With the planet still warming at an unprecedented rate, the countries of the world are currently in a race against time to reduce their greenhouse gases (GHGs) emissions. During a recent international and virtual climate summit, attended by 40 world leaders, US President Joe Biden pledged to slash America’s GHG emissions by 50 percent below 2005 emissions levels by 2030. Canada, China, South Korea, Germany and France also announced similar plans and targets revolving around emission reductions, technological improvements, and transformations regarding infrastructure and economy.
Israel too has also stepped up its climate commitments and pledged similar goals regarding its own GHG emissions. In mid-April, Environmental Protection Minister Gila Gamliel announced The Climate Law, a bill that authorizes the reduction of GHG emission by at least 27 percent by 2030 and at least 85 percent by 2050 compared to 2015 emissions levels. According to the bill, priority targets include indust
Government-appointed committee recommends dismantling polluting industry posthaste and not later than 2031, freeing up massive swathes of land for residential and commercial use
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Apr. 23, 2021 6:04 AM
More than two months have passed since the severe oil spill in the Mediterranean Sea, which caused great damage to the offshore waters and the coasts of Israel and Lebanon. The washing ashore of lumps of tar is considered one of the major ecological disasters in Israel’s history. Those who purportedly bore direct guilt for the disaster were marked.
The Environmental Protection Ministry announced that the oil was ejected into the water from the Emerald, a pirate oil tanker of Libyan ownership, which had set out from the Persian Gulf. Environmental Protection Minister Gila Gamliel went so far as to declare that the incident was a case of “ecological terrorism,” an act originating in Iran that targeted Israel.
Israel protects two rare fish species in Mediterranean Environmental Protection Minister Gila Gamliel published a law amendment to protect the Goldblotch grouper fish and the dusky groupers, but marine life lovers say the measures are not enough to ensure the recovery of these species.
Marine life at a coral reef in the Red Sea waters off the coast of the southern port city of Eilat, Israel, Feb. 10, 2021.
April 19, 2021
Animal and marine life lovers welcomed last week a decision by Environmental Protection Minister Gila Gamliel concerning two rare fish species in the Mediterranean Sea. On April 12, Gamliel signed an amendment to the law permanently adding the Goldblotch grouper fish to Israel’s list of protected marine species. The amendment also added the dusky grouper fish to that list but only temporarily, for a period of one year. This second amendment prohibits hunting of the dusky grouper by undersea hunting rifles. If any dusky groupers are caught by default in