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Japan's radiation monitoring unreliable: Greenpeace Government radiation monitoring in areas near Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant is unreliable, Greenpeace charged on Tuesday, with heavily populated areas exposed to 13 times the legal limit.

23 October 2012

BISOL constructs 2-megawatt solar power plant in Kazakhstan's Kapshagai Samruk-Energo company signed an agreement with BISOL Central Asia Ltd. on a turn key solar plant in Kazakhstan's Kapshagai.

23 October 2012

PHOTO: Almaty Heating and Power Plant №1 switching to gas It is planned for achieve full coverage of Almaty city with gas supply within 3 years. The project is worth over $67.5 million.

22 October 2012

World pledges more money to protect biodiversity Efforts to reverse the worrying loss of Earth's dwindling natural resources received a substantial boost on Saturday when a UN conference in India agreed to double biodiversity aid to poor countries.

20 October 2012

Conference seeks to curb exploitation of high seas Long spared because of their remoteness, the high seas have become an important hunting ground for fish trawlers and oil prospectors, putting at risk many marine species that call these waters home.

17 October 2012

Iran develops plans for deliberate Gulf oil spill: report Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards have developed plans to damage an oil tanker in the Gulf to create an environmental disaster, German magazine Spiegel reported on Sunday.

17 October 2012

Smoking in cars beats UN pollution threshold Smoking in cars raises levels of dangerous fine-particle pollutants to many times the limit recommended by the world's health agency.

17 October 2012

Prestige oil disaster trial starts in Spain Seamen go on trial Tuesday over the sinking of the Prestige petrol tanker which spilt a devastating oil slick when it sank off Spain in 2002, with hundreds of plaintiffs seeking billions in damages.

16 October 2012

Kazakhstan wants Alakol lake in UNESCO Biosphere Reserves Kazakhstan’s Man and Biosphere Committee drafted a proposal on including Alakol Lake into the UNESCO Network of Biosphere Reserves.

15 October 2012

China releases panda after special survival regime A captive-bred Chinese panda has been released into the wild as part of efforts to help the struggling species, but this time with special survival training after one of the animals died in a previous attempt.

12 October 2012

Costa Rica tightens ban on shark fins Costa Rica has banned the import of shark fins, closing a legal loophole and targeting a link in a global production chain stretching to Asian markets, where shark fin soup is seen as a delicacy.

12 October 2012

Indonesian volcano spews ash clouds in new eruption One of Indonesia's most active volcanoes has erupted again, spewing clouds of ash, an official said Monday.

09 October 2012

41 waste-processing plants to be constructed in Kazakhstan Kazakhstan Environmental Protection Minister talked about development of the green economy in Kazakhstan.

08 October 2012

Australia scientists tackle reef-killing starfish An Australian research team said Monday they have found an effective way to kill the destructive crown-of-thorns starfish, which is devastating coral reefs across the Pacific and Indian oceans.

08 October 2012

Architect invents airship to battle smog in Almaty Architect Leila Rakhimzhanova has suggested a simple and inexpensive method of cleaning Almaty from smog.

05 October 2012

Australia hits out at Japan at whale research launch Australian Environment Minister Tony Burke Thursday hit out at Japan's "alleged" scientific whaling as researchers hailed the testing of new acoustic tracking technology for the endangered blue whale.

04 October 2012

Australia admits neglect of Great Barrier Reef The Australian government admits the Great Barrier Reef has been neglected for decades after a study showed it has lost more than half its coral cover in the past 27 years.

03 October 2012

Great Barrier Reef coral halved in 27 years: study Australia's Great Barrier Reef has lost more than half its coral cover in the past 27 years due to storms, poisonous starfish and bleaching linked to climate change.

02 October 2012

Revealed: Secrets of the Squid from Hell Biologists on Wednesday said they had unlocked secrets about the vampire squid, a mysterious creature that feeds on the decaying dead in the unlit depths.

26 September 2012

Wilfire damage made $3.5 million in 9 months in Kazakhstan Kazakhstan’s Agriculture Ministry has calculated the damage caused by fires in 9 months of 2012.

24 September 2012

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