Hadash: New oil standards are environmental risk

MK Dov Khenin (Hadash) blasted Energy and Water Minister Uzi Landau’s decision to authorize new oil and gas regulations. The regulations, which the ministry said will now require environmental certification for certain drillings, distinguish between “temporary drilling sites” and “commercial sites slated for production.” In Khenin’s opinion, however, the government should revamp the entire 1952…