Tehran mayor’s campaign calling for planting trees instead of growing grain seeds (Sabzeh) as a Norouz ritual has drawn both appreciation from environmental experts and criticism for not being…
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Some 500,000 customers remained without power throughout the eastern United States on Sunday evening and New England coastal communities faced more flooding days after a powerful storm snapped…
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Smartphones and data centers will be the most damaging information and communications technologies to the environment by 2040, warns a new study. For the study, the researchers studied the…
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Europe remained gripped on Wednesday by a blast of Siberian weather that has killed at least 24 people and carpeted palm-lined Mediterranean beaches in snow.
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China’s smog-prone port city of Tianjin issued its first level 2 “orange” pollution alert this year effective from March 1, the city government said in a statement on its website on Wednesday.…
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Tehran's need for strategies and facilities to manage electronic waste is gradually getting serious, an expert at the Department of Environment said.
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During the National Conference on Water Diplomacy and Hydropolitical Opportunities in West Asia, efficient management of water resources was underscored as key to addressing the prevailing…
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The project to transfer water from Oman Sea and Persian Gulf in the south to the mainland could help boost the economy and restore the environment, an official at the Department of Environment…
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At least one company began evacuating non-essential personnel after a powerful 7.5 magnitude earthquake hit Papua New Guinea’s energy-rich interior on Monday, causing landslides, damaging…
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During a High Council for Environment's session last week presided over by President Hassan Rouhani, the borders of protected areas were revised but the alterations have drawn the ire of the…
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Illegal hunting fines will increase by 15-30% following revisions by the Cabinet after 21 years, said a deputy at the Department of Environment.
According to Hamid Zohrabi, DOE's deputy…
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The vault storing the world's most precious seeds is taking delivery on Monday of donations that will take it to the 1 million mark.
More than 70,000 crops will be added to frozen…
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The Arctic storm dubbed the "Beast from the East" set record low temperatures across much of Europe on Monday and brought a rare snowstorm to Rome, paralyzing the city and giving its residents…
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In a letter to the journal Science, Jamshid Parchizadeh, an Iranian conservationist, and zoologist Samual Williams of Venda University, South Africa, said the Fereydounkenar wetlands in the…
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Water from Boukan Dam will soon feed the ailing Urmia Lake with 70 million cubic meters of water per second, an official at the West Azarbaijan Regional Water Authority said.
According…
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The Department of Environment insists on continuing the prohibition imposed on the use of plastic water bottles in its offices, although the plan has faced the objection of groups who call it…
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The population of Persian gazelle, an endangered species, has increased from 40 to 200 in Damghan, Semnan Province, since the beginning of the current Iranian year (March 21, 2017).
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German high-end carmaker BMW on Friday recalled thousands of diesel cars for a software update, after reports it had admitted to authorities they released more harmful emissions on the road than…
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A US court temporarily blocked the administration of US President Donald Trump from delaying or ending an existing rule aimed at preventing oil and gas leaks during production, according to…
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Scientists have discovered a species of shark that makes its home in the Atlantic Ocean. This particular family of the deep-sea predators was so elusive that it took scientists decades to…
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Data from Tehran Air Quality Control Company (affiliated to Tehran Municipality) showed the ban on dilapidated and polluting heavy vehicles in the city has reduced the amount of black carbon in…
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The Department of Environment has launched a scheme to monitor all car washes operating in the capital in the next two months to detect polluting units and prevent environmental contamination, a…
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South Africa’s drought-stricken city of Cape Town has pushed back its estimate for “Day Zero,” when taps are expected to run dry, to July 9 from June 4 due to a decline in water usage, the city’…
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A US teenager has been sentenced to six months in prison after he was found guilty of trying to smuggle a Bengal tiger cub across the US-Mexico border.
The six-week-old cub was found in…
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Almost three-quarters of fruit and more than two-fifths of non-organic vegetables contain traces of pesticide in France, with grapes and celery the most affected, a report said on Tuesday.
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