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Sue Surkes

Sue Surkes

Sue Surkes is The Times of Israel's environment reporter.
A woman checks the bill at a supermarket. (M Stock, iStock photos at Getty Images)
June 21, 2023, 1:51 pm
International review finds Israel can do more to donate surplus food to needy
Global Food Donation Policy Atlas report recommends more tax breaks, legislative support to help put to good use some of the 2.6 million tons of food lost or wasted annually
By Sue Surkes
Alison McLernon of WeFill. (Tamara Schipper)
June 20, 2023, 10:47 pm
Zero-waste company delivers dry groceries without throwaway packaging
WeFill is the brainchild of Northern Ireland-born Alison McLernon, who says she wants to help Israelis reduce their waste without wasting time seeking package-less products
By Sue Surkes
A waste dump visited by Environment Protection Ministry inspectors, June 2023. (Environmental Protection Ministry)
June 18, 2023, 11:12 pm
Ministry finds most electronic waste treatment sites are violating environment laws
Inspection follows March warning to scrapyards that they could face $180,000 fines if found to be working without the necessary equipment and facilities to minimize pollution
By Sue Surkes
Enlight Renewable Energy's Genesis Wind project on the Golan Heights in northern Israel, June 2023. (Yehuda Weinberg)
June 14, 2023, 1:34 am
Renewable energy company starts testing first of 39 wind turbines on Golan Heights
Genesis Wind, due to become operational in September, will be country’s biggest renewable energy provider, supplying sufficient green energy to power 70,000 homes a year
By Sue Surkes
Ernest Hollis looks for items at his granddaughter's house that was devastated by floodwaters, August 23, 2021, in Waverly, Tennessee. (AP Photo/John Amis)
June 13, 2023, 5:38 pm
Banks instructed on managing exposure to climate-related financial risks
Banks supervisor says the urgency of tackling the issue is rising
By Sue Surkes
FILE - A sign reading "fossil fuels out" is displayed during a demonstration at the COP27 UN Climate Summit, on November 12, 2022, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)
June 13, 2023, 3:21 pm
Investment houses ‘breaking promises’ to shun fossil fuels – report
After Altshuler Shaham and Migdal fall in Clean Money Forum’s quarterly index, Altshuler Shaham says: ‘Better to engage with companies for change them than to boycott them’
By Sue Surkes
A brush fire near Barta'a in the Wadi Ara region amid a heatwave, July 17, 2019. (Screenshot: Twitter)
June 11, 2023, 6:21 pm
Ministers again delay debate and vote on climate bill
Energy and finance ministries continue to insist on non-binding targets for global warming emissions cuts, while Environmental Protection Ministry demands mandatory goals
By Sue Surkes
Some of the 21 reptiles seized at Ben Gurion Airport in a joint operation by the Border Police, Customs and Excise Authority and Israel Nature and Parks Authority on June 10, 2023. (INPA)
June 11, 2023, 5:21 pm
Israeli caught at airport trying to smuggle reptiles into country
Haul of 21 creatures impounded at customs in joint op by Border Police, customs and Nature and Parks Authority
By Sue Surkes
A man checks a fuse box during a power outage. (Jovanmandic, iStock at Getty Images)
June 5, 2023, 12:34 pm
Recent heatwave’s power cuts underline failure to properly prepare for climate change
Malfunctions and poor planning led to outages for 300,000 Israelis in temperatures of over 40°C, as inefficiency and red tape hinder expansion, optimization of power grid
By Sue Surkes
Installing solar panels on a roof. (Elenathewise, iStock at Getty Images)
June 2, 2023, 8:56 pm
Switch to greener economy could generate 12,000 jobs, new research says
Growth in sectors such as waste recycling, repair services likely to have a particularly positive impact in Israel, according to paper prepared for annual Eli Hurvitz confab
By Sue Surkes
The Pacific Shrimp. (PilarMeca, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons)
June 1, 2023, 1:35 am
Israeli research finds cleaning shrimps’ stripes key to better whitening agents
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev scientists discover that crustaceans’ stripes are made of one of the thinnest and most efficient white materials in nature
By Sue Surkes
A traffic jam at the entrance to a gas station in Jerusalem, on March 11, 2022. (Jamal Awad/Flash90)
May 31, 2023, 6:52 pm
OECD slaps Israel with poor marks on environmental performance in new report
Country behind on climate targets, has increased subsidies for fossil fuels, has the lowest level of renewable energy in 38-member club, highest rate of threatened native mammals
By Sue Surkes
A view of the Dead Sea Works in southern Israel on February 2, 2018. (Issac Harari/Flash90)
May 30, 2023, 4:23 pm
State told to explain why it slashed NIS 65 million from Dead Sea Works water bill
High Court order represents latest stage in battle by nonprofits to get Idan Ofer’s mineral extraction company to pay for the water it uses
By Sue Surkes
Protesters rally against plans for the Kesem power station. 'This gas will kill us,' read the signs in yellow (YouTube screenshot)
May 30, 2023, 3:34 pm
Government greenlights 2 gas-fired power stations to meet electricity demands
Kesem plant earmarked for plot near Rosh Ha’ayin in the center of the country, while Dorad in the southern coastal city of Ashkelon will be expanded
By Sue Surkes
Dr. Aviad Scheinin, director of the Marine Apex Predator Lab at the Morris Kahn Marine Research Station at the Haifa University Charny School of Marine Sciences, looks for marine mammals during the Israel-UK survey of Israel's economic waters, in Spring 2022. (Elad Aybes, Greenpeace Israel)
May 29, 2023, 8:14 pm
New findings on deep sea whales, dolphins prompt call to stop Israel’s search for gas
First extensive exploration of Israel’s deep-sea economic waters by Israeli-UK team identifies two species of threatened whales that are sensitive to underwater noise
By Sue Surkes
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