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CITES agrees on near-total ban on sending wild elephants to zoos

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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…
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