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Is the public benefitting or is the State enabling corporate profit-making only? What needs to be done to make sure that all extraction of natural resources - including minerals from the Dead Sea - is done in a way that safeguards the environment for future generations?

Natural gas – the key to energy independence?

Israel’s got natural gas, lots of it. Large deposits of natural gas off Israel’s Mediterranean coast could produce energy self sufficiency for Israel for decades. The much celebrated discoveries come at a time when imports of natural gas from Egypt have ceased due to constant acts of sabotage of the pipeline. Economists estimate the offshore gas finds are worth more than $100 billion and could provide a significant boost to Israel’s GDP.However, this road to energy independence is a bumpy one: there are plenty of hazards to navigate carefully if the gas finds are to be a bonanza and not a bane.

16/07/2012

Dead Sea: Let It Live

Have you visited the Dead Sea? Floated in the salty waters opposite your hotel? Then you'll know that the Dead Sea is unique natural phenomenon and precious shared resource. But without legislative safeguards, long-term planning and decisive action, the Dead Sea will die. Adam Teva V'Din wants the State of Israel to do more to protect the Dead Sea, before it's too late.
1/03/2012

Preserving the coastline

Two-thirds of Israel's population lives in the highly urbanized central region, within ten miles of the beach. With population density rapidly increasing, the Mediterranean coastline has double value as public open spaces and a precious natural resource.

Energy treasure trove sparks natural resources row

A treasure trove potential of 24 trillion cubic feet of natural gas in the Tamar and Leviathan fields fifty miles off the coast of Haifa could provide Israel with 70 percent of its energy needs for the next twenty years. The discovery has sparked a bitter public row and the government, its advisors, gas entrepreneurs and public interest representatives are at loggerheads over the 'true value' of Israel's natural resources.

10/03/2011

Who wants an oil shales project?

We are waiting for our day in court when the Supreme Court sitting as the High Court of Justice will examine the validity of a license granted by the Ministry of Infrastructure to IEI to process oil shales in the Adullam Region. Touted by entrepreneurs as 'the way to Israel's energy independence', the project is meeting with strong opposition from the public and from environmentalists demonstrating this week in Jerusalem.
20/03/2012

Agreement reached on beach takeover

Residents of coastal village Michmoret reach agreement on restrcictions on private commercial events on the public beach.
3/08/2009
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