A large portion of the United Nations’ budget for combating dust storms and desertification is allocated to Africa while Middle Eastern countries, which are also struggling with drought and dust…
Environment
The Council of Ministers has approved a proposal drafted by the Department of Environment to impose winter breaks for schools across the country to help alleviate air pollution in colder months.…
The US state of California’s decision to extend drought restrictions despite rain and snow has met with splash back from some waterlogged residents.
The State Water Resources Control Board…
China’s Ministry of Environmental Protection on Sunday named and shamed several cities in north China for not doing enough to cope with air pollution.
Energy Minister Hamid Chitchian said recent flooding in the southern regions of Fars Province has helped replenish reservoirs and slightly alleviate drought conditions.
“Due to the large…
The US Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held hearings on Wednesday to discuss legislation that would weaken the Endangered Species Act.
Watershed management plans over 1.7 million hectares of Fars natural sites have enabled the province to store 808 million cubic meters of water from the recent precipitation, but a…
Pollution does not shorten people’s lives, a senior Polish government minister said on Friday, downplaying the growing issue of air quality in a country that has been nicknamed the China of Europe…
A section of a dirt track that runs through Darreh Anjir Wildlife Sanctuary in Yazd Province has been asphalted despite opposition from the Department of Environment, paving the way for mining…
The government of the Canadian province of British Columbia announced $150 million in spending on Friday to “treat” forests to reduce wildfire hazards, rehabilitate forests damaged by fire and…
Desperate times call for desperate measures, and with temperatures near the North Pole hitting an unheard-of 20°C warmer than average last year, things in the Arctic are undeniably grim.
Members of the Iranian Parliament scrapped an article in the sixth five-year economic development plan (2017-22) on Tuesday, which allowed felling certain trees for development projects. Article…
Water and power authorities in the embattled Khuzestan Province have been put on “red alert” until the province’s electricity and water problems are resolved, according to a deputy energy minister…
Commuters on public transport are exposed to an “environmental injustice” of up to eight times more pollution than car users, according to new research.
Excessive water consumption in various sectors has severely depleted Tehran’s renewable water resources and hindered efforts to restore groundwater reserves.
“On average, only 25% of…
Saei Park management has been warned to raise the standards of its zoo facilities and apply for a permit or risk prosecution.
Speaking to ISNA, Mohammad Reza Bazgir, the head of Tehran’s…
With the onset of the rainy season in Sistan-Baluchestan Province, the provincial office of the Department of Environment has launched measures to dredge and unblock Hamoun Wetlands' tributaries.…
For the past month, hardly a day has gone by without Khuzestan Province making the news for all the wrong reasons: Cancelled flights, power outages, closed schools, and many more.
Unexpectedly high rainfall in southern Iran over the past few months has partly revived the central area of Jazmourian Wetland, said a senior environment official in Kerman Province.
"The…
Cloud seeding projects are primarily aimed at increasing rainfall in Iran and cannot directly help alleviate air pollution, said an official at the National Cloud Seeding Research Center. …
Humans are driving the warming of the Earth 170 times faster than natural forces, according to a new mathematical formula.
Scientists in Australia and Sweden have developed the equation,…
London's mayor has called for the government to adopt a diesel scrappage fund to tackle air pollution there. Sadiq Khan's plans include £3,500 each for up to 70,000 polluting van and minibus…
Khuzestan Province's top environment official has renewed the Department of Environment's calls for changing a regulation that allows municipalities to collect pollution tax.
Addressing a…
The Chinese city of Nanjing is getting a Vertical Forest, a set of two buildings stylized with around 1,100 trees and a combination of over 2,500 shrubs and plants. But it's not all about how it…
Urmia Lake will most likely fail to reach an ecological balance by 2023 due to the drying up of funds for related projects, the head of the Urmia Lake Restoration Program said.
Speaking at…
