Haaretz: Geologists warn: Oil shale project may pollute West Bank groundwater

The pilot site inside the Green Line will produce the oil, which involves heating to 350 degrees Centigrade the layer of rock containing the shale 200-300 meters underground.

The plan to produce oil from shale in the Judean lowlands is missing important information about the environmental impact of the project, including whether pollutants could seep into the water table, geologists warn in a new report to the Environmental Protection Ministry.

The Jerusalem District Planning and Building Committee is to hold another meeting on Tuesday in which it will be asked to approve the pilot oil-shale production site proposed by Israel Energy Initiatives (IEI). The site is located west of the Tarqumiya crossing from the southern West Bank, inside the Green Line.
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