Environment
Environmental teams clean up Gamsha Bay oil spill
May 9, 2012
Environmental teams clean up Gamsha Bay oil spill
Teams from the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation and the Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency on Wednesday contained and cleaned up after…
Cairo’s geology: A history of how limestone became Cairo
May 8, 2012
Cairo’s geology: A history of how limestone became Cairo
Under Cairo’s asphalt, under the reverberations of its street traffic, rocks are flowing, compacting, shearing and warping. The city…
New oil spill in the Red Sea emits toxic gases
May 7, 2012
New oil spill in the Red Sea emits toxic gases
Gamsha Bay on the Red Sea on Monday suffered a new onshore and offshore oil spill resulting from a leakage…
To curtail encroachments, Egypt seeks to build new Nile corniche
May 7, 2012
To curtail encroachments, Egypt seeks to build new Nile corniche
With the ruins of the burnt National Democratic Party headquarters in the background, Sayed Atef skillfully prepares cold drinks for…
Students accuse veterinary school of animal cruelty
May 3, 2012
Students accuse veterinary school of animal cruelty
Two Cairo University veterinary students-turned-whistleblowers have made allegations of animal cruelty at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine. It is the…
Greenpeace pilot lands in French nuclear plant
May 2, 2012
Greenpeace pilot lands in French nuclear plant
A Greenpeace flyer landed in one of Electricite de France SA's (EDF) nuclear plants on Wednesday in a move to…
Solar energy debate pits environmentalists against themselves
May 1, 2012
Solar energy debate pits environmentalists against themselves
Solar energy advocates have found a surprising critic in environmentalists, who say that assessments must be made to protect desert…
Experts confront visions and realities of a greener Cairo
April 30, 2012
Experts confront visions and realities of a greener Cairo
In Cairo, environmental experts must struggle with the paradox between the visions they have for the city’s future and the…
Cambodian officer kills prominent environment activist
April 29, 2012
Cambodian officer kills prominent environment activist
The Cambodian military has concluded that one of its own police officers killed a prominent environmentalist then took his own…
On Toshka New Valley’s mega-failure
April 26, 2012
On Toshka New Valley’s mega-failure
Presented as the solution to Egypt’s demographic and economic issues, and the Arab World’s largest and most expensive engineering enterprise,…