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1,255 facilities inspected in Makkah environmental safety check

  • The General Authority of Meteorology and Environmental Protection has inspected 1,255 facilities in the Makkah region, as part of a campaign that included previous inspections in Riyadh and the Eastern Province. “The campaign relied on qualified national cadres to check establishments’ commit...
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12 million cars causing air pollution, say experts

  • Experts at King Abdul Aziz University (KAU) have suggested that the relation between air and car pollution is evident and increases with the number of cars on the roads.As the number of cars increases so do the emissions because of the kind of gas and the type of car, its size, age and the way it...
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14th meeting of GCC meteorological facility leaders concludes

  • JEDDAH: The 14th meeting of the leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council’s meteorological facilities, in partnership with the National Center for Meteorology and sponsored by SAMI Advanced Electronics Company, concluded on Monday. The two-day meeting took place at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Jed...
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15 killed, 500,000 evacuated in unprecedented western US bushfires

  • CLOVIS, United States: Firefighters were battling unprecedented wildfires up and down the US West Coast on Friday that killed 15 people and forced more than half a million others to flee their homes, with officials warning of more deaths to come in the days ahead. The true scale of destruction...
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151 sewage sites to be tackled

  • The Ministry of Water and Electricity has started tackling 151 sewage collection sites across the Kingdom that pose a threat to public health and the environment, a ministry official said recently.The ministry plans to expand current waste treatment plants and create new ones to sort out the...
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20 factories shut down

  • Officials from the Presidency of Meteorology and Environment (PME) have shut down more than 20 factories in Jeddah in a single week for harming the environment....
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35 unlicensed refineries closed

  • The Higher Committee for Environmental Protection (HCEP) in Riyadh has closed down 35 unlicensed facilities for oil-refining in the Riyadh region with the participation of Civil Defense teams, citing the negative impact of waste on the environment, in addition to violating regulations....
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80 percent of Jeddah coast pollution caused by government departments

  • While Jeddah beaches’ pollution levels exceed global rates, a new study showed the environmental violations of government departments are the reason for 80 percent of the pollution of coasts as a result of violating environmental instructions while having no efficient control....
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Abdulrahman Al-Fadley, Saudi minister of environment, water and agriculture

  • Abdulrahman Al-Fadley has been the Kingdom’s minister of environment, water and agriculture since January 2015. He has extensive experience in operational management, as well as expertise in project and investment management. He is chairman of the Saudi Arabian Grains Organization, the Irri...
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Abha airport project targets passenger capacity of 13 million

  • Prince Faisal bin Khalid bin AbdulAziz, governor of Asir region, received a delegation from the General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA), and was briefed about latest development of Abha Regional Airport ProjectThe delegation, led by Tariq Abdul-Jabbar, assistant to GACA president for Airports,...
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