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Forest fire hits 'sacred' Philippine mountain A forest fire was raging atop a Philippine mountain, threatening endangered plants and animals in an area also considered by some local sects as a holy place.

21 March 2014

'Smog insurance' offers to help Chinese breathe easier Chinese companies have offered up a fresh idea to help pollution-weary travellers while cashing in on public concerns over dirty air at the same time -- smog insurance.

19 March 2014

Polluted Paris forces thousands of cars off the road Thousands of cars will be banned from Parisian roads on Monday as the city tries to curb dangerous pollution levels by introducing alternate driving days for the first time in nearly two decades.

17 March 2014

Compensation of Proton-M crash damage taking way too long: Kazakhstan First Deputy Prime-Minister of Kazakhstan Bakhytzhan Sagintayev says that negotiation of compensation of the damages caused by the Proton-M carrier rocket crash in Kazakhstan is taking way too long.

14 March 2014

US ends BP contract ban The United States announced Thursday an end to its ban on BP obtaining government contracts following the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.

14 March 2014

Australia hatches first IVF shark Australia has successfully hatched its first shark born via artificial insemination with hopes that the development can ultimately be used to help breed threatened species.

13 March 2014

New lizard species discovered in Peru Scientists have discovered a new species of lizard at a national park in Peru.

12 March 2014

Cat takes US family hostage A 22-pound (10-kilo) Himalayan cat attacked a baby boy and then took a US family hostage in their apartment, forcing them to call 911 to get police help.

12 March 2014

Moving petrol filling stations outside Almaty not possible: Vladimir Bozhko Kazakhstan Emergencies Minister offered no support to the idea of Mels Yeleussizov to move all the petrol filling stations out of Almaty.

12 March 2014

Elephants can tell difference between human languages African elephants can differentiate between human languages and move away from those considered a threat, a skill they have honed to survive in the wild.

11 March 2014

10-metre whale caught in Tunisia fisherman's nets dies A 10-metre (33-foot) whale died on Sunday after becoming tangled in a Tunisian fisherman's nets off the coast of Sidi Bou Said town north of the capital Tunis.

10 March 2014

CNPC AktobeMunaiGas fined $4.4 million CNPC AktobeMunaiGas oil company has been charged with a fine of over $4.4 million.

08 March 2014

Kazakhstan postpones introduction of greenhouse gas emission fines GHG emission fines mounted so high in 2013 that Kazakhstan decided to postpone introduction of the fines and cut the fine in two.

07 March 2014

Scorcher summers predicted for Europe: study Europe is headed for scorching summers with temperatures well over 40 degrees Celsius (104 deg Fahrenheit) and droughts in the south within the next 40 years, climate scientists said Friday.

07 March 2014

Atyrau oil refinery fined $132 million for polluting environment; plant claims inspectors ignorant of flaring systems Atyrau oil refinery has been changed with a fine of nearly $132 million over environmental pollution.

07 March 2014

Semey residents suffer from smoking boiler house Residents of one of the regions of Semey city are stifled with smoke issuing from a boiler house.

06 March 2014

Time running out for Great Barrier Reef: scientists Time is running out for Australia's iconic Great Barrier Reef, with climate change set to wreck irreversible damage by 2030 unless immediate action is taken.

06 March 2014

Subsidiary fined by twice the amount of KMG E&P's profit The ecology fine of the sub-company of Exploration and Production KazMunaiGa twice more than the profit of the entire Kazakhstan Oil and Gas National Company.

05 March 2014

China's premier 'declares war' on pollution Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said he is "declaring war" on pollution, describing it as a "red-light warning" against inefficiency as he sought to address public concerns on issues from acrid smog to food safety.

05 March 2014

Alaska mine could be blocked to save salmon fisheries US environmental authorities made a rare move Friday to block a massive copper and gold mine in Alaska before it even gets under way, in a bid to protect wild salmon.

02 March 2014

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