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Farmers complain that rebounding populations are encroaching on their pastures.

Bishkek is now suffering with some of the world’s worst air pollution.

Chinese buses have survived corruption scandals to become the most obvious alternative to ubiquitous but problematic minibuses.

Glaciers are disappearing around the world. Here’s how it happens in Central Asia.

Can safety protocols be maintained in a poor country like Kyrgyzstan, where corruption is rampant?

New research suggests that pollution thousands of miles away may be responsible for unusually strong summer downpours in Central Asia.

Central Asia’s most populous country is suffering serious energy shortages. Chinese companies will be part of the solution.

Astana accepts that it cannot force China to use less water upstream. But the BRI may help it reduce its own water waste, a new paper argues.

A joint venture with China has edged Kazatomprom, the world’s largest producer of uranium, into the nuclear fuel production cycle.

Russia is proposing a major reconfiguration of the Central Asian gas market. Our weekly Turkmenistan briefing.

Authorities have been pushed into action by growing public criticism over the accident.

The accident in Ekibastuz came as temperatures plunged to -30 Celsius.

Despite freedom of information laws, Kazakh officials often refuse to discuss what Chinese investors are doing. That breeds suspicion.

The steel giant is on the hook for a multi-million dollar fine as officials ramp up grumbling about the company.

A journey down the terminal stretch of a once-mighty river highlights how hard it will be to fend off environmental catastrophe.

The plan is to turn waters from the Caspian Sea into clean hydrogen for export.

Toxic chemicals stored at a plant that has now become a crypto mining operation threaten the wider region.

The growing number of cars in the city is the main culprit.

Lake Balkhash is fed by the Ili River that originates over the border in China’s Xinjiang region.

Organized citizens are beginning to check wealthy developers and their enablers in the Astana administration.

ArcelorMittal is hearing more complaints from government, as well as the public.

Activists and state scientists say that environmental legislation is being trampled, not for the first time.

For all its billions spent, China still controls only a small share of Kazakh oil output.

Uzbek natural gas production will also receive Saudi investment.

In 2020, Azerbaijan won back many of the water resources it had lost to Armenians in the 1990s. But the biggest source still eludes it, and farmers are still struggling.