environment
EU air quality slowly improving but still deadly: report
Environment
October 29, 2018
EU air quality slowly improving but still deadly: report
Air pollution is slowly easing in EU countries but still causes nearly half a million early deaths each year,…
Electric vehicles to work first in Egypt’s new capital: Minister
Environment
October 25, 2018
Electric vehicles to work first in Egypt’s new capital: Minister
Egypt’s Minister of Environment Yasmine Fouad has announced that the New Administrative Capital would be the first city in Egypt to…
Melting glacier in China draws tourists, climate worries
Environment
October 21, 2018
Melting glacier in China draws tourists, climate worries
The loud crack rang out from the fog above the Baishui No. 1 Glacier as a stone shard careened…
Environment Ministry to launch air pollution monitoring station in Kafr al-Sheikh
Environment
October 11, 2018
Environment Ministry to launch air pollution monitoring station in Kafr al-Sheikh
The Ministry of Environment and Cairo University revealed on Tuesday that they are cooperating to launch an instantaneous observatory station…
UN report spotlights government inaction on climate
Environment
October 1, 2018
UN report spotlights government inaction on climate
Diplomats gathering in South Korea Monday will find themselves in the awkward position of vetting and validating a major…
Climate change is a matter of survival…join us in taking action
Opinion
September 25, 2018
Climate change is a matter of survival…join us in taking action
Comparing my window view of Cairo over twenty years ago with today, I can see that its weather has…
Delhi’s last elephants await marching orders
Environment
September 22, 2018
Delhi’s last elephants await marching orders
The mighty Heera marched through a crowded slum chewing bamboo, oblivious that freedom from life as one of Delhi’s…
Global waste to pile up by 70 percent in 2050
World
September 21, 2018
Global waste to pile up by 70 percent in 2050
Global waste growth will outpace population growth by 2050, with most of the trash being generated in urban areas.…
Nappy change: Dutch to turn diapers into furniture
Environment
September 19, 2018
Nappy change: Dutch to turn diapers into furniture
Fed-up with a growing mountain of stinking disposable nappies, a Dutch firm Tuesday started building the country’s first recycling…
Microplastics may enter food-chain through mosquitoes
Environment
September 19, 2018
Microplastics may enter food-chain through mosquitoes
Mosquito larvae have been observed ingesting microplastics that can be passed up the food chain, researchers said Wednesday, potentially…