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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 625

Environmental Protection Ministry

Food rescued by the Leket organization. (Courtesy)
March 31, 2025, 8:35 am
Annual food waste amounts to thousands of shekels per household – report
Leket Israel survey finds nearly half of food lost in 2023 was edible, could have fully met country’s nutritional needs
By Sue Surkes
The Ashdod oil refinery in 2014. (Ilan Malster)
March 27, 2025, 6:41 pm
Oil refineries, phosphate mines, perform worst on environmental impact index
12th annual index scores environment risk posed by 125 large industrial plants belonging to 46 public and government companies
By Sue Surkes
The Dead Sea Works in southern Israel, December 7, 2012. (Doron Horowitz/Flash 90)
March 11, 2025, 4:00 pm
State has failed for years to properly manage Dead Sea Works — Comptroller report
Report maps failure by multiple ministries and government agencies to regulate, supervise, and charge for the mining of minerals that belong to the public
By Sue Surkes
A lionfish hides behind a rock as researchers monitor the Mediterranean Sea. (Guy Ra'anan and Mikey Bar-Adon)
January 28, 2025, 10:28 am
The Eastern Mediterranean is heating twice as fast as the global average – report
Research finds sea level rising almost 40% faster than global average, water is saltier, and invasive species comprise more than half the prey caught in sampling nets
By Sue Surkes
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
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