NEWS - Environment
The Mongolian natural environment is in constant balance with its economic and mining interests, as such Mongolia’s environment is regularily a feature of the news. Below are featured the most relevant news concerning Mongolia’s natural environment.
Kazakhstan, Mongolia to rescue us from China’s rare earths monopoly
Posted: February 19, 2012 on: business, Economical, Environment, Mining
E.Bat-Uul: State must help ger district residents find housing
Posted: February 17, 2012 on: Economical, Environment, Real EstateThere are 713,780 households in Mongolia, only 153,000 of which are in buildings connected to centralized heating, water, and sewage systems, said MP E.Bat-Uul.
Newly appointed Minister oversees Mongolia’s first compressed fuel factory
Posted: February 14, 2012 on: Economical, EnvironmentA project to manufacture compressed fuel in a Mongolian factory will begin this May, despite projections that predicted production as early as January.
50,000 households using low-smoke stoves
Posted: February 13, 2012 on: Environment, GeneralThe Clean Air Project of Millennium Challenge Account – Energy and Environment Project is working to reduce air pollution of Ulaanbaatar by making buildings more energy efficient, by improving insulation in Ger district homes, and by promoting the use of energy efficient stoves.
Ethical Coal: Mongolia’s sparkling potential amidst regional energy demand
Posted: February 7, 2012 on: business, Economical, Environment, International, MiningThe new frontier country driven by resource-based economy
Philips Lighting officials coming to Mongolia
Posted: February 6, 2012 on: business, Economical, Environment, International
Among The Kazakh Eagle Hunters
Posted: February 6, 2012 on: culture, Environment, GeneralI'm digging through the archives today selecting images for an upcoming exhibition in Almaty, Kazakhstan. A couple of years ago I remember sitting on a bus in my boxer shorts, sweating, being watched by an entire bus full of Mongolians making the long trip from the Bayan Olgii region of Western Mongolia back to Ulan Bataar, the capital.
DISASTER PROTECTION PLAN APPROVED
Posted: February 2, 2012 on: Environment, GeneralThe cabinet approved on Wednesday a plan of measures to implement state policy and program on protection against disasters.
Coal or wind? Discussion will address that question
Posted: February 1, 2012 on: business, Economical, EnvironmentMongolia’s Economic Forum is organizing a series of discussions ahead of the 2012 Mongolian Economic Forum.
Livestock, not Mongolian gazelles, drive foot-and-mouth disease outbreaks
Posted: January 31, 2012 on: Environment, General, MiningWildlife health experts from the Wildlife Conservation Society have published evidence which supports the conclusion that Mongolian gazelles—one of the most populous large land mammals on the planet—are not a reservoir of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), a highly contagious viral disease that threatens both wildlife and livestock in Asia.
Radiative cooling causes mist in Ulaanbaatar
Posted: January 31, 2012 on: Environment, GeneralA foggy and gloomy atmosphere welcomed citizens of Ulaanbaatar on the morning of January 30.
Mining threatens herders in Mongolia
Posted: January 30, 2012 on: business, Economical, Environment, International, MiningMining in southern Mongolia is threatening the livelihoods of herders and straining water supplies, a report said on Monday, as foreign companies race to exploit the country's rich mineral deposits.
Ts.Tumentsogt: The first windmill of Mongolia, overseen by GE to be launched in 2012
Posted: January 30, 2012 on: business, Economical, Environment, InternationalMongolian Permanent Pepresentative of General Electric International Ts.Tumentsogt has given the following interview to Unuudur newspaper.
Officials discuss ecotourism project
Posted: January 30, 2012 on: business, Economical, EnvironmentThe Ministry of Nature, Environment and Tourism and Japan’s Ministry of Nature and Environment are holding a meeting in Ulaanbaatar from January 24 to February 2.
Mining threatens herders in Mongolia
Posted: January 30, 2012 on: business, Environment, International, MiningMining in southern Mongolia is threatening the livelihoods of herders and straining water supplies, a report said Monday, as foreign companies race to exploit the country's rich mineral deposits.
The future of renewable energy in Mongolia
Posted: January 26, 2012 on: Economical, Environment, GeneralThe future potential for renewable energy in Mongolia is recognized in its fifteen year renewable energy program.
The 10 Most Air-Polluted Cities in the World Read
Posted: January 26, 2012 on: Environment, General, InternationalEnvironmentalists here in the U.S. are not happy with President Obama, in part because he pulled back on a promise to tighten ground-level ozone and smog standards for air pollution.
Lawyers blame Government for air pollution
Posted: January 26, 2012 on: Environment, General, PoliticalLawyers Kh.Baasanjargal and N.Enebish, who work with the Human Rights and Development Center, said at a press conference that they will take the Government to court for damaging people’s health due to air pollution.
