While other countries apply themselves to environmental challenges from climate change to nature protection, Russia - with its massive wealth of nature and natural resources - is stubbornly refusing to take part, writes Lucy E J Woods. And as the economy declines, the pressure is on: to ignore environmental regulations, and clamp down on environmental defenders.
… Russia - has the world's biggest country … Lucy E J Woods | 22nd September 2015 News Russia Climate Change Energy Fossil Fuels Oil Nuclear Law Politics Natural World linevo-russia-cut.jpg While other countries apply …
'We all live in Khimki Forest' has become the rallying cry of a local forest defense campaign. Goldman Prize winner Evgenia Chirikova describes what it's like to be green in Russia the why a culture of impunity and corruption risks destroying the country's natural heritage
… Chirikova: 'Putinomics' the biggest threat to Russia's environmental movement The Ecologist … Natural World Society Energy Climate Change Russia Goldman Prize Evgenia Chirikova Putin 12012europe_7.jpg Russian activist Evgenia Chirikova leads the …
Look beneath the surface of the wars in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, Libya, Ukraine, and what do you find? Oil, gas, and contested pipeline transit routes. Never mind high-sounding talk of human rights, national sovereignty, international law and UN Resolutions, writes John Foster - fossil energy is the world's main driver of armed conflict.
… News Politicis Energy War Middle East Ukraine Russia Afghanistan pipeline-war-kuwait-cut.jpg … and prepared for war on humanitarian grounds. Russia intervened and Assad agreed to destroy … rewards. The geopolitics are complex. Russia, Iran, and China support the Syrian …
The next Chernobyl scale nuclear disaster could happen in Chernobyl as the Ukraine conflict intensifies.
… intensifies. The invasion of Ukraine by Russia poses several nuclear threats, … programs. The current conflict between Russia and Ukraine provides a test-case of the … nuclear plants will remain at risk. Disaster Russia has several thousand nuclear weapons. …
Russia's seizure in international waters of the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise has provoked worldwide outrage. But what are the reasons for Moscow's heavy-handedness? And why has the official western response been so muted?
… Hands off our Russian Arctic! Elena Racheva | 28th October 2013 News Russia Arctic Energy Climate Change faiz-oulahsen.png Russia's seizure in international waters of …
Germany’s decision to halt the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline may cause long-term damage to Russia – but Putin doesn’t care.
… Simon Pirani | 1st March 2022 | Comment Russia Ukraine Gas Nord Stream 2 War Energy … 2 gas pipeline may cause long-term damage to Russia – but Putin doesn’t care. Russia’s war in Ukraine will capsize its …
Turkey's shooting down of a Russian jet near its border with Syria has just revealed the real nature of the war, writes Oliver Tickell, and sharply illustrates the dangers of getting involved in a conflict that is driven more by a battle of two gas pipelines than a clash of ideologies. The message for the UK - keep well out! Or if we are serious about crushing IS, best join in with Assad and Putin.
… Russia's shot down jet is sending us a … News War Energy Oil Gas Politics Syria Turkey Russia US UK France su24-cut.jpg Turkey's shooting down of a Russian jet near its border with Syria has …
For the US fracking industry - and for Vice-President Joe Biden - fracking is more than just a way to bring in vast amounts of cash, writes Steve Horn. It's also a key weapon in the US's long war with Russia, as Biden made clear this week in Kiev.
… Steve Horn | 25th April 2014 Comment Fracking Russia Ukraine USA Politics Fossil Fuels … also a key weapon in the US's long war with Russia, as Biden made clear this week in Kiev. … Biden: 'fracking is freedom' With the ongoing Russian occupation of Crimea serving as the …
Uranium mining is a dirty business that we didn't clean up but sourced out to less demanding countries, so why isn't this being discussed in any debate about nuclear energy asks NICK MEYNEN
… Uranium from Russia, with love Nick Meynen | 4th August … supplies so much uranium to the EU than ... Russia. Putin has more than the gas valve if … of all uranium used in the EU comes from Russia, up from 10% in 2005 - when more …
Russia has announced that it will build the first thermal nuclear power station in Kazakhstan, the world's largest uranium producer, writes Komila Nabiyeva. But where in that vast country will it be located? Who will own and operate it? How many reactors are planned? Who will get the power? And will it ever actually happen?
… | 19th August 2014 News Nuclear Power Russia Kazakhstan Energy Politics Climate Change inkay-uranium-mine-cut.jpg Russia has announced that it will build the … And will it ever actually happen? As the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, signed the …
President-elect Trump's widely anticipated appointment of Exxon's CEO Rex Tillerson as new US Secretary of State is creating a government of, by, and for the oil and gas industry, writes Steve Horn.
… - who has close personal and company ties to Russia and President Vladimir Putin - is … officials say they have intelligence showing Russia attempted to tip the balance of the … has signaled a potential sea change in the US-Russia geopolitical relationship - is not …
The Western North Pacific gray whale is under threat of extinction, say WWF, as Russia plans a third oil platform off Sakhalin Island
… Russia's ambitions for oil off Sakhalin Island … | 18th January 2011 News Whales Oil Energy Russia Natural World graywhales.jpg The … is under threat of extinction, say WWF, as Russia plans a third oil platform off Sakhalin …
The Chernobyl nuclear catastrophe may have scared most of the world off nuclear power, write Jan Haverkamp & Iryna Holovko. But mysteriously, not Ukraine, where the reactor meltdown actually took place. Thirty years on more than half of Ukraine's electricity is still nuclear, while the power sector is dominated by powerful oligarchs. So what are the chances of a post-nuclear Ukraine?
