Nonstop work to revive Lake Urmia
Financial Tribune – The third phase of Urmia Wastewater Treatment Plant is near completion and is expected to be completed by 2021,…
Environment
Concerns over battle against air pollution losing traction
Financial Tribune – The new Iranian Parliament seemingly has no interest in working on government bills for controlling air pollution, an environmental…
Urmia Lake coming back slowly
Financial Tribune – The lake now has enough water to attract birds and aquatic species such as flamingos and Artemia, but it…
Kalantari says DoE lacks clout to take on polluting carmakers
Financial Tribune – The pattern of procrastination by automakers and the influence of their strong lobbies notwithstanding, the Department of Environment insists…
Traffic schemes fail to improve Tehran air quality
Financial Tribune – Air quality data recorded daily by Tehran Air Quality Control Company show no decline in air pollution levels after…
Iran’s wildfires leave trail of destruction, lingering questions
Al-Monitor – Wildfires that raged for two weeks turned significant swaths of Iran’s western forests into ash as state bureaucracy dramatically slowed…
Solar power helping nomads
Financial Tribune – By the end of next Iranian year (March 2022), the number of nomadic households using solar energy will double,…
Iran’s rainfall and dam levels low
Financial Tribune – Since last September, the volume of water flowing into the dams reached 49 billion cubic meters, down 38% compared…
Official: Urmia Lake becomes over 3,160 square km wide
IRNA – The head of the provincial office of the Headquarters for Revival of Urmia Lake in West Azarbaijan province said on…
Army ready to help extinguish potential wildfire in Khuzestan prov.
MNA – A senior commander of the Army Khuzestan expressed the force’s readiness to contain possible wildfires in the province. Second Brigadier…
Tehran air quality in May healthy on only one day
Financial Tribune – Data show that during the month, “moderate” status was the most prevailing air condition, as the index hovered between…
Forest fire contained in Iran’s southwestern protected area after 5 days
IRNA – Firefighters managed to bring under control the wildfire broke out in Khaeez forest, protected area, southwestern Iran, five days ago,…
Crisis in the Caspian Sea: The world’s largest lake drying up?
MNA – According to a report by the Water Research Institute at the Iranian Center for Caspian Sea Studies and Research, the…
Declining Caspian Sea level cause for alarm
Financial Tribune – It is reported that 200 dams and other huge structures (floodgates, levees) are being built on rivers that feed…
EU, UNDP to help revive Iran’s Hamoun wetland: Official
Tasnim – The deputy head of Iran’s Department of Environment (DOE) said the European Union and the United Nations Development Program will…
Iran: Dams 69% full but water use soaring
Financial Tribune – Heavy rainfall since the beginning of the current water year last September and especially in the past several days…
Lake Urmia water level rises by 35cm
MNA – The water level at Lake Urmia, northwestern Iran, currently stands at 1,271 meters above sea level, which is 35 centimeters…
COVID-19, air pollution endanger lives in Tehran
Financial Tribune – Scientists and medical professionals argue that there is a potential link between long-term exposure to air pollution and compromised…
Lake Urmia receiving 270 mcm of water
Financial Tribune – To help restore Lake Urmia, close to 270 million cubic meters of water will be gradually discharged into the…
Rains, restoration help Lake Urmia improve
Financial Tribune – Lake Urmia water level is on the rise following good rainfall that started last year and restoration programs carried…
Water mismanagement
Financial Tribune – From official reports it is apparent the water authorities have failed to manage consumption in the country over the…
Tehran gloomy, polluted in January
Financial Tribune – The increasing number of dilapidated vehicles plying the streets, ineffective remedial schemes, inefficient urban management and climate change effects…
Flocks of migratory birds perish in peninsula in northern Iran
MNA – An increasing number of migratory birds have been found dead in the Miankaleh peninsula in Mazandaran province, northern Iran. According…
Iran’s DoE says unable to combat air pollution in the short-term
Financial Tribune – Successive governments have done nothing to improve the quality of the air, especially in mega cities, and expecting the…
Iran to electrify 10 million motorbikes, scooters: Deputy energy minister
Press TV – Iran is electrifying around 10 million motorbikes and scooters as a first step in its nation-wide efforts to fight…
DoE blames gasoline, diesel quality for air pollution
Financial Tribune – A study conducted by the Department of Environment on gasoline and diesel quality indicates both fuels sold in the…
Iran: Power plants not big polluters
Financial Tribune – Thermal power plants have a small share in air pollution as almost all use gas, and emissions from gas…
Joint project to use tech solutions for environmental pollutions in Iran
Financial Tribune – Iran’s Vice Presidential Office for Science and Technology and the Department of Environment has initiated a joint project to…
School winter break touted as solution for curbing air pollution in Iran
Financial Tribune – The Department of Environment had drafted a bill on a winter break for schools. It was approved by the…
Refinery plans to save Iranian Cheetah in Hormuzgan
SHANA – Persian Gulf Star Refinery has initiated a scheme aimed at preserving Iranian cheetahs in Geno mountains, Hormuzgan Province, southern Iran.…
Iranian officials finally identify source of mysterious stench in the capital
Radio Farda – The source of a mysterious stench that has pestered residents of Iran’s capital Tehran this year, is the usage…
Air pollution and continued absence of responsibility
Financial Tribune – Schools have closed down in several cities for days, hospitals are full with patients suffering from respiratory conditions, and…
Schools and colleges shut across Iran as pollution levels worsen
Bloomberg – Authorities in Iran have shut down schools in eight provinces including the capital Tehran because of high levels of pollution,…
Iran gears up to battle desert locusts
Financial Tribune – Groups of desert locusts have reappeared in southeast Iran. Despite intensive control operations, hopper bands and swarms continue to…
No silver lining for Tehran smog
Financial Tribune – Air pollution has become a source of serious concern to the Iranian capital’s residents in the absence of workable…
Soil erosion costs Iran $56b in covert damage p.a.
Financial Tribune – About 2 billion tons of soil are eroded in Iran annually, costing the country a covert damage of $56…
Tehran Municipality resorts to failed plans to curb Tehran air pollution
Financial Tribune – As air pollution in Tehran has worsened over the past several days, urban managers held an emergency meeting on…
Iran’s DoE discounts gasoline rationing scheme
Financial Tribune – Kalantari: The decision to ration gasoline for private cars, cabs …has nothing to do with the torpid campaign against…
Officials close schools in Iranian capital because of smog
AP — Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency reports that authorities in the capital Tehran have decided to close down all kindergartens, schools…
Climate change adding to Iran’s worsening water woes
Financial Tribune – Iran’s water deficit is about 130 billion cubic meters. In the best case scenario and even with higher rainfall…