Новости по теме environment

Kangaroos abound but fears for smaller cousins, warns WWF Australia's big kangaroos are thriving, but wildlife campaigners hold fears for their smaller cousins.

06 September 2014

Apple supplier in China accused of abuses A Chinese factory that supplies Apple with parts has been operating with violations of basic standards for health, safety and environmental protection.

05 September 2014

Pacific fisheries chief warns tuna stocks dangerously low The outgoing head of the fisheries management body has warned that some tuna stocks were now so low they should not be fished.

03 September 2014

Mexico investigates huge fish kill in lagoon Fishermen used shovels, wheel-carts and trucks in western Mexico to pull tons of dead fish out of a lagoon.

02 September 2014

14 detained trying to prevent Faroe Island dolphin hunt Fourteen animal rights activists have been detained on the Faroe island of Sandoy in the North Atlantic while trying to stop a controversial dolphin hunt.

01 September 2014

Kazakh expedition to China and Kyrgyzstan comes to end The expedition dedicated to Kazakh scholar Shoqan Walikhanov has made the last observations on the way from Kyrgyzstan to Kazakhstan.

01 September 2014

Volcano erupts in PNG, spewing ash and rock: officials A volcano erupted in eastern Papua New Guinea, spewing rocks and ash into the air.

29 August 2014

Half-dead Caspian Mullet fish wash ashore in Mangystau Oblast In Kazakhstan's Mangystau Oblast, mullets wash ashore of the Caspian Sea.

26 August 2014

Oil thieves cause pipeline leak, pollute Mexico river Thieves who tapped an oil pipeline in northern Mexico caused a spill that contaminated the San Juan River, a key irrigation source for farmers.

22 August 2014

Pangolins under threat in Gabon as demand surges in Asia The scaly-skinned pangolin is under threat in Gabon as demand for the small mammal surges in Asia, where it is used in traditional medicine.

19 August 2014

Mexico acid leak leaves orange river, toxic water Ramona Yesenia stood waiting for water to replace the municipal supply contaminated by a chemical spill

16 August 2014

Hawaii braces as hurricanes close in Tourists and locals braced for double trouble in Hawaii on Thursday as a rare pair of hurricanes took aim at the holiday paradise.

08 August 2014

Air pollution at critical level in Ust-Kamenogorsk Kazakhstan’s National Hydrometeorological service reported a high level of hazardous air pollutants that appeared to look like a fog.

08 August 2014

Russian Troitskaya power plant fined by Kazakh environmentalists Russian Troitskaya GRES power plant has been fined $35 thousand by Kazakhstani environmentalists.

05 August 2014

Kazakhstan exports hazardous waste to France Kazakh Ministry and UNDP have shipped 80 tonnes of hazardous sovtol from Kazakhstan to France and disposed of it there.

04 August 2014

Yosemite Park fire threatens famous giant sequoia trees A fire raging in California's Yosemite National Park advanced, threatening a grove of famous giant sequoia trees.

01 August 2014

Tiger campaign threatened by poor data: WWF Efforts to save the tiger are being undermined by a lack of information about how many of the endangered cats live in the wild, the conservation group WWF said.

30 July 2014

Climate change ravaging Antarctic fur seals: study A food shortage likely caused by climate change is shrinking a South Antarctic fur seal colony and changing the profile of its surviving members, researchers said.

24 July 2014

Weather is not affected by rocket launches: Kazakh Minister of Emergency Situations Minister of Emergency Situations Vladimir Bozhko expressed his opinion concerning commentaries of local environmentalists who said that rocket launches affected weather conditions in Kazakhstan.

21 July 2014

Great white shark choked by sea lion A great white shark that washed up on an Australian beach this week had a sea lion stuck in its throat which likely caused its death, fisheries officials said.

18 July 2014

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