59 am
God helps those who help themselves, says Argentina’s rabbi environment minister
As head of the Ministry of Sustainable Development, Rabbi Sergio Bergman, a trained pharmacist, uses his science background to solve technical problems -- ethically
By Michelle Mendeluk
April 19, 2017, 2:51 pm
Freedom from fear in Haifa
Israeli scientists convinced the public of the risk of far more potentially explosive ammonia than the country uses
By Alon Tal
The ammonia storage tank in the northern city of Haifa. (Courtesy of Environmental Protection Ministry)
February 26, 2017, 4:01 pm
Haifa court to rule on closing ammonia tank by Wednesday
Demonstrators block roads, high schools cancel classes as judges decide whether to renew permit for hazardous facility
By TOI staff
The ammonia storage tank in the northern city of Haifa. (Courtesy of Environmental Protection Ministry)
February 26, 2017, 12:25 pm
Thousands protest ahead of ruling on Haifa ammonia tank
Demonstrators block roads, high schools cancel classes as judges decide whether to renew permit for hazardous facility
By TOI staff
The ammonia storage tank in the northern city of Haifa. (Courtesy of Environmental Protection Ministry)
February 22, 2017, 1:11 pm
Environment Ministry to close Haifa ammonia storage tank
Decision not to renew permit follows legal wrangling between company and city over potentially hazardous facility
By TOI staff
Cabinet members pose for a group picture during a special cabinet meeting at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, together with Jerusalem mayor Nir Barkat, on May 19, 2015. (Marc Israel Sellem/Flash90)
February 22, 2017, 6:34 am
Cabinet musical chairs continues after Netanyahu’s latest reshuffle
PM's resignation as communications minister sparks hope of promotion for at least one unsatisfied Likud colleague
By Raoul Wootliff
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