Energy minister tells PM she will plan for cabinet approval on Sunday to ease regulations for solar panels, exempt renewable technologies from import tax
Proposals include expanding right of businesses to appeal; advocacy group urges, 'Don't let bureaucratic simplification water down environmental demands'
Tamar Zandberg says proposal in Economic Arrangements Bill will leave ministry with 'responsibility but no authority,' posing risk to public health, environment
Over-regulation weighs down growth, productivity, report says, calling for new regulatory authority; cutting down rules could generate up to NIS 100 billion for economy
Activists warn that moves to 'strike balance' between economic costs, health benefits of limiting pollution and toxic substances will set back public's protection 'by decades'
Dr. Sinaia Netanyahu, formerly of the Environmental Protection Ministry, slams apparent attempts by Prime Minister's Office to inject economic considerations into ecological policy
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