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Antisocial and unsustainable - and unaffordable? More and more Knesset Members are getting the point that Adam Teva V'Din has been making for the last two years. After our court case caused the cabinet to extend committee review period, the government is now taking time out because of opposition and disputes from within. Cabinet review will recommence April 1, and the special planning reform committee will continue working on the bill only on April 30, after the Passover recess.

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.

Adam Teva V'Din and the Coalition for Public Health have petitioned the High Court of Justice to compel the government to confirm the national air quality program as required under the Clean Air Law (2008). "Ignoring the national program means the government is violating the law," says Amit Bracha, Adam Teva V'Din director.

The Environment Ministry has presented to the Knesset a bill providing a framework for cleaning up of contaminated soil and water at former industrial sites. The bill comes three years after Adam Teva V'Din launched the first legislative effort. Thousands of acres of toxic soil and groundwater need to be remediated before land can be used for new housing.

During one week in March 2011, three victories were notched up in the struggle to rid Israel of asbestos hazards: a new law was passed to end use of asbestos, the State launched the program to clean-up absestos waste, and we wound up our long-running court case that triggered both of these important steps.