Watchdog

Back in 1991, Adam Teva V’Din’s founders committed to using law and science to protect Israel’s environment against harm.

We’ve upheld that commitment by challenging any agency – government or business – whose actions directly and negatively impact on the environment. In many cases, we’ve succeeded in applying the standard of reasonableness to our legal interventions.

It’s the principle behind our record of suing Israel’s largest industrial conglomerates and most powerful government agencies.

Our struggle to safeguard the environmental rights of all Israelis, to protect our water, air and land resources continues, whenever and wherever it’s needed.

Like all watchdogs, we are always on guard.

Adam Teva V’Din is always on the alert against mismanagement, policy failures, environmental injustices, and legislative gaps in Israel’s environmental protection framework.

Our legal actions have engineered higher environmental standards across the board, delivering legal rulings that are precedential, and our legislative proposals include two of Israel’s mainstay laws: Coastal Protection Law (2004), Clean Air Law (2011).

We keep on watching, we demand updates and improvements necessary to ensure that all of Israel’s environmental laws retain the ‘bite’ necessary to safeguard our open spaces, air, water, and natural resources.

300+

Days of sun every year

Yet solar is only 6% of Israel's total energy supply

2,500

Early deaths every year

From air pollution - related diseases

10

Years of the Clean Air Law

Saved the Israeli economy NIS 115 billion

66%

Offshore gas, 28% coal and other fuels, 6% renewables

= Israel's energy mix in 2022

20%

Of Israel's air pollution comes from our transportation

And an estimated 27.3% of Israel’s carbon dioxide emissions (a main GHG responsible for the climate crisis) are from transportation.

4x

Higher air pollution levels around Tel Aviv's Central bus Station than the World Health Organization recommendations

For decades, the high pollution levels in the area have been reported as harmful to both public health and the environment.

News

In the Knesset: Time to limit EAPC’s secrecy

03/01/2024

Natural Resources, Watchdog

Nearly 400 public interest organizations and local government bodies call for a halt to the automatic renewal of the pipeline’s special status.

News

Oil spill at Evrona: No ‘quick fix’

03/01/2024

Natural Resources, Watchdog

Ten years after failed maintenance flooded the Nature Reserve with crude oil, there is no alternative but to remove 10,000 tons of polluted soil.

News

PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ continue to threaten public health and the environment

02/28/2024

Litigation, PFAS, Watchdog

Adam Teva V’Din’s petition to the High Court of Justice is catalyzing regulatory action on PFAS ‘forever chemicals’.

Articles

Tkuma – a sacred obligation and a national opportunity

01/25/2024

Climate Crisis, Tkuma, Watchdog

Attorney Amit Bracha, CEO of Adam Teva V’Din explores how can restoration of ‘Otef Aza’ (now called the Tkuma region) go beyond the slogan of ‘Build Back Better’?