Article: Beit Shemesh green groups press contenders on environmental issues

EHUD ZION WALDOKS
Jerusalem Post
11-10-2008
Headline: Beit Shemesh green groups press contenders on environmental issues
Byline: EHUD ZION WALDOKS
Edition; Daily
Section: News
Page: 07

Monday, November 10, 2008 -- Three environmental groups in Beit Shemesh have succeeded in pushing green issues high up the agenda ahead of local elections on Tuesday.

The groups - Sviva Israel, the Shemesh Yehuda Environmental Forum and Be'er Tikva - convened public meetings recently with all three mayoral candidates to hear from them how they would tackle the most pressing environmental issues in the area.

The activists submitted a position paper to the candidates stressing five major problems.

The first is the ...

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