Iran’s top environmental official has urged senior government and provincial officials to do their part to save energy in an attempt to curb air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions.
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As is the case every year, 2015 saw its fair share of events. However, not much happened in the way of alleviating Iran’s plethora of environmental problems
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Tehran Mayor Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf has criticized officials and lawmakers for what he calls “the politicization of air pollution.”
Speaking to the media on Wednesday, the mayor said, “Air…
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Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani has promised the chamber will review the Clean Air Bill and as well as proposed amendments to the Technical Inspection Law at an upcoming parliamentary session,…
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The chairman of the UK Environment Agency will meet flood victims later after he returned to the UK following two weeks on holiday in Barbados. Sir Philip Dilley has been criticized for taking the…
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A lack of organizational structure has made tackling environmental woes, which is already a tough task, a more daunting objective.
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Director of Tehran’s Department of Environment has dismissed claims by a senior city councilor about the death toll emanating from air pollution in the polluted capital as “uninformed.”
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The affordability of fossil fuel and exorbitant costs of investment in renewable energy sources dissuade investors from financing clean energy alternatives in Iran, according to an energy official…
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Russia is warming more than twice as fast as the average for the rest of the world, the environment ministry said Friday, sounding an alarm on the rise in floods and wildfires nationwide. A…
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Following the implementation of the Sustainable Agriculture Program, water consumption in Lake Urmia’s watershed has declined by 35% and the water level has risen by 15 centimeters since September…
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Eleven African countries are moving ahead with an ambitious pan-African effort in the Sahel-Saharan region of the continent to protect arable land from the encroaching Sahara desert — by planting…
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Hunters from neighboring countries who enter Iran under the guise of leisure travel hunt the rare Persian gazelle in Khuzestan Province seemingly with impunity.
The endangered gazelle, a…
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Sporadic reports of wild animals, namely wolves, finding their way to human-inhabited areas in Gilan Province in search of food and water has caused concern among locals. “This is not a one-off…
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More than 17,000 marine species across the globe remain largely unprotected, finds the first comprehensive assessment of protected areas -- or lack thereof -- for marine life.
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Two striking sea snakes have been spotted drifting off the coast of Western Australia, more than 15 years after the species was declared extinct, according to a report published in the journal…
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The air quality in Alborz Province has been gradually deteriorating and it is expected to worsen by the end of the current Iranian year that ends in March.
“Smog has gotten worse in the…
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The Department of Environment’s recent moves aimed at curbing Tehran’s dangerous air pollution are working, according to a senior official at the department.
Speaking to ISNA, Saeed…
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The story of the quarantined female Amur tiger is coming to a happy ending following its transfer to a new home in Eram Zoo in western Tehran.
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Construction of tall buildings and towers and the presence of hundreds of polluting factories around the sprawling Iranian capital have made the fight against air pollution not difficult be…
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At least 91 people were missing after a huge mound of mud and construction waste collapsed at a business park in southern China and buried 33 buildings in the country’s latest industrial disaster…
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With three months to go before the current Iranian year ends (March 19, 2016), the Oil Ministry has yet to deliver on its pledge to provide 200 billion rials ($5.5 million) to help stabilize…
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The Chinese capital remained shrouded under toxic haze for the third consecutive day on Monday. It imposed the highest tier of a four-color smog warning system for four days starting Saturday, the…
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The extinction of large animals from tropical forests could make climate change worse, according to researchers at the University of East Anglia.
New research published Friday in Science…
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The Department of Environment announced short-term solutions to help curb the dangerously high levels of toxic pollutants in the Iranian capital following an emergency meeting on Saturday morning…
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Australia is “very disappointed” at Japan’s decision to resume whaling in the Antarctic Ocean, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said Friday as he readied for talks with Japanese premier Shinzo Abe…
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