Posts Tagged ‘dead sea’

Jordan to Build Canal Connecting the Dead Sea with the Red Sea

Jordan is planning on building a companion piece to the Red-Dead Canal while the World Bank study is on-going. In its place is a Jordan-only proposed desalination plant in Aqaba that will pump saline brine into the Dead Sea.

A New Israeli Leader: but Can She Address Environmental Issues

With the recent election of Tzipi Livni to the leadership of Israel’s Kadima Party (the leading party in Israel’s ruling coalition), she has the opportunity to become Israel’s first female Prime Minister since Golda Meir and its second ever.

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