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Obama to 'pardon' Thanksgiving turkeys President Barack Obama will symbolically "pardon" two turkeys Wednesday on the eve of the US Thanksgiving holiday, in what has become an annual White House rite.

27 November 2013

Pacific man fails in bid to be first climate refugee A Pacific islander's bid to become the world's first climate change refugee failed Tuesday, with a New Zealand judge describing his case as "unconvincing".

26 November 2013

Don't eat furry friends, activists urge Chinese diners Animal rights campaigners have launched a poster campaign urging Chinese diners to turn down cat and dog dishes, with the group calling for the creatures to be considered "friends not food".

23 November 2013

No pollution discovered at Kashagan No pollution has been found around the Kashagan oil field in Kazakhstan.

22 November 2013

Leonardo DiCaprio boosts Nepal bid to save tigers A foundation set up by actor Leonardo DiCaprio pitched in $3 million Thursday to save tigers in Nepal, whose plan to double the big cats' population has shown success.

22 November 2013

New Japan islet created in volcano eruption A dramatic volcanic eruption in the Pacific Ocean has created a tiny new islet in Japan's territorial waters, officials said Thursday, the first time in decades the nation has seen the phenomenon.

22 November 2013

Australia's feral camels culled to 300,000 Australia's feral camel population numbers around 300,000, far fewer than the one million generally cited, a new study showed Thursday after a four-year cull removed 160,000.

21 November 2013

Toxic mafia dumps sow panic in Italy 'Triangle of Death' Anger is boiling over near Naples after revelations about toxic mafia dumps blamed for rising cancer rates that have prompted accusations the state is ignoring a vast public health crisis.

21 November 2013

Singapore champions sanitation on first World Toilet Day Singapore called Tuesday for greater efforts to improve sanitation in developing countries as it celebrated the inaugural UN World Toilet Day, an initiative by the cleanliness-obsessed island republic.

19 November 2013

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Species protection needed at 78 sites: study A scientific study out Thursday identifies 78 sites worldwide in dire need of environmental protection because they harbor species that could go extinct.

15 November 2013

Chemical waste piled in open air near Aktau More than 100 thousand tons of chemical waste is piled out in the open air near Aktau in western Kazakhstan.

14 November 2013

Southern Kazakhstan fears cholera outbreak A biological catastrophe may unfold in southern Kazakhstan.

13 November 2013

Ozone pact helped cool the planet: study A slowdown in global warming that climate sceptics cite in favour of their cause was partly induced by one of the world's most successful environment treaties, a study said on Sunday.

11 November 2013

Kashagan consortium gets oil spill response base NCPOC has rented an ecological base for oil spills response at the Caspian Sea.

06 November 2013

200 million people at risk from toxic pollution: environmentalists Hundreds of millions of people worldwide risk exposure to toxic pollution, environmental groups warned Monday, publishing a list of the world's worst areas, including an African processing site for European electronics.

05 November 2013

ENRC calls Kazakhstan inspector Darkwing Duck and promisses to sue him ENRC corporation is threatening to sue an environmental inspector from Pavlodar Oblast.

03 November 2013

Vast Antarctic sanctuary plans fail Plans to create two vast ocean sanctuaries in Antarctica to protect the pristine wilderness failed Friday for a third time with Russia and China blocking the bids.

01 November 2013

New dolphin species discovered off north Australia Researchers have identified a new humpback dolphin species off northern Australia, using genetic mapping to single out an animal not previously known to science.

31 October 2013

Australia probes Great Barrier Reef board over 'mining links' Australia launched a probe Wednesday into the agency responsible for protecting the Great Barrier Reef after some board members were urged to resign over alleged conflicts of interest related to the mining industry.

31 October 2013