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Power-hungry Washington's soft spot for wounded wildlife Washington is synonymous with power, majestic buildings and ruthless ambition. But it also has a cuddly side, nurturing orphaned baby squirrels and lame turtles.

19 December 2013

World experiences hottest November in 134 years: US The month of November was the hottest experienced on Earth since record-keeping began in 1880, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Tuesday.

18 December 2013

Coal port plan will kill Great Barrier Reef: activists Conservationists on Wednesday slammed Australia's approval for an Indian firm to expand a major coal port on the Great Barrier Reef coast, warning it would hasten the natural wonder's demise.

11 December 2013

Oil explorer eyes Spain's pristine Canary Islands Luring millions of tourists a year with its crystal-clear waters, warm winters and precious wildlife, Spain's Canary Islands may hold another treasure -- oil -- that is attracting a less welcome visitor.

11 December 2013

Environmentalists hail China's banquet ban on shark fin Environmentalists hailed Monday a Chinese government ban on serving shark's fin, bird's nest soup and other wild animal products at official functions, saying it will set a precedent that will help protect endangered species.

10 December 2013

Coal rush ravages Indonesian Borneo Barges loaded with mountains of coal glide down the polluted Mahakam River on Indonesian Borneo every few minutes. Viewed from above, they form a dotted black line as far as the eye can see, destined for power stations in China and India.

09 December 2013

Israel, Jordan, Palestinians to sign Red Sea-Dead Sea deal Representatives of Israel, Jordan and the Palestinians will on Monday sign a "historic" agreement to link the Red Sea with the shrinking Dead Sea, an Israeli minister said.

09 December 2013

Optimism for deal to lower Pacific tuna catches Conservationists and fishing industry representatives expressed confidence Thursday they were close to agreement on cutbacks in the lucrative tuna fishing industry in the Pacific.

06 December 2013

New HQ but little cash for UN climate fund The UN's new Green Climate Fund (GCF)opened its headquarters in South Korea on Wednesday, facing the key challenge of funding its mission to support low carbon projects around the world.

05 December 2013

CNPC AktobeMunaiGas to pay $50 million for environmental damage CNPC AktobeMunaiGas will have to pay 7.7 billion tenge ($50 million) for environmental violations in Kazakhstan.

04 December 2013

Benefit of bees even bigger than thought: food study Bees have a much greater economic value than is widely known, according to a scientific probe into strawberry-growing published on Wednesday.

04 December 2013

Baikonur to give up Proton boosters only in 2025 Proton carrier rockets using highly toxic fuel will continue to be launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome until 2025.

04 December 2013

60% of Almaty public transport to become ecologically-friendly in Q1 2014 60% of public transport will become ecologically friendly by the end of the 1st quarter of 2014 in Almaty, Mayor Akhmetzhan Yessimov said.

03 December 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

Russia invoiced $90 million for Proton-M crash in Kazakhstan Kazakhstan has sent Russia a $90 million bill for the Proton-M carrier rocket crash at Baikonur in Kazakhstan.

26 November 2013

Aktau oil tanker explosion: train driver transferred to Burn Center in Astana The train driver Berik Kulbarakov who suffered burns in the oil tanker explosion near Aktau has been transferred to the Burn Center in Astana.

25 November 2013

Race for Arctic resources must be conflict-free: Pentagon Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Friday the United States will assert its sovereignty in the rapidly thawing Arctic but called on countries to work together to avoid conflict over the untapped frontier.

23 November 2013

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

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

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