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Government ignores national air quality program

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.

Time to clean up toxic sites!

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.

PRTR - managing toxic chemicals

Our legislative proposal is the next crucial milestone towards building a regulatory framework for safeguarding the public from hazards arising from exposure to toxic chemicals.

Housing protests highlight planning problems

Will the government's fast-tracking housing bill help anyone get a new home faster and cheaper?

18/07/2011

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Recycling conference brings stakeholders together

IUED's 3rd annual recycling conference had over 350 recycling stakeholders come together to debate, negotiate and agree on how best to implement the new Packaging Law

6/07/2011

High Court decides: Hearing to be held on oil shales venture

The High Court of Justice has decided that a panel of three judges will hear a petition filed by IUED against the controversial oil shale project at Adullam. The IUED petition, filed last August, requests that the Court revoke the license granted by the Ministry of Infrastructure to IEI to process oil shales in the Adullam Region. The license permits the company to heat the subsurface rock in Adullam to temperatures of 300 to 350 degrees Celsius for several years, to pump the gases emitted from the heating process, and to transform those gases to oil.

30/05/2011

Asbestos - on its way out

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.

Packaging Law - a giant leap forward for recycling in Israel

Israel is taking giant leap forward with a brand new recycling law: the Packaging Waste Reduction Law (2011). The law comes into force in July 2011 and is expected to stimulate 20-50,000 new jobs while reducing drastically the million tons of glass, paper, carton, plastic and metal packaging that is buried in Israel's landfills every year.

24/03/2011