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Egypt to launch its first palm waste recycling plant in New Valley
Factory to produce 60,000 cbm of MDF wood annually
2 Alexandria power production units join emission monitoring network
Network includes 77 institutions nationwide, of which 17 are located in Alexandria
Egyptian public, private sectors join forces for cooking oil recycling
“You are the Beginning” initiative aims to enable women to manage their household waste and educate their families about used cooking oil recycling
Egypt’s Environment Minister, UNIDO discuss biodiversity, energy projects
Virtual meeting reviewed mechanisms for implementing new sustainability project
Ministry of Environment, WB address air pollution management in Cairo
The project supports the state’s plan for gradual transformation to electric transport
Environ Adapt signs protocol with Ministry of Environment for waste management cooperation
Dawar mobile application to become the official waste monitoring and management system for Cairo, Giza, Alexandria, Qena, Assuit, Gharbia and Kafr El Sheikh
Ministry of Environment warns of low air quality due to bad weather conditions
Sharm El-Sheikh’s port reopened, Alexandria, Al-Dekhela straits remain closed
Ministry of Environment signs two agreements with UNDP
Fouad, Nasr inaugurate investment, biodiversity forum
Ministry of Environment team rescues green turtle, return it to its environment
Green turtles face danger of extinction globally for different reasons including global warming
Ministry of Environment offers international bid for investment in Valley of the Camels
The Ministry of Environment intends to put forward a global bid to invest in some areas in Valley of the Camels in the coming period. The ministry aims to boosts the number of visitors to 30,000 before the end of the year. Mohamed Ali, director general of the area, said that the ministry is currently …
Switzerland funds programme to improve solid waste management in 4 Egyptian governorates
The “National Solid Waste Management Programme” will be implemented across four Egyptian governorates in the Upper Egypt and Delta regions
Environment Ministry calls on citizens not to attack North Coast fin whale
Ongoing search for endangered Mediterranean whale, states ministry
90% of sunken phosphate removed from Nile: Environment minister
Government maintains there is no link between Sharqeya poisonings and sunken phosphate
Mehleb allocates EGP 10m to Ministry of Environment: Cabinet
Mehleb’s meeting with Tahya Masr executive committee identified three national projects to be carried out during 2015, says Al-Kawish
Environment ministry and Microsoft discuss developing monitoring systems
Minister of Environment Khaled Fahmy seeks development of monitoring system for process of transferring coal and vehicle exhaust emissions
Cement firms will not wait for environmental regulations to begin importing coal: PM spokesman
Minister of Environment protests the decision, arguing that firms will never adapt their equipment to mitigate pollution if allowed to begin burning coal without them
Government attempts to mitigate negative impact of coal usage
Violations of environmental standards will be met with taxes and tight penalties, government says
Ministry of Petroleum pushes for use of coal to solve energy crisis
Debate between the Ministry of Petroleum, the Ministry of Environmental Affairs, and the Federation for Egyptian Industries heats up
Nature Protection Agency proposed
Draft law would include imprisonment for damaging nature reserves
New environment minister is not exactly green
By Maged Ilyas Ghattas CAIRO: When Egypt’s state news agency announced that Prime Minister Essam Sharaf had appointed Maged Ilyas Ghattas as his environment minister, the name rang some bells —some of them alarm bells. The environment ministry had been headed by one Maged George, a minister appointed by ousted leader Hosni Mubarak whose sacking protesters …