Israel’s Supreme Court has issued a temporary restraining order against experimental oil drilling on the Golan Heights in response to local residents’ environmental concerns.
Just hours before work was to begin, the Supreme Court froze a controversial planning committee decision allowing 10 exploratory wells to be drilled on the Golan. The court reinforced the order 24 hours later, following an appeal from Afek Oil and Gas, a subsidiary of New Jersey-based Genie Energy that holds the drilling license 37 INER 1096, 7/30/14.
The Sept. 29 order barred the company from conducting activities that would “change the face of the ...
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