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Shark poachers prowl Egyptian waters

Dried shark fins are seen in a dry food grocery store in Taipei.
12 Jul 2010
Hurghada--Yemeni shark poachers are operating in Egyptian waters and have been involved in at least one confrontation with the Egyptian navy, environment ministry officials say. “Over the past few weeks Yemeni shark fishing boats and their...
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Govt official admits problems with wind energy project

11 Jul 2010
Abdel Rahman Salah Eddin, executive chairman of the Renewable Energy Authority, has conceded there is truth to a report published on Friday by Al-Masry Al-Youm pointing to technical problems with a Spanish project to build a wind farm that...
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New strategy to protect ozone

Planet Earth
28 Jun 2010
The Ministry of Environmental Affairs has finalized a new "national strategy" to combat the use of ozone-depleting materials in the industrial sector. The plan will instead encourage eco-friendly alternatives. Ministry officials say they...
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Red Sea Gov: Oil spill successfully dealt with

The engineer Maged George minister of environment in the Egyptian government
20 Jun 2010
Red Sea Governor Magdi Kobeisi announced on Sunday that an oil spill off the coast of Hurghada had been successfully cleaned up after only four days. "The shoreline is clean now and local diving centers have reopened," he said. The...
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Committee to look into Hurghada oil spill

بقعة زيتية تغطي شوطئ مدينة الغردقة
20 Jun 2010
The Ministry of Environment will form a committee to assess the damage caused by the recent oil spill in Hurghada, Red Sea. The committee will be composed of members from the regional branch of the Egyptian Environment Affairs Agency (EEAA...
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Environment Minister: New funds to improve Cairo waste collection

Diffusion of tons of garbage after the Eid celebrations in the streets of Egypt
19 Jun 2010
The Egyptian Cabinet has allocated special funds to the improvement of garbage collection service in Greater Cairo, said the Minister of Environmental Affairs Maged George. Five sites have been selected for the creation of sanitary...
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Report: Power project may damage fertile land

19 Jun 2010
The establishment of an electric power station in el-Qata village in Imbaba could have grave environmental and health implications, a new report has revealed. The report warns that the power station can pose health threats for surrounding...
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Oil spills in Hurghada threaten marine life, tourism

أحد شواطئ الغردقة تلوثه بقع الزيت ، 18 يونيو 2010 , حيث تتعرض شواطئ القرى السياحية و الشواطئ العامة بالغردقة للتلوث إثر ظهور بقع زيت كبيرة امتدت إلى جميع شواطئ المدينة، من الجونة شمالاً، حتى منطقة سهل حشيش جنوباً.
19 Jun 2010
Massive oil spills appeared yesterday in the Red Sea, covering a distance of approximately 20km from el-Gouna in the north down to Sahl Hashish in the south. The source of the spill has yet to be identified. Environmental authorities had...
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BP agrees to $20 billion fund for spill claims

US President Barack Obama talks to the media during a meeting with Cabinet members to discuss the administration's response to the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill at the White House in Washington, DC on June 7, 2010. Obama warned on Monday that the economic impact from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill would be
17 Jun 2010
Under intense pressure from President Barack Obama, BP Plc agreed on Wednesday to set up a $20 billion fund for claims from its huge Gulf of Mexico oil spill and suspended dividend payments to its shareholders. The deal handed Obama, who...
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Indonesia: Journalist living in fear after report on illegal logging

A villager walks through a forest that was burned to open the land for agriculture in Tojo, Indonesia.
14 Jun 2010
International media watchdog Reporters Without Borders has voiced concerns for an Indonesian newspaper reporter in the western province of Aceh who has had to go into hiding after being threatened and beaten by an army officer over a...
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