Environment
Report: Hong Kong ivory trade ‘major threat’ to elephant survival
July 16, 2015
Report: Hong Kong ivory trade ‘major threat’ to elephant survival
Hong Kong's booming ivory market is helping push elephants towards extinction, conservationists said Thursday, reporting more ivory items on sale…
EgyptAir plans to launch its first bio-fuel-run jet in a year
July 14, 2015
EgyptAir plans to launch its first bio-fuel-run jet in a year
EgyptAir plans to launch its first plane run on biofuel, replacing traditional jet fuel, in one year, said Civil Aviation…
Environment Minister: Climate change sensitive crisis
July 13, 2015
Environment Minister: Climate change sensitive crisis
Climate change is one of the sensitive issues not only due to its possible negative impact on Egypt, but also…
Playing the Lower Keys: Concert piped underwater in Florida
July 12, 2015
Playing the Lower Keys: Concert piped underwater in Florida
Hundreds of music-loving snorkelers and divers, joined by distance swimmer Diana Nyad, ducked beneath the waves Saturday as a radio…
Liberia’s ‘Planet of the Apes’ chimps facing starvation
July 12, 2015
Liberia’s ‘Planet of the Apes’ chimps facing starvation
A speedboat laden with fruit approaches and four chimpanzees come bounding over from the dense forest, screeching excitedly as volunteers…
Environment Minister: Natural reserves are not for sale
July 8, 2015
Environment Minister: Natural reserves are not for sale
Environment Minister Khaled Fahmy has denied the rumors about the government's alleged intention to sell natural reserves.
LE2 bn to buy energy saving bulbs
July 6, 2015
LE2 bn to buy energy saving bulbs
Local Development Minister Adel Labib said a data for street lamps in all governorates is being prepared to replace them…
Roaring success: lions return to Rwanda, with rhinos next?
July 6, 2015
Roaring success: lions return to Rwanda, with rhinos next?
Groggy on their paws after waking from tranquillizers, lions have returned to Rwanda for the first time since the endangered…
UNESCO: Australia’s Great Barrier Reef outlook poor but not ‘in danger’
July 1, 2015
UNESCO: Australia’s Great Barrier Reef outlook poor but not ‘in danger’
The heritage committee of the UNESCO cultural agency said on Wednesday that the outlook for Australia's Great Barrier Reef was…
South Korea to cut 2030 greenhouse gas emissions by 37 percent from BAU levels
June 30, 2015
South Korea to cut 2030 greenhouse gas emissions by 37 percent from BAU levels
South Korea has finalized its 2030 target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 37 percent from business-as-usual (BAU) levels, higher…