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Sue Surkes
Sue Surkes is The Times of Israel's environment reporter.
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March 3, 2021, 6:54 pm
After surviving marine oil spill, young turtles heal with fish, mayo and love
21 sea turtles were brought to the National Sea Turtle Rescue Center, but most were already dead from tar; now the lucky remaining 6 are recovering alongside other injured turtles
By
Sue Surkes
March 3, 2021, 10:40 am
As tar keeps coming, Environment and Finance ministries spar over funds
Knesset committee chair warns that in a future pollution disaster, ‘we won’t have water to drink and our children won’t be able to bathe in the sea for decades’
By
Sue Surkes
March 1, 2021, 7:03 pm
Israel rules out 12 of 35 vessels suspected in oil spill
Environment minister says disaster is a case of ‘malice’ on part of ship owner with ‘no compassion,’ demands government reconsider plan to increase crude shipments via Israel
By
Sue Surkes
March 1, 2021, 2:15 pm
11 days after start of coastal disaster, Environment Ministry calls for help
As more tar washes up on beaches, ministry seeks companies that can map contamination, establish cleanup priorities, offer ways to help to get hard-to-remove tar off rocks
By
Sue Surkes
February 28, 2021, 7:53 pm
Satellite images of oil slicks off coast show recent spill far from a one-off
Greenpeace says spillages are ‘a stain on the government’ for consistently ignoring calls to monitor and prepare for toxic pollution
By
Sue Surkes
February 28, 2021, 7:31 pm
As more tar sweeps beaches, nature authority says sand will never be 100% clean
Environmental advocacy body Adam Teva V’Din calls on Environment Ministry to update public ‘in real time’ and ‘with maximum transparency’
By
Sue Surkes
February 28, 2021, 1:24 pm
Greek tanker cleared of suspicion for oil spill that polluted Israel’s beaches
Environmental Protection Ministry team checks Minerva Helen in Piraeus port, eliminates it from list of dozens of tankers under investigation for massive tar contamination
By
Sue Surkes
February 27, 2021, 12:37 pm
After a week of clean-up efforts, tar still ‘everywhere’ on Israel’s beaches
From large patches clinging to algae to tiny droplets in the sand, the dark, sticky material is defying painstaking efforts to decontaminate almost the entire coastline
By
Sue Surkes
February 23, 2021, 8:45 pm
Government allocates NIS 45 million to clean up tar-polluted beaches
Funds bugeted to deal with contamination caused by offshore oil spill that has shuttered most of Israel’s Mediterranean coast; Haifa court drops media gag order on spill probe
By
Sue Surkes
February 23, 2021, 1:22 pm
Greek tanker suspected in oil spill that polluted Israeli beaches
Kan news says that the Minerva Helen, said to be involved in major oil spill near Copenhagen in 2008, is under investigation; shipping company denies involvement in both incidents
By
Sue Surkes
February 22, 2021, 10:27 pm
Long battle ahead to rid beaches of tar, senior official says after flyover
Shaul Goldstein, director of the Israel Nature and Parks Authority, says sand looking better on many northern beaches, but rocks still highly contaminated after oil spill offshore
By
Sue Surkes
February 22, 2021, 1:00 pm
In surprise move, court slaps 7-day gag order on probe into oil spill disaster
Media barred from publishing details of investigation; some local councils halt cleanup, citing lack of money from Treasury; Environment Ministry due to submit proposal for funds
By
Sue Surkes
February 22, 2021, 12:00 pm
Environment minister joins other lawmakers in pitching for animal lovers’ votes
At conference organized by animal welfare groups, MKs from seven parties and a candidate for an eighth call for an end to live shipments of cattle, caging of poultry
By
Sue Surkes
February 22, 2021, 6:39 am
Tarred and shuttered: Anatomy of the oil disaster that closed Israel’s beaches
Experts call the spill Israel’s worst beach contamination in memory, and they fear much marine life has been wiped out. Nobody can say how long recovery will take
By
Sue Surkes
February 21, 2021, 4:26 pm
After oil spill, Environment Ministry to pursue funding pledged 12 years ago
Implementation of 2008 government decision to create plan for national response to spills was stymied at the time by Treasury
By
Sue Surkes
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