Environment
Photos| Dolphins abandon Hurghada’s “Dolphin House” for love
August 28, 2019
Photos| Dolphins abandon Hurghada’s “Dolphin House” for love
Humans and dolphins have long cohabited Erg and Fanous coral reefs areas in Hurghada of the Red Sea Governorate, an…
New fees to be imposed on Egypt’s natural reserves
August 28, 2019
New fees to be imposed on Egypt’s natural reserves
The Ministry of Environment is set to implement a new regulation plan on Egypt’s natural resources, which includes applying a…
CITES agrees on near-total ban on sending wild elephants to zoos
August 28, 2019
CITES agrees on near-total ban on sending wild elephants to zoos
The regulator of global wildlife trade will impose a near-total ban on sending African elephants captured from the wild to…
G7 pledges millions to help fight Amazon fires
August 26, 2019
G7 pledges millions to help fight Amazon fires
The G7 has agreed to spend 20 million euros ($22 million) on the Amazon, mainly to send fire-fighting aircraft to…
High above Greenland glaciers, NASA looks into melting ocean ice
August 26, 2019
High above Greenland glaciers, NASA looks into melting ocean ice
Skimming low over the gleaming white glaciers on Greenland’s coast in a modified 1940s plane, three NASA scientists, led by…
Hundreds of new fires in Brazil as outrage over Amazon grows
August 25, 2019
Hundreds of new fires in Brazil as outrage over Amazon grows
Hundreds of new fires are raging in the Amazon rainforest in Brazil, official data showed Saturday, as thousands of troops…
Solar energy, biogas plants planned for Giza Zoo
August 22, 2019
Solar energy, biogas plants planned for Giza Zoo
The Ministries of Environment and Agriculture have agreed to build a plant to produce electricity from solar energy and another…
Going ‘nude’: UK supermarkets test plastic-free zones
August 21, 2019
Going ‘nude’: UK supermarkets test plastic-free zones
British supermarkets are starting to go “nude”. Bowing to pressure from environmentally conscious consumers, big brand shops have begun taking…
Egypt plans to convert 50,000 vehicles to natural gas in a year
August 21, 2019
Egypt plans to convert 50,000 vehicles to natural gas in a year
The Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources stated that it aims to convert 50,000 cars to natural gas during the…
Iceland commemorates first glacier lost to climate change
August 18, 2019
Iceland commemorates first glacier lost to climate change
Iceland on Sunday honors the passing of Okjokull, its first glacier lost to climate change, as scientists warn that some…