A vital nature preserve in western Siberia, and the indigenous peoples that inhabit it, are at risk from oil development, write Elena Sakirko & Konstantin Fomin. Oil giant Surgutneftegas is already active in the Numto Park, but now they want to extend operations into its fragile wetlands, putting at risk snow cranes, the Heavenly Lake, and the survival of the Nenet and Khanty peoples.
… Siberia's Heavenly Lake and 'small peoples' of … sledge.jpg A vital nature preserve in western Siberia, and the indigenous peoples that … will be decided in a small town in Western Siberia. The town is Beloyarsky and the jewel …
In bunks 28-32, two poets, a phone salesman, a student, a German, and a Kiwi philosophise as they wend their way across the largest country on Earth...
… Tales of the Transsiberian Ewan Kingston | 13th July 2009 Comment Travel Carbon Emissions transsiberian.jpg In bunks 28-32, two poets, a … the way to Blagoveshchensk, in far-Eastern Siberia. I'm in plastkartny - 3rd class, …
Famous for his 'earth from above footage', photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand's new film is a feast for the eyes with a strong ecological message says Polly Cook
… eye view footage of the frozen lakes in Siberia, the practically non-existent River …
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.
… with Rosneft in the Bazhenov Shale basin in Siberia, into which Exxon poured $300 million … direct knowledge and experience of Western Siberia's geology and conventional …
'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?
… are fast reactors: BREST-300 near Tomsk in Siberia, and two BN-1200 fast reactors near …