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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 431

Environmental Protection Ministry

A wheat field and a vineyard near Kibbutz Hulda, south central Israel, on April 13, 2024. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
Ministries working to get country’s 1st food security plan ready by end of April
By Sue Surkes
Agriculture Ministry budget cuts overshadow ambitious plan to grow more local produce, move Israelis to healthy Mediterranean diet
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
A wheat field and a vineyard near Kibbutz Hulda, south central Israel, on April 13, 2024. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
December 5, 2024, 8:18 am
Ministries working to get country’s 1st food security plan ready by end of April
Agriculture Ministry budget cuts overshadow ambitious plan to grow more local produce, move Israelis to healthy Mediterranean diet
By Sue Surkes
Aerial view of hotel complexes in Ein Bokek, at the Dead Sea, in March 2021. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
September 17, 2024, 10:50 am
Government proposes more taxes, stricter regulations for Dead Sea mineral extraction
Ministries of finance and environment, Tax Authority release for public comment draft franchise for Dead Sea Works, whose current franchise runs out in 2030
By Sue Surkes
Smoke and fire caused by rockets and drones fired from Lebanon, in the northern town of Katzrin, July 4, 2024 (Michael Giladi/Flash90)
August 29, 2024, 11:44 am
146 square kilometers of vegetation scorched in north since October 7 — study
Environment ministry says 145,000 tons of dry vegetation went up in flames between October 7 and July 30, much of it caused by rocket fire from Lebanon and Gaza
By Sue Surkes
Illustrative: Mosquitoes cling to the inside of a jar loaded with repellent during a test as part of a tour of the Centers for Disease Control laboratory, April 4, 2024, in Fort Collins, Colorado. (David Zalubowski/AP)
August 16, 2024, 10:25 am
West Nile cases surge in Israel as infected mosquitos spread to new cities
More than 800 reported cases mark worst outbreak of disease in Israel in more than two decades, as virus tracked to Rehovot, Modiin
By ToI Staff and Diana Bletter
A waste dump visited by Environment Protection Ministry inspectors, June 2023. (Environmental Protection Ministry)
August 7, 2024, 4:11 pm
Court allows electronic waste corporation to continue working for time being
District Court rules Ecommunity can continue serving 125 local authorities until hearing is held on Environment Ministry’s sudden decision to withdraw recognition
By Sue Surkes
Leket Israel volunteers gather near the Gaza border to help farmers, on March 11, 2024. (Leket Israel)
July 30, 2024, 6:37 am
Food waste cost economy NIS 1 billion during first six months of war — study
Lack of access and reduction in farmhands caused shortages that saw vegetables prices rise 18% and fruit prices 12%, says paper calling for more support for local growers
By Sue Surkes
View of the Orot Rabin power plant at Sdot Yam beach, central Israel, April 11, 2023. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
July 21, 2024, 7:20 pm
Just 25% of planned steps to cut emissions completed by ministries – report
Environmental Protection Ministry’s annual update on implementation of 241 policy measures is latest in string of reports slamming government’s inaction on climate change
By Sue Surkes
Logan Feeney pours a PFAS water sample into a container for research, April 10, 2024, at a US Environmental Protection Agency lab in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)
July 3, 2024, 11:57 am
Harmful ‘forever chemicals’ found in factories, landfill, treatment plants, streams
In wake of High Court petition by green group, ministry publishes results of PFAS sampling, draft of PFAS regulations for hazardous waste permits
By Sue Surkes
A worker from the Israel Electric Corporation seen repairing a power line, August 29, 2020. (Yossi Aloni/FLASH90)
June 25, 2024, 4:02 am
As war with Hezbollah looms, concerns over vulnerability of power grid generate unease
Experts say Israel’s energy supply is susceptible to attack; with nation ill-prepared for long blackouts, many are rushing for diesel generators, though sunnier options exist
By Sue Surkes
Salt formations on the southern coast of the Dead Sea, with the abandoned P88 pumping station in the background, and Masada on the horizon, May 28, 2024. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel)
June 21, 2024, 12:34 pm
Geologists press Dead Sea Works to prevent creation of salt mountain ‘as tall as Masada’
Company said examining alternatives for disposal of mineral extraction byproduct as state’s Geological Survey pins hopes on developing beauty spot for new tourism plan
By Sue Surkes
Illustrative: Mosquitoes cling to the inside of a jar loaded with repellent during a test as part of a tour of the Centers for Disease Control laboratory, April 4, 2024, in Fort Collins, Colorado. (David Zalubowski/AP)
June 18, 2024, 11:29 am
7 hospitalized in Tel Aviv area with West Nile fever; 2 in serious condition
Virus can be dangerous for older people; Health Ministry says no indication morbidity has spiked, Environmental Protection Ministry says it has not located carrier mosquitos
By Stuart Winer
An oil tanker docks at the Europe Asia Pipeline Company port in Eilat in southern Israel, on May 4, 2021. (Shmulik Taggar)
May 30, 2024, 10:11 pm
Israel aims to boost Red Sea oil deliveries despite environmental risks
Government seeks to shore up economy amid wartime constraints; Eilat mayor, environmental regulators opposed, citing coral reef, history of oil spills
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Salt formations and sinkholes at the Dead Sea, southern Israel, May 2, 2023. (Mendy Hechtman/Flash90)
May 29, 2024, 6:17 pm
Environment Ministry unveils old-new plan to slow demise of Dead Sea
Subject to Israeli and Jordanian approval, project would desalinate Mediterranean seawater using hydroelectricity, sell drinking water to Jordan and channel brine to Dead Sea
By Sue Surkes
A swallowtail butterfly on a Salvia viridis plant. (Avner Rinot, Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel)
May 22, 2024, 4:56 pm
World Biodiversity Day report: Israel’s butterflies, birds, reptiles in serious decline
Israel’s habitat loss and fragmentation, pollution, invasive species, overexploitation of natural resources and rising temperatures blamed in 2023 State of Nature review
By Sue Surkes
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