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Get email notification for articles from Zafrir Rinat Follow Apr. 26, 2021 9:16 PM A committee of Israeli ministry director generals announced its recommendation on Monday to close the oil refineries in the Haifa Bay area within a decade, and to replace the products they make with foreign imports. The committee also recommended that a fertilizer factory in the Haifa Bay area be moved to the Negev, and that the oil terminal in the Haifa Bay suburb of Kiryat Haim be closed. However, environmental activists are concerned that the lack of a timetable for implementation of the recommendations weakens them. The government recommendation comes after a prolonged fight by environmental groups and residents of the Haifa Bay against the presence of petrochemical industries in the region, which they say is harmful to health. Research has linked pollution with excess mortality and morbidity. In recent years, concerns about the climate crisis have intensified calls to close down the factorie

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