Environment
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…
Fossil fuels? Plastic? Trump says more is better
August 14, 2019
Fossil fuels? Plastic? Trump says more is better
President Donald Trump has seen the future and it is oil. And plastic. Where most environmental scientists and most US…
Environmental Agency files complaint against petroleum company due to Red Sea oil pollution
August 7, 2019
Environmental Agency files complaint against petroleum company due to Red Sea oil pollution
The Environmental Affairs Agency decided to file a complaint against the General Petroleum Company (GPC) in Ras Ghareb of the…