Kazakhstan proposes uniting farmers into irrigation condominiums
Half of Kazakhstan's 2.5 million hectares of irrigated land from 1991 has gone out of use, cutting its share in crop output from over 30% to 5–6%.
Attila The Hunn
NCOC assets seized — Kashagan fine collection moves from paper to practice
The standoff over the environmental fine for Kashagan's operator enters a new, far more concrete phase.
North Kazakhstan region became a testing ground for aviation fuel from camelina.
While the world debates future jet fuel, the answer is already being grown in test fields near Petropavlovsk.
Slovenia also reduced nuclear power output due to heat — following Hungary and Romania.
European nuclear plants hit by summer heat grow again.
EU launches tender for construction of seven AI gigafactories
The European Commission launched a tender for seven of Europe's largest AI training data centers, aiming to catch up with the US and China in the computing power race.
Netherlands closed canals between The Hague and Rotterdam due to drought.
Europe's summer of 2026 keeps setting unprecedented precedents. Dutch authorities have, for the first time in the region's history, closed all canal locks between The Hague and Rotterdam.
FDA incentivizes domestic production of veterinary drugs — prioritizing those independent of imports
FDA's veterinary center launches a pilot program giving priority review to veterinary drug applications if both the finished dosage form and active ingredient are made in the U.S.