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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

Kazakhstan energy experts call GHG emission quotas populism Urazalinov believes that these plans are a threat to Kazakhstan coal-fueled energy and that their implementation is likely to undermine achievement of the goals that the Kazakhstan economy is supposed to reach before 2030.

31 October 2013

Kazakhstan pushes ban on Caspian sturgeon fishing Kazakhstan insists that all the pre-Caspian states introduce a ban on catching sturgeons in the Caspian Sea.

30 October 2013

Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Germany to cooperate in snow leopards protection The joint project of Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan Transborder Cooperation in the Biodiversity Conservation of Northern Tian Shan Mountains has been presented at the world forum for snow leopard conservation.

29 October 2013

'Lost world' discovered in remote Australia An expedition to a remote part of northern Australia has uncovered three new vertebrate species isolated for millions of years..

28 October 2013

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'Apocalyptic' smog eases in Chinese city A bout of choking smog that brought life to a standstill in a far northeast Chinese city for three days has dissipated, with flights resuming and students returning to school.

24 October 2013

Ecologically clean regions of Almaty are 'myths' Ecologically clean regions of Almaty city are nothing but 'myths' long gone.

22 October 2013

Kazakhstan No.1 in Central Asia and in world's Top 10 by greenhouse gas emisions Greenhouse gas emissions have brought Kazakhstan to the 1st place among Central Asian countries.

22 October 2013

Global warming linked to wildfires: UN climate chief Wildfires are "absolutely" linked to global warming and increasingly intense heatwaves, the UN climate chief has said, as bushfires burned out of control in Australia.

22 October 2013

Dolphin killings rise in Peru due to Asia shark fin sales Peru has dramatically increased its sales of shark fins to Asia, triggering the slaughter of about 15,000 dolphins a year used as bait.

20 October 2013

Help at hand to relocate threatened species Australian and New Zealand scientists Thursday said they have devised the "first rigorous framework" on deciding whether to relocate endangered animals threatened with extinction by climate change.

17 October 2013

Australia, US, France urge Antarctic protected areas Australia, New Zealand, the United States, France and the EU on Wednesday stepped up pressure on Russia for a swift agreement to create vast Antarctic marine sanctuaries.

16 October 2013

Kangaroo checks in to Australian Airport Australian police had to lock down part of Melbourne Airport Wednesday after a kangaroo bounced into the terminal and surprised passengers shopping in a pharmacy.

16 October 2013

Leaking wells may cause ecological disaster at Caspian Sea There are currently around 1,400 leaking wells in the Caspian sea area; 128 of them are underwater: Atyrau Oblast Akim.

14 October 2013

Greenpeace boss admits surprise at harsh Russian response Despite its expertise at risky protests, Greenpeace's head admitted he was "extremely surprised" by Russia's response in the Arctic and never imagined activists would face piracy charges and years in jail.

11 October 2013