Turkey Denies Adverse Impact of Damming
Despite evidence to the contrary, Turkish Ambassador in Tehran Reza Hakan Tekin has denied assertions that his country’s excessive damming and development of hydropower plants have severely reduced...
Iran holds Turkey partly accountable for dust storms; Turkey denies
SDS do not respect borders. They keep haunting many countries such as Australia, China, U.S, Iran and many other Middle Eastern countries. According to the United Nations an estimated 2,000 million...
EPA’s Pruitt moves to roll back over 30 environmental regulations in record time
Since taking over as the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, Scott Pruitt, a longtime critic of the very agency he now oversees, has moved to undo, delay or block over 30 environmental...
Crocodile Poaching Booms as Egypt Tourism Crumbles
LAKE NASSER, EGYPTIf they’re small, you use the bulk of the boat to hustle them into the shallows, then snag them by hand, Mahmoud tells me. He should know, having spent the past decade poaching the...
Abu Dhabi upcycling workshop gives furniture new life
During the 2011 anti-government protests in Bahrain, Noof Al Refaei offered her countrymen a more peaceful way to express themselves while also preserving the environment. Instead of using bottles...
Iran to restore water flow to Kurdistan Region, says official
A local official announced on Monday that Iran has decided to release water flow into the Kurdistan Region, after blocking a river flow last week. Mayor of Pishdar district, Bakir Baiz, told Rudaw...
Iran Calls for Regional Cooperation against Environmental Woes
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says the origins of the sand and dust storms hitting Iran are mostly based in surrounding countries, and a serious regional cooperation is needed to tackle such...
Egypt’s Ministry of Environment Launches “Enough Plastic Bags” Initiative
The Minister of Environment Khaled Fahmy has launched a new national initiative called “Enough Plastic Bags” aiming at limiting the usage of plastic bags in Egypt. The Ministry of Environment has...
