World Bank Says Red Sea-Dead Sea Water Pipeline Feasible

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The World Bank has recommended building a pipeline from the Red Sea to the Dead Sea and a desalination plant to help stem the loss of water from the salty inland sea.

Environmentalists derided the World Bank report as “irresponsible as the conclusions drawn ignore the environmental risks and the high economic price to pay,” the Friends of Earth Middle East said in an e-mailed statement.