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In post-revolution Egypt, a fierce fight over coal imports
The fight over coal demonstrates the continued influence of powerful business lobbies in Egypt
Louise Sarant
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Louise Sarant
Louise is tall, funny and bubbly. She likes sports, food and mahraganet music, but also hip-hop from across North Africa. So she organizes amazing parties. But her greatest passion is to safeguard the planet. Louise traces oil spills and industrial waste ditched into the Nile, investigates projects with environmental impacts while they're still in the works, follows and supports the…
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#climate change
Q&A with Environment Minister Khaled Fahmy
Fahmy addresses climate finance to Egypt, the use of coal, the country’s renewable energy strategy, e-mobility, rising sea levels, water distribution and more.
Louise Sarant
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#carbon emissions
Paris climate agreement in line with Egypt, Arab world agendas
“December 12, 2015, will go down in the history of the planet. In Paris, we saw a few revolutions, but this is the most peaceful of all: a revolution for…
Louise Sarant
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#climate change
Dispatch from Paris: Where does Egypt stand in COP21 negotiations?
The COP21 climate negotiations in Paris are entering a critical phase. In about 24 hours, 195 countries are expected to agree on a final text that aims to limit the…
Louise Sarant
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#coal
The coal war
Two weeks ago, a giant mountain of coal was erected in the port of Alexandria. Uncovered, and barely separated from the surrounding, densely populated residential neighborhood by a flimsy sheet…
Louise Sarant
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#Agricultural Research Centre
Small but mighty, earthworms could save Egypt’s soil
When Egyptian researchers, farmers and environmentalists look at earthworms, they don’t dwell on the creature’s viscous, tube-shaped and overall unappetizing appearance: What they see is nothing less than the solution…
Louise Sarant
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Who cares if Cairo is the world’s most polluted city?
«Seeing Cairo labeled as the world’s most polluted city should be a call for action»
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