For several years, sewage from Armenian power plants and aluminum factories has been polluting the water of Aras River, Behnam Giglou, Ardabil’s representative in the High Council of Provinces,…
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The US Environmental Protection Agency is warning residents to keep away from a river in Colorado after accidentally spilling mine waste water into it.
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China has rejected 17 construction projects valued at $17.6 billion to bolster environmental protection strategies and fight corruption.
The projects were among 92 examined by the Ministry…
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Powerful Typhoon Soudelor is battering Taiwan with strong winds and heavy rain, leaving at least four people dead.
The storm—with winds of more than 230km/h—made landfall on the eastern…
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Three US airlines announced that they will no longer accept lion, leopard, elephant, rhino and buffalo trophies as cargo. The move comes after an American dentist killed a well-known lion in…
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in the current water year (started Sept. 23, 2014), 135 million cubic meters of water enter the critically-endangered Lake Urmia, according to an official involved in the Urmia Lake Restoration…
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Technology to drain heat-trapping CO2 from the atmosphere may slow global warming, but will not reverse climate damage to the ocean on any meaningful timescale, according to research published on…
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Iran has the highest rate of desertification worldwide, according to the head of Tehran’s Department of Environment, Hadi Heydarzadeh.
Heydarzadeh referred to the looming water crisis as…
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A deputy at the Department of Environment praised the United Nations resolution aimed at curbing wildlife crimes.
Ali Teymouri, deputy for hunting and fishing at DOE, said, “The UN has made…
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Iran will be able to effectively address environmental issues in cooperation with four European countries, namely Italy, France, Norway and Poland, the head of Iran’s Department of Environment,…
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Head of the Department of Environment, Massoumeh Ebtekar, said the bill to preserve and protect forests has been prepared.
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US President Barack Obama challenged America and the world to step up efforts to fight global warming on Monday at the formal unveiling of his administration’s controversial, ramped-up plan to cut…
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Iran’s severe water shortage is common knowledge, as it is located in the world’s most water-stressed region. Perpetual drought and declining precipitation have displaced thousands and if measures…
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A plan has been devised to save 30 animal species in Iran from extinction, director general of Wildlife and Biodiversity Office at the Department of Environment, Seyyed Majid Kharrazian Moqaddam,…
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The Department of Environment is committed to registering World Ranger Day on the Iranian calendar, according to a deputy of the department. Speaking to Mehr News Agency, Mohammad Darvish added…
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A small patch of deformed daisies near the 2011 Fukushima disaster site has attracted global intrigue, after Japanese Twitter user @san_kaido posted a photo of the plant mutation in May.
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As outrage grows over the killing of Cecil the lion, Zimbabwe has called on the United States to extradite the American dentist who shot the prized big cat.
Zimbabwe has started extradition…
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The air felt like an exceptional 73 degrees Celsius in Bandar Mahshahr, Khuzestan Province, on Friday, and no relief is expected in the foreseeable future.
Due to extreme heat and humidity…
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An Iranian inventor has developed a drip irrigation system capable of significantly reducing farming water use. Daniel Alamidoost said irrigation methods used in farms across Iran are inefficient…
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Australia’s humpback populations have recovered so well from years of devastating whaling that they could be delisted as a threatened species in a conservation success story scientists hailed as “…
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Maharlou Lake in Fars Province has joined Iran’s growing list of vanishing water bodies, highlighting the extent of damage caused by years of mismanagement and perpetual drought.
The lake…
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In a special meeting held by the Expediency Council on environment last week, all attendees emphasized the importance of using diplomacy to address global environmental problems. Members of the…
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Iran will devise an action plan to address climate change as the campaign against global warming gains momentum
The plan will be implemented within the framework of the country’s sixth five…
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A powerful earthquake rocked remote eastern Indonesia on Tuesday, killing a teenage boy who fell into a river as he fished and damaging several buildings.
The 7-magnitude quake struck a…
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Chamran University of Ahvaz in Khuzestan Province is organizing the First International Conference on Dust Storms.
The organizers of the conference, scheduled for March 2-4, 2016, hope to…
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