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Shell Responds to Concerns Over Shale Gas Extraction in Tunisia

Bernard Yaros | 23 November 2012 | 10 Comments

International energy firm Shell has responded to two articles that were published on November 7 by online Tunisian media Tunivisions and Tunisia Live and shed light on grassroots opposition to a proposal for shale gas drilling. “Shell supports the rights of Tunisians to engage in discussions about onshore gas development,” read the statement. “Further, we [...]

Pests Found in Djerbian Water Supply

Kevin Ivey | 10 September 2012 | 0 Comments

Residents in the Southern areas of Midoun, and Sdouiksh were aghast on this weekend when they discovered unwelcome guests in their water. According to Abdel Monim a technical assistant at the National Water Supply and Distribution Company (SONEDE), residents discovered worms and tadpoles in buckets that were being filled from the city’s water supply. Although [...]

US Peace Corps Veterans Debate Return of Program to Tunisia

Carolyn Lamboley | 27 March 2012 | 4 Comments

On March 26, 2012, American Peace Corps veterans reunited at the Tahar Haddad Cultural Center in Tunis. The discussion provided the opportunity for Tunisians to ask questions about the role of the Corps and its upcoming return to Tunisia after a 16-year hiatus. The Peace Corps was created in 1960 by US President John F. [...]

Tunisians Don Gloves to Change Minds in Annual Clean-up Day

Adam Le Nevez | 25 March 2012 | 5 Comments

Hundreds of people took to the streets and beaches this Sunday March 25th, to participate in a grass-roots environmental initiative called Let’s Do It Tunisie! Teams of volunteers from Bizerte to Tatouine joined municipal council workers to remove rubbish, plant trees and regenerate public spaces. In Greater Tunis, initiatives were organized in a number of [...]

Let’s Do It Tunisia! Cleans Up Local Communities

Adam Le Nevez | 17 March 2012 | 3 Comments

Next Sunday, March 25th, thousands of Tunisians are expected to take to the streets, parks, beaches and fields throughout the country to clean up rubbish for Let’s Do It Tunisia! The event brings together a number of environmental associations in Tunisia, including Tunisie Propre (Clean Tunisia), as well as Club Environment and Sfax Elmezyena (Sfax [...]

Economic Morass Continues to Plague Tunisia’s Gafsa Mining Basin

Carolyn Lamboley | 11 February 2012 | 0 Comments

This week, unrest flared up in the Gafsa governate located in southwestern Tunisia after Anouar Ben Gaddour, adjunct secretary-general of the UGTT (Tunisian General Labor Union), announced the postponement of a negotiation session between the Minister of Social Affairs Khalil Zaouia, the Minister of Industry Bechir Zaafouri and the CEO of the Gafsa Phosphate Company [...]

Non-Profit Warns of Potential Environmental Disaster in Sousse

Hend Hassassi | 09 January 2012 | 0 Comments

A Tunisian environmental non-profit has issued a warning against a potential environmental disaster in Sousse. The group has detected a significant layer of oil mixed with the water table of the region. No action has yet been undertaken to determine the causes of the ground water’s pollution. The infiltration of petroleum products from gas stations located nearby is believed to be the [...]

Young Tunisian Wins Prize for Scientific Creativity and Technological Invention

Houda Mzioudet | 28 December 2011 | 5 Comments

A young Tunisian Akram Mourad and a Syrian doctor Madine Safi have jointly won the Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organisation (ALECSO) Prize for Scientific Creativity and Technological Invention. The award given to young Arab researchers who have achieved great accomplishments in their innovative fields, was dedicated this year to the field of energy and [...]

The World Bank Offers to Help Tunisia with Waste Management

Ahmed Medien | 09 December 2011 | 0 Comments

A group of representatives from the environmental department of the World Bank came to Tunisia yesterday to participate in a meeting held by the secretary of state, Salem Hamdi. The meeting covered the topic of implementing new environmental projects in the country, including waste management. The experts from the World Bank offered help to Tunisian authorities to develop [...]

Green Med Forum 2011 to Be Held in Tunisia

Sadok Ayari | 09 September 2011 | 9 Comments

The fourth edition of the Green Med Forum will be held in Tunisia, for the first time, from September 28th through 30th. At a press briefing to announce the event, Mohamed Mokhtar Jallali, Minister of Agriculture and Environment, described the forum as a platform to bring together businessmen, traders, and representatives of specialized agencies. This [...]

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