Central Asia’s Environment Ranked Among Worst Globally
Central Asia is chock full of beautiful places, pristine prairies and mountain valleys that look as if they’ve never been touched by mankind. But many spots are well-documented environmental...
View ArticleKyrgyzstan: Radioactive Coal Scandal Eclipses Older Radioactive Woes
Kyrgyzstan's opposition politicians are outraged. Late last year hundreds of tons of coal with higher than normal levels of radioactivity found their way from a mine in Kazakhstan to the electricity...
View ArticleKyrgyzstan: The Gold Mine Reports Bishkek Doesn’t Want You to See
A state commission in Kyrgyzstan has used claims of environmental damage at the country’s largest, most lucrative gold mine, Kumtor, to argue for a new agreement with the company operating the mine,...
View ArticleKazakhstan Sees Optimism as Aral Sea Flows Back
Some rare good news from the Aral Sea, Central Asia’s most infamous manmade environmental disaster: Efforts to save the northern part of the sea have notched up a success. The water is getting ever...
View ArticleUzbekistan Strikes It Rich at Aral Sea Conference
As Uzbekistan continues the annual cotton harvest that is largely responsible for the Aral Sea’s demise, officials in Tashkent are boasting that a recent donor conference raised close to $3 billion to...
View ArticleKazakhstan: Major Gas Field Suspected in Children’s Poisoning
Authorities in Kazakhstan suspect toxic emissions of “dangerous substances” from Karachaganak – one of the world’s largest gas and condensate fields – is to blame for the mass poisoning of children in...
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