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Makkah ranks as 2nd most polluted provinces in the world
Greenpeace revealed today the results of a global analysis, using satellite data collected by NASA identifying the world’s worst sources of sulphur dioxide (SO2) pollution, an irritant gas known to affect human health and one of the main pollutants contributing to deaths from air pollution worldwide.
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Greenpeace MENA welcomes inauguration of world’s largest solar farm in Abu Dhabi
Greenpeace Middle East and North Africa (MENA) welcomed the inauguration in Abu Dhabi of the world’s largest independent solar power plant, Noor, as a significant step in the quest of the United Arab Emirates to diversify away from oil.
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Greenpeace’s reaction on newly endorsed electricity plan
Replacing one dirty addiction with another will not solve our problems, only renewable energy can.
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Five leading environmentalists we are proud to have them in MENA
On International Women’s Day, Greenpeace celebrates five brave women in the Middle East and North Africa who have embarked the journey of change and created an environmental revolution in their…
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Open letter to Mrs Nada Boustani, Lebanese Minister of Energy and Water: will you lead the Lebanese renewable energy revolution?
As a female environmental activist, it is good to see the role of the ministry of energy held by a female who has been following the work of the ministry since 2010 and thus well positioned to move things around. I am addressing you as a Lebanese citizen demanding her basic right to clean, cheap…
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Greenpeace on the announcement of a coal-fired power plant project in Egypt: This constitutes a dangerous setback for Egypt’s ambition
In response to the announcement by the State-run Egyptian Electricity Holding Company of the winning consortium to build a 6,000 megawatt coal-fired power plant in the Red Sea port of Hamrawein, Julien Jreissati Arab World campaigner at Greenpeace Mediterranean said:
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Moroccans send a message to the world: Break Free from fossil fuel and go solar!
Casablanca,29th April 2018: Hundreds of people joined today Greenpeace sun-shaped human banner reading: "Break Free - Go Solar" with the landmark mosque Hassan II in the background in Casablanca-Morocco.
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Greenpeace: Shale gas ambitions jeopardize Algeria’s scarce water resources
In reaction to Algeria’s plan to attract more investment in the fossil fuel sector, notably shale gas, to meet local energy consumption, Julien Jreissati, Arab World campaigner at Greenpeace Mediterranean said: “Shale fossil fuel is the dirtiest of them all as it is retrieved via fracking, a destructive process which will jeopardize the country’s limited…