Environment
Environment Ministry launches cleaning campaign in Wadi al-Rayyan
February 10, 2016
Environment Ministry launches cleaning campaign in Wadi al-Rayyan
The Environment Ministry has launched a cleaning campaign with one of the tourist hotels in Fayyoum's Wadi al-Rayyan protectorate in…
Environment Ministry to cultivate rooftops in Greater Cairo
February 9, 2016
Environment Ministry to cultivate rooftops in Greater Cairo
Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency (EEAA) Chief Ahmed Abouel Saud said on Tuesday that the Environment Ministry will carry out this…
Europ’s shift to dark green forests stokes global warming-study
February 5, 2016
Europ’s shift to dark green forests stokes global warming-study
OSLO (Reuters) - An expansion of Europe's forests towards dark green conifers has stoked global warming, according to a study…
China unveils first oil spill response plan
February 1, 2016
China unveils first oil spill response plan
China's cabinet has approved the country's first oil spill emergency response scheme to be ready by 2020, to tackle increasing…
Drought tests a changed Ethiopia
January 31, 2016
Drought tests a changed Ethiopia
On a treeless plain in eastern Ethiopia, thousands of destitute pastoralists have set up camp outside the tiny village of…
Leonardo DiCaprio meets pope to talk about environment
January 29, 2016
Leonardo DiCaprio meets pope to talk about environment
There have been 13 popes named Leo in the history of the Roman Catholic Church but perhaps none of them…
Zimbabwean farmers fear the worst as cattle, crops succumb to drought
January 27, 2016
Zimbabwean farmers fear the worst as cattle, crops succumb to drought
In the dusty village of Mafomoti, southern Zimbabwe, farmers have already lost cattle and crops in the severest drought to…
Canada to set climate change tests in pipeline reviews: Trudeau
January 27, 2016
Canada to set climate change tests in pipeline reviews: Trudeau
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pledged on Tuesday to require that environmental reviews of oil pipelines and LNG export projects…
Blue skies over Beijing? Decaying suburbs bear cost as China cuts pollution
January 26, 2016
Blue skies over Beijing? Decaying suburbs bear cost as China cuts pollution
On the outskirts of Beijing, the disused factories of Chaomidian show the impact of China's drive to shut down thousands…
Oslo trash incinerator starts experiment to slow climate change
January 26, 2016
Oslo trash incinerator starts experiment to slow climate change
Oslo's main waste incinerator began the world's first experiment to capture carbon dioxide from the fumes of burning rubbish on…