Environment – a list of the latest news on Kazakhstan's largest information portal. Read up-to-date information about Environment on Tengrinews!

Over 1 thousand dead seagulls discovered in Kazakhstan sector of Caspian Sea Mass mortality of seagulls has been registered at Shalyga island in the northern part of the Caspian Sea.

27 June 2013

Kazakhstan and U.S. agree to cooperate in reduction of emissions A memorandum of understanding on cooperation in expansion of capacities for development of an emissions reduction strategy has been signed between Kazakhstan Ministry of Environmental protection and the U.S. Government.

27 June 2013

Obama lays out national plan to fight climate change US President Barack Obama on Tuesday laid out a broad new plan to fight climate change, using executive powers to get around "flat earth" science deniers who have blocked action in Congress.

26 June 2013

New flame-headed bird species found in Cambodia capital A new species of bird with a distinctive orange-red coloured tuft of feathers on its head has been found in Cambodia's populous capital city.

26 June 2013

Pesticides tainting traditional China herbs: Greenpeace Traditional Chinese herbs are being contaminated with a toxic cocktail of pesticides that poses a threat to consumer health and the environment.

25 June 2013

Saiga population doubles in Kazakhstan in 5 years The population growth has not been affected even by poachers who hunt saiga for its horns used in Chinese medicine.

24 June 2013

Palm oil companies behind Singapore smog: Greenpeace Fires on Indonesia's Sumatra, which have cloaked Singapore in record-breaking smog, are raging on palm oil plantations owned by Indonesian, Malaysian and Singaporean companies.

22 June 2013

Singapore smog in new high, danger to ill and elderly Singapore's smog index hit the critical 400 level on Friday, making it potentially life-threatening to the ill and elderly people, according to a government monitoring site.

21 June 2013

Millions of moths mass on Madrid Millions of moths have engulfed Madrid in a population explosion blamed on spring rains, a sudden blast of summer heat and winds that have wafted them in as unwelcome guests to the Spanish capital.

19 June 2013

Effort to revive Galapagos tortoises once thought extinct Scientists will try to revive two species of giant Galapagos tortoises thought to have been extinct by breeding genetic relatives in captivity.

17 June 2013

Environmentalists warn of Nicaragua canal disaster A proposed Nicaraguan waterway rivaling the Panama Canal would cause an environmental disaster threatening drinking water supplies and fragile ecosystems.

16 June 2013

Warm ocean water melting Antarctic ice from bottom Warming ocean waters are melting the Antarctic ice shelves from the bottom up, researchers said Thursday in the first comprehensive study of the thick platforms of floating ice.

14 June 2013

Gillard teams with Schwarzenegger on climate action Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard joined forces with former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Thursday to urge global action on climate change, saying politics must be put aside.

13 June 2013

US mulls endangered status for captive chimpanzees The US Fish and Wildlife Service on Tuesday announced it is considering giving captive chimpanzees the same endangered status that currently protects chimps living in the wild.

13 June 2013

Kazakhstan mulls postponing penalties for greenhouse gas emissions Kazakhstan Environmental Protection Ministry is suggesting to postpone and lower the fines for exceeding greenhouse gas emission quotas.

12 June 2013

Pressure on New Zealand to save world's rarest dolphin New Zealand is facing pressure to save the world's rarest dolphin at an international scientific meeting underway this week in what conservationists say is a test of the nation's "clean, green" credentials.

10 June 2013

Fears for African rhinos in China rainforest In a tropical Chinese rainforest, seven savannah-dwelling African rhinos are said to be awaiting release into the wild, raising fears for their welfare in a country with a booming rhino horn trade.

09 June 2013

Dutch duo peddle old bikes as fashion, furniture Two Dutch entrepreneurs have found a novel way to make money out of the thousands of bicycles abandoned in the Netherlands each year, by turning them into designer fashion items and furniture.

08 June 2013

Kerosene leaking into Yessil river near Astana According to residents of Ondiris village, jet fuel has been flowing into the river near Astana for several years already.

07 June 2013

Scientists tell Australia to save Great Barrier Reef Leading marine scientists warned the Australian government on Wednesday of the growing threat to the Great Barrier Reef from unchecked industrial development.

05 June 2013

News about environment