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China aims to cut energy intensity 17.3 percent by 2015

China aims to cut energy intensity 17.3 percent by 2015

Reuters--China, the world's top energy consumer, will cut the energy used for each dollar of economic output by 17.3 percent…
Environmental voices: Biodiversity our key to life

Environmental voices: Biodiversity our key to life

Biodiversity is a relatively new term. It is actually short for "biological diversity" and was first used in the eighties…
Four areas in al-Bahariya oasis chosen to be natural reserves

Four areas in al-Bahariya oasis chosen to be natural reserves

Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif has named the areas of al-Dast, al-Maghrafa, the British Mountain and the Black Desert--all located at…
Experts blame worse air quality on temperature increases

Experts blame worse air quality on temperature increases

The Egyptian Meteorological Authority (EMA) predicted that thick fog will settle on Cairo and other provinces today. Citizens were advised…
Report: China electric vehicles to hit 1 million by 2020

Report: China electric vehicles to hit 1 million by 2020

Reuters--China's output of electric vehicles is expected to reach one million units by 2020, the official Xinhua news agency said…
Seasonal ‘black cloud’ casts shadow over Upper Egypt

Seasonal ‘black cloud’ casts shadow over Upper Egypt

The Environment Ministry has received numerous complaints from residents of the Upper Egyptian city of Sohag about cases of asphyxiation…
Protectorates not Protected: Wadi Degla

Protectorates not Protected: Wadi Degla

Extending west over 30 kilometers from eastern Maadi to Ain al-Sokhna on the Red Sea, the Wadi Degla Protectorate is…
Environmental Voices: Save a suffocating village

Environmental Voices: Save a suffocating village

The following article is part of Al-Masry Al Youm's weekly "Environmental Voices" series, in which issues related to the environment--whether…
Study: Wind could provide one fifth of world power by 2030

Study: Wind could provide one fifth of world power by 2030

BEIJING--Wind power could meet about a fifth of the world's electricity demand within 20 years, an industry group and environmental…
IEA: China overtakes US as biggest energy consumer

IEA: China overtakes US as biggest energy consumer

Reuters--China has become the world's largest energy user, having overtaken the United States, the head of the International Energy Agency…
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