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Green groups eye municipal elections By Zafrir Rinat Environmental organizations launched a campaign yesterday to evaluate candidates according to their environmental record ahead of November's local elections. "We also certainly intend to point out candidates who have a problematic past with respect to the environment," attorney Alona Schaefer, director of the umbrella organization Life and Environment, told a press conference. The campaign was launched under the slogan "Green Now." The activists said they were not necessarily supporting the Green Party. "Our agenda is political, but not partisan," they said, adding that they wanted all parties to have environmental activists. Advertisement The groups said they would present four targets to candidates and follow up their work after the election: a 15-percent reduction in air pollution in the coming years, public transportation to enable movement from the city's outskirts to the center in 15 minutes, a park five minutes' walk from all homes, and a funding increase of at least 25 percent for environmentally friendly infrastructure in low-income areas. Bookmark to del.icio.us   Facebook face-off Settlers win right to list country as Israel, not Palestine. Shin Bet.com The covert agency has deployed a new weapon: the blog.

Today Online Rightists arrested for storming village of yeshiva terrorist Responses: 168 Next IAF chief: Ground operation needed to stop rocket attacks Responses: 127 Court case reveals how settlers illegally grab W. Bank lands Responses: 109 Facebook face-off: Settlers win right to list country as Israel, not Palestine Responses: 47 Editorial: U.S. pressure for peace is welcome pressure Responses: 61 More Headlines 00:27 Survey: Haniyeh more popular than Abbas in PA 22:27 PA downgrades renewed talks to protest settlement construction 21:13 PM: No chance Israel will cede E. Jerusalem areas like Har Homa 21:27 Israel approves lawsuits against PA over suicide bombings 18:19 Facebook face-off: Settlers win right to list country as Israel, not Palestine 19:00 'This post will self-destruct in 10 seconds' - Shin Bet blog goes live 22:01 Argentine Jews commemorate 1992 Israeli embassy bombing 22:40 MKs seek pardon for Omri Sharon 'to sit at father's bedside' 15:40 Olmert accompanies Merkel to Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial 01:21 Mazuz weighs indicting judge for fraud and breach of trust 21:03 Jordanian Islamists: Merkel runs risk of igniting `enmity` of Arabs 15:52 Tel Aviv stock exchange loses 9% of its value in 3 trading days 21:25 Arab MK to chief rabbis: Slam rabbinic calls to harm Arabs Previous Editions Select Day 17 mar 16 mar 14 mar 13 mar 12 mar 11 mar 10 mar 09 mar 07 mar 06 mar 05 mar 04 mar

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