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Israel moves to reduce industrial greenhouse gas emissions

Ahead of the COP27 climate summit in Egypt next month, the Israeli government is focused on reducing greenhouse emissions within the industrial sector.
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Israel is in high gear preparing for the COP27 climate summit that will take place in Egypt's Sharm al-Sheikh next month. The current government has made battling climate change one of its main priorities, though environmental organizations say that Israel is still far from fulfilling its commitments on reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

As part of these efforts, the Ministry of Environmental Protection published a report Sept. 28 that examined the technical and economic feasibilities of replacing petroleum distillates (fuel oil and LPG) with cleaner and more efficient technologies in industry.

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