Climate change to affect water availability in Egypt: former minister
Ayman Farid Abu Hadid, former Minister of Agriculture, said the increase of temperature by one degree Celsius will affect the amount of water available on the planet earth, and in case it rose by 3...
SWRO DESALINATION PLANT IN EGYPT USING KUWAIT LOAN
The Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development will loan US$115.5 to help with the funding of a seawater desalination plant for the city of Port Said. Two grants in total were signed – one for...
Controversial Dakota Access Pipeline Route Denied
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Sunday nixed plans for a controversial oil pipeline crossing in North Dakota, a major victory for Native Americans and environmentalists who had staged months of...
Can You Be Allergic To Water?
Of all the allergies in the world, aquagenic urticaria — an allergy to water that causes patients to develop hives after coming into contact with water of any temperature — may be the strangest....
Arid S. Arabia might need ‘$50 billion’ in water investment
Arid Saudi Arabia could need more than $53 billion in water sector investment supported by private funds as demand grows, officials said on Sunday. The world’s largest oil exporter, whose...
Sen. Bernie Sanders asking President Obama to halt North Dakota pipeline for full review
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and four other Democratic senators are asking President Barack Obama to halt construction of the four-state Dakota Access pipeline until a full environmental review can...
KEPS launches project to curb water consumption
Kuwait Environment Protection Society (KEPS) yesterday said that the start of the second phase of the project is to reduce water consumption – an endeavor buoyed by the Arab Fund for Economic and...
Lebanese Environment Ministry to start cleansing contaminated Litani
Lebanese Minister of Environment, Mohammad Mashnouq, confirmed today that his Ministry would soon bring into effect a roadmap to cleanse highly defiled Litani river. Mashnouq, who sponsored today a...
