Новости по теме environment

Heavy toll as Australian farmers struggle through drought On the road to Walgett a sign welcomes visitors: "Farming is not a way of life, it keeps everyone alive." But with drought taking a heavy toll on the region, farming has become a battle for survival.

02 March 2015

Destruction as massive cyclones hit Australia Two powerful cyclones pounded Australia and left a trail of destruction with houses ripped apart, trees uprooted and power lines torn down.

20 February 2015

Boston breaks monthly snowfall record after latest storm Boston braced for another pummeling of wintry weather Sunday, as officials declared February the snowiest month in the city's history.

16 February 2015

UN opens GDO in Almaty; More UN agencies want hub offices in Kazakhstan UN agencies are interested in opening hub offices in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

11 February 2015

Kazakhstan's environmental standards for TPP three times behind Europe The environmental requirements for thermal power plants in Kazakhstan are two or three times lower than in Europe.

29 January 2015

New Kok Zhailau road in Kazakhstan raises eyebrows Construction of a road to a resort-to-be Kok Zhailau in Kazakhstan's Almaty raises some complicated questions.

22 January 2015

Fuel eco-standards in Kazakhstan: how feasible? Kazakhstan is introducing new ecological standards for engine fuel. But experts have some doubts about the effectiveness of this measure.

20 January 2015

Beijing dangerous smog down four percent in 2014: govt Air pollution in Beijing dropped slightly last year, although levels of the most dangerous small particulate matter remained more than three times the internationally recommended limit.

05 January 2015

Kazakh chemist named best CIS scientist A chemist from Kazakhstan has been named the best across the CIS countries.

03 January 2015

New dams on Ili River to preserve water level of Balkhash: Kazakh Ministry of Agriculture The Committee on Water Resources of the Ministry of Agriculture of Kazakhstan is considering construction of nonrigid dams on the Ili River to maintain the water level of Balkhash lake.

26 December 2014

Lives of danger, poverty on Philippines' typhoon coast Life is a constant throw of the dice for farmer Nilo Dilao and other residents of the Philippine island of Samar, the ground zero for many of East Asia's deadliest storms.

20 December 2014

Kazakh Vice Prime Minister visits Berezovka village after mass poisoning of children Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Berdybek Saparbayev has visited Berezovka village located just several kilometers away from the major oil and gas field Karachaganak, where emissions of hydrogen sulfide took place shortly before the incident.

16 December 2014

951 Berezovka villagers sign appeal to President 951 Berezovka villagers have signed an appeal addressed to the President and Prime-Minister of Kazakhstan asking to be relocated away from the Karachaganak oil and gas field, citing poor ecological situation in the area and the latest series of incidents involving mass poisoning of children.

12 December 2014

Rains lash disaster-weary Philippines as typhoon nears Heavy rain and strong winds began to hit the eastern Philippines ahead of a giant storm threatening more devastation to areas yet to recover from a super typhoon.

06 December 2014

Mass poisoning in western Kazakhstan: KPO denies breaching environmental standards Karachaganak Petroleum Operating B.V. denies breaching environemtal standards in recent hospitalization of children in Berezovka village, several kilometers away from Karachaganak oil and gas field in Kazakhstan.

06 December 2014

Fear as typhoon bears down on Philippines Thousands of people in the Philippines sought shelter inmakeshift evacuation centresas monster Typhoon Hagupit bore down on the disaster-weary nation.

06 December 2014

Hydrogen sulphide emissions at Karachaganak before mass poisoning in Western Kazakhstan Prosecutor of West Kazakhstan Oblast said there were several hydrogen sulphide emissions at the large Karachaganak oil and gas field before the mass poisoning of children from nearby Berezovka village occured.

05 December 2014

Pacific states say tuna talks making slow progress Pacific island states expressed frustration at a lack of progress in talks aimed at protecting the region's valuable tuna resources.

03 December 2014

29 school students and teachers faint one after another in Western Kazakhstan 25 school children and 4 teachers fainted in a Western Kazakhstan village school one after another.

01 December 2014

Almaty struggles to reduce CO2 emissions Almaty is the largest city in Kazakhstan but the ecological damage from the city's growing vehicle usage exacerbated by the lack of high-quality public transport hangs like a smog over the country's cultural capital.

19 November 2014

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