Sharona Shnayder grew up in Africa and the US before moving to her dad's native Israel. Along the way she started Tuesdays for Trash, a grassroots effort now seen in 23 countries

Marine Protection Unit says state pipeline company continues to disregard environmental concerns, presents inadequate risk survey for second time

As many perform a Rosh Hashanah ritual in which last year's sins are symbolically cast onto the water, Reverse Tashlich participants make amends by cleaning litter from waterfronts

Criminal investigation going on to identify cause of small suspected leak into sea and air, as Gadiv petrochemical company loaded benzene onto tanker for export

Scientific expedition to boost conservation efforts was to see collaboration with Sudan; but mission will now wait another year after boat hit a reef passing the Straits of Tiran

Fleur de Passion, which left Eilat on Tuesday, hit a reef early Wednesday, forcing Egyptian navy to evacuate scientists and crew to Sharm el-Sheikh

Multi-national mission will spend four summers in unprecedented project to assess health of Red Sea's threatened reefs, all on a boat originally built by the Nazis to lay mines

Bar-Ilan University researchers covered two buildings in greenery and left another bare in what they say is the first serious study of live plants' climate-regulating benefits

Organizations warn that massive environmental disaster may result from secretive plan by Israel state company and binational consortium to channel Gulf oil to Europe via Israel

Eco-activities to be held across the country on Friday through next week at beaches, urban nature spots, projects and sites where preservation campaigns are being waged