Environment
EU set to allow car emissions into carbon trading market
October 24, 2014
EU set to allow car emissions into carbon trading market
The European Union is set to make it easier to bring road transport emissions into the carbon trading market, a…
US First Solar to invest in Egypt by next year, executive director says
October 22, 2014
US First Solar to invest in Egypt by next year, executive director says
The US company, First Solar, is looking into operating in Egypt by next year, Middle East Executive Director Ahmed Nada…
Minister: Egypt receives 3 international offers worth US$5 bn to set up coal power plants
October 21, 2014
Minister: Egypt receives 3 international offers worth US$5 bn to set up coal power plants
The ministry of electricity received three offers from Chinese, American and German companies to generate electricity from coal with a…
Saturn moon may have ‘life-friendly’ underground ocean: scientists
October 17, 2014
Saturn moon may have ‘life-friendly’ underground ocean: scientists
Saturn’s battered moon Mimas may have a thin global ocean buried miles beneath its icy surface, raising the prospect of…
Climate summit: Businesses go green, little faith in UN climate plan
October 16, 2014
Climate summit: Businesses go green, little faith in UN climate plan
Uncertainties about long-term curbs on greenhouse gas emissions meant to be agreed at a UN summit in 2015 will not…
Misr Beni Suef Cement to build coal mill
October 16, 2014
Misr Beni Suef Cement to build coal mill
Misr Beni Suef Cement announced on Wednesday, it reached an agreement to build a coal mill worth LE200 million in…
Egypt participates in Partnership for Action on Green Economy conference
March 12, 2014
Egypt participates in Partnership for Action on Green Economy conference
The Egyptian Ministry of Environment is participating in the First World Conference on Partnership for Action on Green Economy in…
Cement plants to start using coal September 2014
March 11, 2014
Cement plants to start using coal September 2014
The cabinet has directed the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Investment to study the use of coal in cement plants,…
Egypt participates in regional environmental conservation meeting
February 26, 2014
Egypt participates in regional environmental conservation meeting
A senior Egyptian delegation is participating in the sixteenth meeting of the Regional Organization for the Conservation of the Environment…
Egypt farmers fear water supply threat from Ethiopia dam
November 12, 2013
Egypt farmers fear water supply threat from Ethiopia dam
With an economy already in tatters, Egypt's farmers fear the building of an upstream Nile dam in Ethiopia could lead…