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 …
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 …