Environment

Study: Investments worth trillions at risk from climate change

Study: Investments worth trillions at risk from climate change

Climate change could put trillions of investment dollars at risk over the next 20 years, a global study released on…
Endangered Species: The argun palm

Endangered Species: The argun palm

This article is part of Al-Masry Al-Youm’s weekly “Endangered Species” series, covering Egypt’s endangered flora and fauna.
A breath of fresh air

A breath of fresh air

For almost two weeks now Egypt has been gripped by a rapidly changing political landscape, triggered by protesters taking to…
Aswan tourism projects upset local residents

Aswan tourism projects upset local residents

It all started in 2009, when businessman Mansour Amer, founder and owner of real estate company Amer, sought to launch…
Environmental breaches could lie behind cancer increase

Environmental breaches could lie behind cancer increase

Enforcement of laws, good education and absence of corruption are ways to prevent an increase in cancerous pollutants that have…
Environmental Voices: The politics of international environmental negotiations Part II

Environmental Voices: The politics of international environmental negotiations Part II

The following article is part of Al-Masry Al-Youm's weekly "Environmental Voices" series, in which issues related to the environment--whether local,…
Environmental Voices: The politics of international environmental negotiations–Part I

Environmental Voices: The politics of international environmental negotiations–Part I

The following article is part of Al-Masry Al Youm's weekly "Environmental Voices" series, in which issues related to the environment--whether…
Hu’s visit ends, but China’s ecological footprint lingers

Hu’s visit ends, but China’s ecological footprint lingers

Chinese flags have disappeared from Washington’s wide avenues after China’s President Hu Jintao's visit this week, but one statistic is still…
Record melt from Greenland ice sheet in 2010

Record melt from Greenland ice sheet in 2010

Paris--Greenland's ice sheet, feared as a major driver of rising sea levels, shed a record amount of melted snow and…
Aswan’s floating hotel fleet cruises toward disaster

Aswan’s floating hotel fleet cruises toward disaster

Aswan--When the M/S Eugenie first cruised the length of Lake Nasser in 1993, its passengers sipped whiskey sours on the…
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