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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 466

Haifa Bay

A man sits overlooking the port of Haifa on September 24, 2024. (Jack GUEZ / AFP)
September 24, 2024, 5:13 pm
Despite rocket fire at Haifa, Israeli seaports operating as usual, authorities say
In letter, Port Authority says Israel’s ‘multi-layered security,’ including Iron Dome, keeps ships safe from Eilat to Ashdod and Haifa amid rocket and drone attacks
By Reuters and ToI Staff
A still image of Haifa Bay from footage of northern Israel claimed by Hezbollah to have been captured with a drone on an unspecified date and published on June 18, 2024. (Screenshot, X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
June 18, 2024, 6:06 pm
In open threat, Hezbollah publishes drone footage of sites in northern Israel
Terror group posts nearly 10 minutes of video, including shots of Haifa bay and sensitive military locations, as US envoy urges de-escalation in Beirut
By Emanuel Fabian
A section of the Saadia Stream that flows through the northern city of Haifa. (Haifa Municipality Spokesperson's Department)
June 18, 2024, 12:49 pm
State begins rehabilitation of polluted Haifa stream
Pumping station will divert pollutants from Saadia stream, which flows through northern city’s industrial area. But, says activist, it won’t solve winter sewage flow
By Sue Surkes
Plans envisage waterways flowing through neighborhoods in a rehabilitated Haifa Bay in northern Israel. (Yaar Architects/Israel Lands Authority)
May 24, 2024, 11:26 am
Inside the plan to turn Haifa’s befouled bay into a livable urban hub rivaling Tel Aviv
The Gateway to the Bay project will replace polluting factories and oil storage tanks with 130,000 new homes, walkable streets, beaches, parkland, canals and clean, green jobs
By Sue Surkes
View of the oil refineries and the industrial area of Haifa Bay, October 28, 2008. (Chen Leopold/Flash90)
September 29, 2022, 1:06 pm
Bazan Group indicted for pollution for 5th time in seven years
Israel’s biggest oil refinery and subsidiaries, fined nearly NIS 7.3 million for offenses over last 5 years, is now accused of 15 air pollution events at 10 facilities in 2017
By Sue Surkes
View of the oil refineries and the industrial area of Haifa Bay, October 28, 2008. (Chen Leopold/Flash90)
September 6, 2022, 6:10 pm
PM greenlights petrochemical company’s takeover of Israel’s biggest oil refinery
Although Lapid does not specify conditions, new owners tell Tel Aviv Stock Exchange they will cooperate fully on government plan to shut Haifa Bay facility in a decade
By Sue Surkes
File: View of Haifa's oil refineries and other industrial areas, on May 5, 2017. (Yaniv Nadav/Flash90/File)
September 5, 2022, 3:36 pm
Pressure mounts on PM to condition sale of oil refineries on shutdown within decade
Court approves billion-shekel debt settlement at public’s expense, while finance and energy ministers approve Bazan Oil Refineries takeover by Israel Petrochemical Enterprises
By Sue Surkes
View of the oil refineries in Haifa Bay, May 5, 2017. (Yaniv Nadav/Flash90/File)
August 2, 2022, 11:37 am
Study: Childhood exposure to Haifa pollution linked to increased cancer risk
Research analyzing data from 1967-2012 shows 6-17% greater risk of cancer for Haifa Bay residents exposed to high pollution levels in their youth
By ToI Staff
Factories in Haifa Bay. (Shay Levy / Flash90)
July 10, 2022, 6:27 pm
Environment Ministry files criminal charges against Bazan Group for air pollution
Indictment alleges that Carmel Olefins failed to properly use flare to burn gases, pumping nearly 100 tons of carbon monoxide, ethane, methane, ethylene and propane into the air
By Sue Surkes
Paramedics arrive at the scene of an accident at Haifa's industrial zone, March 16, 2022. (Magen David Adom)
March 16, 2022, 12:57 pm
Construction worker falls to his death in Haifa
Man plunges 6 meters from roof; poorly enforced safety codes make fatal work accidents a frequent occurrence in Israel
By ToI Staff
Haifa Bay's industrial area, May 5, 2017. (Yaniv Nadav/Flash90)
March 6, 2022, 5:37 pm
Cabinet unanimously votes to shut down Haifa Bay’s oil refineries
Ministers decide to end petrochemical activities within decade, promote national projects area; environmental groups slam government for lack of timetable and budget
By ToI Staff
An Israeli army flare illuminates the sky during searches after a military helicopter crashed off the coast of Haifa on the night of January 3, 2022. Inset: The two soldiers killed, Lt.-Col. Erez Sachyani (right) and Major Chen Fogel (Alon Nadav/Flash90; Israel Defense Forces)
January 3, 2022, 10:25 pm
Two pilots killed in IDF helicopter crash off Haifa coast
Two named as Lt. Col. Erez Sachyani and Maj. Chen Fogel; third soldier sustains moderate injuries; chopper brought down by malfunction, not attack
By Judah Ari Gross and ToI Staff
View of chimneys from a refinery in Haifa Bay. (Shay Levy/Flash90)
October 10, 2021, 4:55 pm
Bazan Group again fined for violating pollution permit in Haifa
Environmental Protection Ministry slaps NIS 895,000 fine on conglomerate, says Carmel Olefins factory didn’t heed rules on dealing with highly toxic naphtha leak that caused a fire
By Sue Surkes
Activists take part at a protest calling for the closure the oil refineries in the Haifa Bay in northern Israel, June 24, 2019. (Meir Vaknin/Flash90)
June 8, 2021, 10:22 pm
Panel reaffirms call to shut down Haifa Bay’s oil refineries within a decade
But in a sign of possible hurdles ahead, finance and energy ministries express reservations about the committee’s recommendations
By Sue Surkes
File: View of Haifa's oil refineries and other industrial areas, on May 5, 2017. (Yaniv Nadav/Flash90/File)
April 26, 2021, 10:24 pm
Panel recommends closure of Haifa’s Bay’s oil refineries within a decade
Committee under national economic adviser Avi Simhon wants shuttering of Bazan, Kiryat Haim oil storage facility and transfer of Haifa Chemicals to Negev
By Sue Surkes
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