Residents of Haifa demonstrating against pollution in their city.

MK Khenin: Unreasonable Concentration of Polluting Industries in Haifa Bay Area

The privatized Israel Oil Refineries Ltd. remains the country’s worst polluter, according to an Environmental Protection Ministry report released Monday night, October 26. The ministry unveiled the data, which includes a survey of 507 factories and their emissions levels, among other information, in its 2014 Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (PRTR). For the second consecutive…

Thousands of Israelis flooded Tel-Aviv streets on Saturday night, June 27, to oppose the gas deal approved by the cabinet.

US Ambassador Presses Joint List MKs on Gas Deal Vote

US Ambassador to Israel, Dan Shapiro, has been trying to persuade Knesset members of the opposition Joint List to abstain or absent themselves from a Knesset vote advancing a controversial plan to develop Israel’s natural gas reserves, Haaretz and “Kol Israel” (Israel Radio) reported Tuesday. A “yes” vote would allow the cabinet to implement its…