Environmental Protection and Energy ministries trying to reach pre-election deal on renewable targets and whether Israel can move to almost total reliance on sun by 2050

Power-heavy cryptocurrency mining and a shortage of natural gas have been blamed for outages and pollution amid COVID crisis

Infrastructure Committee greenlights two gas plant projects that Steinitz opposes - Kesem and Meeting of Peace on the coastal plain

Environmental groups hope new index excluding oil and gas firms from TA-125 will help wean institutional investors off industries driving harmful climate change

As negotiations hit impasse, energy minister suggests meeting Michel Aoun in Europe to break deadlock following Twitter tiff

Leader insists his country's future is in Europe, as bloc weighs further sanctions on Ankara for searching for gas in Greek waters

Energy Minister Steinitz warns Lebanese demand for another 1,430 square kilometers could lead to 'dead end' that is harmful to region

Joint US-UN statement says hope remains negotiations will lead to 'long-awaited resolution' of dispute; another meeting said set for November 11

American diplomat David Schenker tells Lebanese president he hopes talks are wrapped up quickly with a positive outcome

In indirect talks hosted by UN and mediated by US, delegates from two sides will sit in the same tent but reportedly not talk to each other; both say no normalization in sight