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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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Greenpeace Statement: Open Letter to the UN regarding the FSO SAFER
12 August 2020: Commenting on the publication of an open letter to the UN Secretary-General urging them to take action to deal with the FSO SAFER oil tanker and stop a humanitarian and environmental catastrophe off Yemen, Greenpeace MENA Executive Director Zeina Alhajj said:
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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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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 protect our health and benefit our societies.
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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 reveals 8 Middle-Eastern cities among most polluted in the world
Groundbreaking analysis of new satellite data by Greenpeace for the period of June 1 to August 31 reveals that several Middle Eastern cities feature in the most polluted cities in the world in terms of NO2 air pollution ranking.