Today is World Environment Day. Al-Ahram Weekly marks the occasion by taking stock of Egypt's efforts to come to grips with environmental degradation

Fresh water, fresh thinking
WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY is celebrated each year on 5 June and is considered one of the United Nation's main vehicles for generating world-wide awareness of environmental issues...

Containing pollution
Mahmoud Bakr talks with Minister of Environmental Affairs Mamdouh Riyad about the government's plans to protect the environment

Engineering conservation
Fatemah Farag visits one of the country's most polluted lakes, and finds that the environmental is highly political

Sewage salvation
Too little fresh water, too much effluent. Mahmoud Bakr looks at an innovative way of dealing with the dilemma

Forces of nature
Renewable energy may offer Egypt a brighter, cleaner future. Amira El-Noshokaty investigates the use of green power in Upper Egypt

The cost of cleanliness
For almost two years, the French have been collecting Alexandria's garbage. Dena Rashed heads north to report on the dynamics of private waste management