China will impose “special emissions restrictions” on enterprises in major industrial sectors in northern China later this year, as it bids to ensure its war on pollution continues once a tough…
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A survey conducted to estimate the Persian leopard’s population has revealed that at least 10 were living in Bamou National Park in the southern Fars Province. The survey was carried out by the…
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Coral reefs in the Persian Gulf and Oman Sea are on the verge of crossing the ecological threshold, both due to natural and human-caused factors, said a senior environment authority.
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The police seized 25 off-road vehicles during a crackdown on rallies early this week in Sohanak, a northeastern village of Tehran, the head of Protection Unit at Forest, Range and Watershed…
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A second winter storm in as many weeks is causing hundreds of flight cancellations across the United States, airlines reported on Tuesday, potentially dealing a further blow to carriers’ first…
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The Clean Air Act will be enforced as soon as the regulations are prepared and approved by the Cabinet, the head of the Department of Environment declared.
Speaking in a conference on…
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The Iranian oil tanker that sank in the East China Sea has left two oil slicks covering a combined 109 square kilometers, the Chinese government said late Tuesday, as maritime police scour for…
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Extreme weather events and natural disasters are the likeliest global risks to occur in 2018, according to experts surveyed by the World Economic Forum.
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The unreasonable insistence on self-sufficiency in all agricultural products hampers efforts to revive Iran's shrinking Urmia Lake, an Iranian lawmaker said.
"There have been delays in…
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Latest statistics by the National Drought Warning and Monitoring Center show that this year's autumn (Sept. 23-Dec. 21) was the driest over the past 67 years, with precipitation levels declining…
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As part of a pilot project, Singapore has stationed electronic waste bins wherein people can drop their old, unused gadgets to be recycled and even get their data wiped off the devices for peace…
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The National Climate Change Office at the Department of Environment has submitted seven sets of regulations related to the Clean Air Act to the government for approval.
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Chinese ships scrambled on Monday to clean up a massive oil spill after an Iranian tanker sank off China, raising fears of devastating damage to marine life.
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Efforts for the conservation of Caspian Sea's only mammal depend on the establishment of a local Tehran Convention secretariat whose first office is set to be in Baku, Azerbaijan, a senior…
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Pollution levels in Mashhad, the capital of Khorasan Razavi Province, deteriorated on Friday, compelling the authorities to take emergency measures to prevent serious health risks.
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Federal scientists have determined that a family of widely used pesticides poses a threat to dozens of endangered and threatened species, including Pacific salmon, Atlantic sturgeon and Puget…
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A number of faculty members and university graduates in the field of environment studies have demanded in a letter to the Ministry of Education their right to teach the "Human and Environment"…
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A bushfire that threatened homes in the Port Stephens region in South Wales, Australia, has been downgraded, but Newcastle Airport remains closed. The airport was closed on Saturday afternoon,…
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An artificial insemination project involving the Asiatic cheetah couple "Koushki and Delbar" at Tehran's Pardisan Research Center is scheduled for mid-January, which could end up with successful…
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UK Prime Minister Theresa May is to declare war on the country's "throwaway culture" by demanding the 5 pence ($0.06) levy on plastic bags be extended from supermarkets to all shops.
The…
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A senior official at the National Iranian Oil Company has reacted to the Department of Environment's calls for suing the company for contributing to air pollution in the southern province of…
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A magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck in the Caribbean Sea between the coast of Honduras and the Cayman Islands on Tuesday night. There were no early reports of damage on land.
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Mudslides, boulders and tons of debris killed at least 13 people on Tuesday in communities along California’s scenic coastline ravaged by a series of intense wildfires that burned off protective…
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The workgroup to reduce Tehran's air pollution met on Sunday to discuss solutions for alleviating the provincial residents' breathing woes.
Experts believe this can be achieved by…
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Over 70% of the southeastern Hamoun Wetlands (also known as Hamouns) in Sistan-Baluchestan Province are drying up, largely because of Afghanistan's injudicious dam construction on its…
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