Funds bugeted to deal with contamination caused by offshore oil spill that has shuttered most of Israel's Mediterranean coast; Haifa court drops media gag order on spill probe

Experts call the spill Israel's worst beach contamination in memory, and they fear much marine life has been wiped out. Nobody can say how long recovery will take

Implementation of 2008 government decision to create plan for national response to spills was stymied at the time by Treasury

Dozens of tons of pollutant said spilled at sea in what expert warns could be worst environmental disaster in decades; 100 miles of coast affected; widespread death of wildlife

Israel Nature and Parks Authority calls on volunteers to stay away as investigation underway into spill, which may have led to 17-meter fin whale washing ashore

Gila Gamliel says pollution off coast is of a 'magnitude we have not seen in years,' vows to find those responsible, after 17-meter fin whale washed up dead on beach

Other dead creatures also wash up; Parks Authority chief urges Environmental Protection Ministry investigation into those responsible for the pollution

Company, managers also charged for giving workers poison in baby formula boxes; two toddlers who touched toxins unharmed

Project aims to help local authorities control mosquito populations without harming rich biodiversity found in some aquatic ecosystems

Households will get financial incentives to separate organic waste into brown containers, all dry waste into orange ones and non-recyclable trash into green bins