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Toxic mine leak turns Mexico river orange Authorities imposed restrictions on the water supply in Mexico, after toxic substances from a nearby mine reportedly turned a river orange.

11 August 2014 11:11

Rare animal recorded on camera in Kazakhstan It is the first time the species is caught on a surveillance camera in Kazakhstan.

10 August 2014 18:43

New residents of Semey: cormorants inhabit Irtysh river An enormous flock of cormorants has occupied uninhabited islands on the Irtysh river right near the bridge in Semey, Kazakhstan.

10 August 2014 12:46

Flights grounded as Typhoon Halong heads for south Japan A strong typhoon lashed large areas of southwest Japan on Saturday, grounding some 460 flights and stranding thousands of holidaymakers.

09 August 2014 14:22

Hawaii braces as hurricanes close in Tourists and locals braced for double trouble in Hawaii on Thursday as a rare pair of hurricanes took aim at the holiday paradise.

08 August 2014 14:42

Air pollution at critical level in Ust-Kamenogorsk Kazakhstan’s National Hydrometeorological service reported a high level of hazardous air pollutants that appeared to look like a fog.

08 August 2014 13:21

Russian Troitskaya power plant fined by Kazakh environmentalists Russian Troitskaya GRES power plant has been fined $35 thousand by Kazakhstani environmentalists.

05 August 2014 16:56

Kazakhstan exports hazardous waste to France Kazakh Ministry and UNDP have shipped 80 tonnes of hazardous sovtol from Kazakhstan to France and disposed of it there.

04 August 2014 14:41

Akkol town to become youth resort: Sustainable Development Earth Foundation The Earth Foundation plans to make Akkol town in Kazakhstan a resort for young people by 2017.

04 August 2014 14:17

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Yosemite Park fire threatens famous giant sequoia trees A fire raging in California's Yosemite National Park advanced, threatening a grove of famous giant sequoia trees.

01 August 2014 18:24

Irrigation water shortage in Kyrgyzstan hits Kazakhstan Committee for water resources of Kazakhstan's Ministry of Environment has commented on the decrease in water supply to Kazakhstan from Kyrgyzstan.

31 July 2014 20:49

Tiger campaign threatened by poor data: WWF Efforts to save the tiger are being undermined by a lack of information about how many of the endangered cats live in the wild, the conservation group WWF said.

30 July 2014 10:03

Inuit village sues to block oil surveys in Canada's Arctic A small Inuit village in the Canadian Arctic sued to block offshore exploration for oil, involving noisy air-cannon surveys it says threaten marine wildlife.

29 July 2014 15:25

Almaty tending to its rivers There will be no water in some of the Almaty rivers for a couple of years because of the reconstruction works.

28 July 2014 19:39

Marooned in Central Asian desert that was once sea A top secret Soviet town for testing biological weapons stands abandoned in a Central Asian desert that was once a sea.

28 July 2014 18:44

Eight hospitalized after US lightning strike Eight people, including a teenager, were taken to hospital Sunday following a freak lightning strike at bustling Venice Beach, the Los Angeles Fire Department said.

28 July 2014 11:56

Australia approves huge India-backed mine Australia has given the go-ahead to a massive coal mine in Queensland state which Environment Minister Greg Hunt said Monday could ultimately provide electricity for up to 100 million Indians.

28 July 2014 10:38

Giant anteaters kill two hunters in Brazil Giant anteaters in Brazil have killed two hunters in separate incidents, raising concerns about the animals' loss of habitat and the growing risk of dangerous encounters with people, researchers said.

26 July 2014 16:26

Climate change ravaging Antarctic fur seals: study A food shortage likely caused by climate change is shrinking a South Antarctic fur seal colony and changing the profile of its surviving members, researchers said.

24 July 2014 15:04