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Greenpeace warns against importing highly polluting Iraqi fuel – Give our lungs a break!
Iraqi oil has a high sulfur content and using it for power generation will worsen the air pollution in Lebanon that has already reached an alarming level
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Sulphur Dioxide Emission Hotspots Report
This report was issued by Greenpeace India and Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air for 2020 and takes a close look at the emission hotspots of this poisonous gas
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Middle East Records Some of the Highest Global SO2 Emissions
The report revealed that Saudi Arabia recorded the highest levels of sulfur dioxide emissions in the Middle East and North Africa in 2019, followed by Kuwait, the UAE, Iraq and Morocco
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Guidelines from Greenpeace MENA in relation to the emissions/ smoke and dust created from the Explosion at Beirut Port on August 4th 2020
The explosion that took place at the port in Beirut appeared to happen in a facility storing approximately 2750 tonnes of the chemical ammonium nitrate which is used to manufacture fertilisers and explosives.
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Mecca Sun – Lights the Way to a Brighter Future
Harnessing the power of the sun to service the guests of Mecca. Because the sun of Mecca can light the way for a brighter future!
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Greenpeace: Lebanon’s Death Rate and Economic Cost due to Air Pollution among the Highest in the MENA Region
Greenpeace MENA published a global report today entitled “Toxic Air: The Price of Fossil Fuels,” including figures that reveal the massive health and economic cost endured by countries due to their reliance on fossil fuels, which pollute the air and increase disease and mortality rates. The report also sheds light on the solutions that can…
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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…