… Ukraine Nuclear Energy Renewables Solar Russia Belarus Corporations … its electricity provision. Indeed, Belarus, Russia and Ukraine continue to face the trauma … climate science, from fossil fuels too. But Russia continues to promote nuclear power, and …
While mainstream media promulgate a fictitious message of Russian threats in the Baltic, Vladimir Putin's next big play lies far to the south, writes Oliver Tickell. The gross intransigence of the EU, the IMF, the European Central Bank and Germany are forcing Greece into a powerful new economic and energy alliance with Russia that will reshape Europe - and for the better.
… NATO invents Russian threats in the Baltic - but Putin's … media promulgate a fictitious message of Russian threats in the Baltic, Vladimir … new economic and energy alliance with Russia that will reshape Europe - and for the …
The Angara, the only river draining Lake Baikal, might disappear by 2020, as it is progressively dammed for massive hydroelectric schemes designed to aid the development of ... China.
… Margarita Baranova | 9th November 2013 News Russia Siberia Natural World Energy China … Power Plant ( BoGES ), in the eastern part of Russia's vast Krasnoyarsk Region . It was … parasitic businesses that are busy sucking Russia's natural resources dry, aided and …
Renewable energy could supply Russia and Central Asian countries with 100% of their electricity needs by 2030, writes Paul Brown - and cut costs significantly compared to nuclear power and CO2-abated fossil fuels.
… Energy Renewables Fossil Fuels Climate Change Russia Central Asia … Renewable energy could supply Russia and Central Asian countries with 100% … fossil fuels. A new study says that Russia and the countries of Central Asia could …
in Ukraine, as in Afghanistan, Libya, Iraq, and Syria, US policy is all about dominating the world's fossil fuel supplies, writes Mike Whitney - in this case, the gas pipelines from Russia to Europe. But the 'great aggressor', Vladimir Putin, is refusing to play his part. So what next?
… - in this case, the gas pipelines from Russia to Europe. But the 'great aggressor', … coup in Kiev to cut off energy supplies from Russia to Europe to facilitate the US pivot to … and India to the Arabian sea, eschewing Russian and Iranian territory. The completion …
Does Finland suffer from a nuclear death wish? So it seems, writes Ulla Klötzer. Its government responded to the world's two greatest nuclear disasters by ... ordering a new nuclear plant. And as the Olkiluoto nuclear project descended into face and litigation over a disputed €5 billion, they resolved to build two more. This time, supplied by Russia's nuclear weapon-maker Rosatom.
… Russian roulette? Finland's inexplicable … | 1st May 2015 News Nuclear Energy Finland Russia Corporations finland-p-demo.jpg Does … to build two more. This time, supplied by Russia's nuclear weapon-maker Rosatom. Finland …
The world lives under oil’s spell. Jeremy Smith reveals the extent to which the industry’s by-products have permeated our lives.
… Oil Iraq Plastic PVC Hemp Oil Alternatives Russia Oil Russia Security Bush Oil George W Bush Opec … rivalry between Great Britain and Tsarist Russia in 19th century Central Asia) over oil …
The UK is fuelling Russia's attack on Ukraine by buying gas to heat our homes. It doesn't have to be this way.
… Gas dependency fuels Russia's war Brendan Montague | 3rd March 2022 | News War Russia Gas Renewable Energy Energy 2.65625441.jpg The UK is fuelling Russia's attack on Ukraine by buying gas to …
Russia's Lake Baikal is under threat by a massive dam and pipeline on the main river that feeds into it, that would supply mines with power and water, writes Anson Mackay. In line to fund the project? The World Bank.
… April 2015 News Finance Water Energy Mining Russia Mongolia Natural World lake-baikal-cut.jpg Russia's Lake Baikal is under threat by a … As Baikal sits just over the border in Russia, Mongolia risks seriously annoying its …
War on Iraq is about a lot more than boosting oil companies’ profits. It’s the latest battle in the ongoing war over who gets to control the earth’s remaining energy reserves. By Lutz C Kleveman.
… rivalry between Great Britain and Tsarist Russia in 19th century Central Asia) over oil … of a block of non-Opec producers – including Russia and the Caspian countries – it would … would lose out to their US competitors. Russian oil companies, likewise, have a lot to …
Six environment heroes, one from each continent, are honoured for their work today - fighting threats from giant coal mines to forest destruction, fracking, high dams, illegal development and toxic waste dumps. Sophie Morlin-Yron reports.
… Fossil Fuels Waste Water Energy USA Indonesia Russia Peru Africa India Forests … Goldman Environmental Prize. Suren Gazaryan, Russia An internationally recognized bat … use of federally protected forestland along Russia's Black Sea coast near the site of the …
'Fast breeder' reactors are promoted by nuclear enthusiasts as the clean, green energy technology of the future, writes Jim Green. But all the evidence tells us they are a catastrophic failure: complex, expensive, unreliable and accident-prone. Is Japan's decision to abandon its Monju reactor the latest nail in the coffin of a dead technology? Or the final stake through its rotten heart?
… News Nuclear Energy Technology Japan France Russia India China US Germany Italy … 5) Japan; 6) Italy; 7) Soviet Union / Russia 8) US Navy and 9) the Soviet Navy. The … and that it is time to give up on them." Russia's snail-paced fast-breeder program …