Pollution
Jerusalem, Tel Aviv become the most polluted major cities in the world from dust, urban emissions
The Health Ministry and the Environmental Protection Ministry both issued warnings, advising all to avoid strenuous outdoor activities and close any open windows.
Israel braces for high air pollution as dust from North Africa impacts air quality
Israel’s infrastructure paradox: Innovation without environmental foundations - opinion
Hadera approves major coal reduction at Orot Rabin power station, pollution expected to drop
'Israel must shift from coal to gas to decrease air pollution fatalities'
Israel's Environmental Protection Ministry calls on the government to complete the shift from coal to gas on time.
Israel's biggest polluters: See who made the 'red list'
A new report identifies the most environmentally harmful factories in Israel.
'Air pollution to boost antibiotic-resistance deaths to 840k by 2050'
Antibiotic resistance from air pollution was already linked to an estimated 480,000 premature deaths in 2018.
Illegal Palestinian waste fire forces settler shop owners to stay indoors
"We woke up one morning" to "a big black thick pillar of smoke, no one can breathe."
Insects in danger: Air pollution harms bugs' ability to find food, reproduce - study
The report provides evidence that tiny particles originating from air pollution, especially from human-related sources, adhere to the sensory organs of insects.
Global boiling: How Israel urgently needs to adapt to climate change
"If we don't deal with [climate change], Israel will be a very unpleasant place to live in the next decade or two," Prof. Colin Price, head of Tel Aviv University's PlanNet Zero
Risk of fatal heart attack may double when the air is hot and dusty
The researchers estimated that about 2.8% of heart attack deaths could be attributed to the combination of extreme temperatures and high levels of fine particulate pollution.
Noise pollution danger is hard to hear, this is why Israel must take action
ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS: Hashiloni is the leader of a team of activists trying to ensure that the wind turbines are not erected close to his home further south.
Tar spill reported at nature reserve in Hadera
The Nature and Parks Authority stressed that tar pollution causes damage to protected natural assets, including animals and flora.
Levels of microplastics in the Mediterranean a threat to wildlife
A sea of plastic, the Mediterranean is the area of the world most at risk for endangered seabirds.
