Conservationists and local tribal groups, whose land the mining takes place on, objected to the project.
These statistics widen the gap between Israel and its international pledge to achieve a 27% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030.
A new study discovered that microplastics pollute the body in the same amounts as the natural environment
“The coffee latte you take with you from the kiosk on the corner now comes in paper cups... But that cup can also harm living organisms."
Israel's Environmental Protection Ministry calls on the government to complete the shift from coal to gas on time.
A new report identifies the most environmentally harmful factories in Israel.
Antibiotic resistance from air pollution was already linked to an estimated 480,000 premature deaths in 2018.
"We woke up one morning" to "a big black thick pillar of smoke, no one can breathe."
The report provides evidence that tiny particles originating from air pollution, especially from human-related sources, adhere to the sensory organs of insects.
"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
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