Philip's posts with tag: environment
May 29, '08 
The Hoopoe has pale reddish-brown plumage with distinct black and white stripes on wings and tail. The beak is thin, very long, and slightly bent to the ground. It builds its nests in holes that it finds in trees, walls and even on the ground.
(IsraelNN.com) The Hoopoe sunbird was voted as Israel's national bird following a nationwide vote among soldiers and students. It won more than one-third of the votes, and the result was ceremoniously announced Thursday by President Shimon Peres. The fate of the lark hoopoe is in danger, according to the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel (SPNI). It cites agriculture and development in the Negev as endangering the species.
Link: http://ilenvironment.multiply.com/journal/item/28 by jpost.com April 27, 2008
The water level in the Sea of Galilee, Israel’s largest reservoir and freshwater source, has dropped by six centimeters (2.36 inches) over the Passover holiday, the Water Authority announced.
"...Israeli-Jordanian Peace Treaty.... ... the Kinneret will disappear in a generation."
November 7, '07 ( IsraelNN.com) The pro-Israel community is "slumbering as Israel drunkenly stumbles toward the abyss" of the planned Annapolis, Maryland conference, in the words of Steve Goldberg, the national vice president of the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA). He warned that the Olmert administration is preparing to retreat "with only minor modifications to what Abba Eban called the Auschwitz borders of 1967." Goldberg blamed the Bush administration, Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Ehud Olmert for "the scripted scenario of Israel's surrender." Goldberg added, "History teaches that the only result worse than the failure of the Annapolis summit would be its success."
| Tuesday, October 23, 2007 by Staff Writer Peres to turn 'President House' into green zone (israeltoday.co.il) Israeli President Shimon Peres has embarked on a mission to transform his official residence in Jerusalem into an environmentally-friendly compound.
|  Google Solar Carport | | | An Israeli company specializing in solar power has been contracted by Peres' office to install a system that will eventually provide Jerusalem's "President House" with clean electricity. Most of the power will be supplied by solar panels installed over the large car port adjacent to the residence.
The first target of the advanced solar system will be the large heating and air conditioning needs of the landmark house.
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