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Egypt’s environmental agency files complaint due to Red Sea crude oil pollution
Environment

Egypt’s environmental agency files complaint due to Red Sea crude oil pollution

The Red Sea Regional Branch of the Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency (EEAA) in Hurghada will file a legal complaint against…
Repeated Red Sea oil spills forces Environment Minister to take action
Egypt

Repeated Red Sea oil spills forces Environment Minister to take action

The Environment Minister Khalid Fahmy instructed the Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency (EEAA) and the Red Sea Marine Park Authority (RSMPA)…
Oil slicks appear at Ras Gharib shores
Egypt

Oil slicks appear at Ras Gharib shores

Oil pollution appeared on the shores of the Gulf of Suez at Ras Gharib city, preventing people and holiday-makers in…
Iraq’s Qayyara oil fields won’t return to production before Mosul retaken: spokesman
Business

Iraq’s Qayyara oil fields won’t return to production before Mosul retaken: spokesman

Iraq doesn't expect to resume production from the northern Qayyara oil region before the capture of nearby Mosul from Islamic…
Nuweiba oil spill cleared-up, but work in Ras Gharib ongoing: official
Environment

Nuweiba oil spill cleared-up, but work in Ras Gharib ongoing: official

An oil spill in Nuweiba harbor has been cleaned up, according to Kawthar Hanafy, head of the Environment Ministry's central…
Any oil to spare? Throw it in the Nile, no one will notice or care
Environment

Any oil to spare? Throw it in the Nile, no one will notice or care

A five-kilometer-long oil spill was discovered near Edfu, a town north of Aswan, in October. Aside from the usual environmental…
New Nile oil slick detected in Cairo, four water stations halted in Beni Suef
Egypt

New Nile oil slick detected in Cairo, four water stations halted in Beni Suef

The Holding Company For Water and Wastewater announced on Saturday that it had discovered a new oil slick in Cairo,…
Govt responds to Nile oil spills in Upper Egypt
Environment

Govt responds to Nile oil spills in Upper Egypt

Minister of Environment Mostafa Hussein Kamel announced on Wednesday the formation of a Luxor-based intervention unit to combat Nile water…
Monday’s papers: Coptic papal elections begin; police follow Nasr City ‘terror cell’
Egypt

Monday’s papers: Coptic papal elections begin; police follow Nasr City ‘terror cell’

The top developments in Monday’s papers include the vote for the three finalists in the Coptic papal lottery, which will…
US lays out examples of ‘gross negligence’ by BP in the Gulf of Mexico
Environment

US lays out examples of ‘gross negligence’ by BP in the Gulf of Mexico

The US Justice Department is ramping up its rhetoric against BP PLC for the massive 2010 oil spill in the…
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