Pollution

Israel’s infrastructure paradox: Innovation without environmental foundations - opinion

Israel’s greatest environmental challenge is being a highly developed, innovative country with key infrastructure missing

|ByGALIT COHEN
Gaps in Israel’s grid capacity, public transport systems, waste treatment facilities, and regulatory frameworks mean that many innovations to improve the environment cannot be deployed at a meaningful scale.
A GENERAL view of Israel Electric Corp's Orot Rabin coal-fired power station is seen on the Mediterranean coast near the central town of Hadera April 24, 2013.

Hadera approves major coal reduction at Orot Rabin power station, pollution expected to drop

The reduction in coal dust pollution is expected to be significant, about 80% of current levels, and the monitoring will enable close oversight of emissions and pollutants.

|ByYUVAL BAGNO
The Yarkon River Authority establishing a monitoring system for pollution in the Yarkon River.

Advanced pollution monitoring begins in the Yarkon River

The Yarkon River Authority is establishing an advanced monitoring system to detect and track pollution in the Yarkon River, supporting smarter management and cleaner waterways.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Large quantities of plastic seen along the Dead Sea coastline.

The Dead Sea’s hidden plastic problem: A record of decades of waste - study

Plastic waste carried by flash floods has built up along the Dead Sea’s shrinking shore, creating natural rings that reveal decades of growing pollution.

|ByPESACH BENSON/TPS, OMER NOVOSELSKY/TPS

This week in Jerusalem: Born to be wild

A weekly round-up of city affairs.

MARCH 17, 2023ByPEGGY CIDOR
IS MYOPIA common among ultra-Orthodox students?

Israel among lowest air polluters in western Asia, Swiss research finds

Out of all the countries in the region, Israel ranked just behind the country of Georgia in terms of air pollution quality and dominated the least populated regional cities list.

MARCH 14, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
The unrecognized villages around Ramat Hovav which suffer from a high level of air pollution from nearby evaporation ponds of the chemicals and the IEC power plant. December 28, 2017.

Nile pollution poses existential threat to wildlife, major water supply

Heavy metal pollution poses a great danger to water and birds at the iconic Nile River Delta.

MARCH 10, 2023ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
Fisherman Mohamed Nasar, 59, uses his boat to collect plastic garbage from the Nile river for the NGO called VeryNile, three generations of Nassar's family are taking part in this environment friendly initiative in Giza, Egypt, October 19, 2022.

Plastic in Earth's oceans could triple by 2040, research warns

Experts said the study showed that the level of marine plastic pollution in the oceans has been underestimated.

MARCH 8, 2023ByREUTERS
‘THE PLASTIC plate and utensils are a symbol of modernity and the environmental destruction brought about by mankind through uncontrollable dumping and pollution.’

Which places on Earth have the highest levels of air pollution? - study

Researchers published a map showing how PM2.5 levels have changed around the world in past decades.

MARCH 7, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Earth as seen from space.

Israeli economy still dependent on fossil fuels – report

Israel's carbon emissions have fallen since 2015, but changes are not being made fast enough.

MARCH 1, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Tar pollution near the shore of Israel

More metals found in people’s blood in Haifa Bay than rest of Israel

The study suggests that this could be due to Haifa's high air pollution.

JANUARY 26, 2023ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
Macrophages, white blood cells

Are Israelis throwing their lives away with their plastic utensils?

ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS: The environmental impact of abolishing the single-use plastic tax could have Israelis paying with their lives.

JANUARY 20, 2023ByJOANIE MARGULIES
A WOMAN shops for disposable plastic tableware at an Osher Ad Supermarket branch in the Givat Shaul neighborhood of Jerusalem.

Human waste is an excellent substitute for polluting fertilizers, scientists find

Scientists in Germany found that urine and feces can be recycled for use as new fertilizers that are safe and productive.

JANUARY 17, 2023ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
Syrian migrant puts the fertilizer in the molding in Giza, Egypt November 3, 2022

Light pollution is killing desert rodents - study

The rodents that have been dying like flies are the diurnal golden spiny mouse, and the nocturnal common spiny mouse.

JANUARY 11, 2023ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
A mouse, illustrative image.