Environment

6.4-Magnitude Earthquake Struck Northern Chile, Causing Power Outages

SANTIAGO, Jun 7 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) – An earthquake, with a magnitude of 6.4, struck northern Chile yesterday, causing power outages…

Wildfire Smoke Causes Poor Air Quality In Major Canadian Cities

OTTAWA, Jun 7 (NNN-XINHUA) – Smoke from wildfires, burning in northern Ontario and the Prairies of Canada, caused poor air…

Lao PM Calls For United Efforts To Protect Environment

VIENTIANE, Jun 6 (NNN-KPL) – Lao Prime Minister, Sonexay Siphandone, called on all Lao citizens to take collective action, in…

Romania Approves 246-MW Wind Farm

BUCHAREST, Jun 6 (NNN-XINHUA) – Romania’s National Energy Regulatory Authority (ANRE), approved the development of one of the country’s largest…

Laos Takes Steps To Enhance Irrigation Development

VIENTIANE, Jun 6 (NNN-KPL) – The Irrigation Department of the Lao Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, in collaboration with the…

Iran’s Top Leader Dismisses U.S. Proposal, Upholds Right To Uranium Enrichment

TEHRAN, Jun 5 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, yesterday, rejected the U.S. proposal for a nuclear deal that…

Indonesia Holds Landmark Forum To Drive Sustainable Nickel Industry

JAKARTA, Jun 3 (NNN-ANTARA) – Indonesia launched its first national environmental, social, and governance (ESG) forum, for the nickel industry…

Death Toll Of Indonesia’s Quarry Landslides Rises To 21

JAKARTA, Jun 3 (NNN-ANTARA) – The death toll of landslides at a quarry located in Indonesia’s West Java province, rose…

Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan Sign Protocol On Joint Use Of Reservoir

ALMATY, Jun 3 (NNN-KTA) – Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, signed a protocol on the joint use of Tajikistan’s Bahri Tojik…

Death Toll Of Indonesia’s Quarry Landslides Rises To 19

JAKARTA, Jun 2 (NNN-ANTARA) – The death toll of landslides at a quarry on Friday, in Indonesia’s West Java province,…