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Fighters from the Free Syrian Army’s Al Majd Brigades dig a trench in the rebel held besieged area of al-Marj in the Eastern Ghouta of Damascus, Syria February 18, 2017. REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh

War Lays Waste to Syria’s Forestland, Wildlife

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 1, 2017 | Middle East

London- The civil war waged by the Syrian regime against its own people cast a shadow over forest life in the country through the indiscriminate bombardment with barrel bombs, missiles and other means of mass destruction that affect entire natural landscapes,...

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Demonstrators march down Pennsylvania Avenue during a People’s Climate March, to protest President Donald Trump stance on the environment, in Washington, US, April 29, 2017. (Reuters)

Thousands Protest Trump’s Environment Policies

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Apr 30, 2017 | World

Thousands of protesters took to the streets in front of the White House on Saturday to voice their opposition to President Donald Trump’s environment policies as he marks a hundred days in office. They demanded that he rethink plans to reverse the climate change...

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Vultures fight over a carcass on December 10, 2007 in the Masai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya.

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‘Nature’s Cleaners’…Vultures Pushed to Brink of Extinction

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 4, 2017 | World

Beirut- Vultures have a bad image – rather an ugly bird, they have neither the nobility of the eagle nor the elegance of the albatross. With their gazes fixed firmly on the ground, vultures circle over the bodies of dying animals, waiting for them to breathe their...

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US President Donald Trump holds up an executive order on ‘energy independence,’ eliminating Obama-era climate change regulations, during a signing ceremony at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) headquarters in Washington, U.S., March 28, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

California Prepares for Legal Battle with Trump over Environment

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Mar 29, 2017 | World

California is heading toward a legal showdown with the US administration after President Donald Trump signed an executive order rolling back key Obama-era measures to combat climate change. “Gutting #CPP is a colossal mistake and defies science itself,”...

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Morocco’s Environment Minister Hakima El Haite sepaks during an interview with Reuters at the World Climate Change Conference 2015 (COP21) at Le Bourget, near Paris, France, December 8, 2015. REUTERS/Jacky Naegelen

Moroccan Environment Minister Investigates Case of ‘Ukraine Wastes’

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 5, 2017 | Middle East

Rabat- Morocco’s Environment Minister in the caretaker government Hakima El Haite stated that she has assigned members of the Environmental Police to investigate the issue of “Ukraine wastes”. Some Moroccan media such as Ukrinform newspaper published news on...