Middle East/Environment

'There is nothing that can be done to stop this at the moment,' experts say about an epidemic that decimated the black sea urchin population

Iraq was once dubbed 'the country of 30 million palm trees,' but decades of conflict and failing public policies ravaged the national symbol

'We report and the feeling is that there is no response. The suffering is daily – you cannot play outside, do sports, or go on a walk'

Tremors felt throughout the Levant in Lebanon, Syria, and Israel

This is the fourth earthquake felt in Israel since the beginning of February

'What pushed wheat farming were the problems with the supply chains in the last couple of years due to the Covid pandemic and the Ukraine-Russia war'

In Israel, small earthquakes are a near constant in the north – a possible warning of things to come; for the Middle East, the threat is haunting

'We are no longer going to build any future power generation without carbon capture'

'Even though the world’s mangroves are declining due to natural and human challenges, Abu Dhabi has a different story to tell'

The complex will have 'lower waste and greenhouse gas emissions' than similar facilities around the world

First time in a century that endangered species reintroduced back into natural ranges

'I have taken a serious hit because of the pollution and the state's lack of interest in the environment'

600 Moroccan industrial companies will be supported by the new program

It's an important goal for both countries due to the ecological and touristic value of the site

Qat - a narcotic green leaf that dominates life in Yaman - can earn three times the revenue of any other crop

'Every year we send dates to the West Bank, this year Deir El-Balah hasn't got enough dates for Deir El-Balah'

'The climate is at the top of the State of Israel’s priorities'

Israel will promote itself as the 'Land of Alternative Milk, Alternative Honey, and Alternative Meat'

'Together, we will spur large-scale investment in new energy technologies... around the world,' says Hochstein

'Instead of paying landfill fees and polluting the soil, the waste may be recycled at a lower cost'

Babylon – an ancient Mesopotamian city on the Euphrates river once the center of a sprawling empire

'People are witnessing their fertile land and crops vanish year after year'

'We live on another planet. The state has completely forgotten us,' says a local farmer