air pollution

Taking a breath of fresh air is often is quite difficult in the bustling Cairene metropolis, specifically in fall when…

As the world gathered to discuss climate change and sustainable development at the UN Rio+20 conference last week, environment specialists…

In Cairo, environmental experts must struggle with the paradox between the visions they have for the city’s future and the…

The clock is ticking, and it’s almost time for the infamous black cloud that usually starts forming in mid-September.

When first reading “Silent Spring,” I only realized later that it was one of the first and most important books…

For almost two weeks now Egypt has been gripped by a rapidly changing political landscape, triggered by protesters taking to…

The thick mantel of fog that embraced Cairo last week and plunged the city into a milky haze seems to…

The Egyptian Environment Ministry announced this week that air pollution in Cairo had been reduced by 78 percent.

The Environment Ministry has received numerous complaints from residents of the Upper Egyptian city of Sohag about cases of asphyxiation…

The following article is part of Al-Masry Al Youm's weekly "Environmental Voices" series, in which issues related to the environment--whether…