Lobbying by WWF UK to protect Arctic wilderness from a £11bn ($22bn) oil and gas project that threatened the Western Gray Whale with extinction has been successful after the UK and US governments withdrew backing.
… WWF-UK wins funding halt to Sakhalin II oil … 2008 News Oil Gas Gazprom Russia Sakhalin WWF Western Gray Whale Oil Whales Climate … Energy News web pic 2_259.jpg Lobbying by WWF UK to protect Arctic wilderness from a …
The Western North Pacific gray whale is under threat of extinction, say WWF, as Russia plans a third oil platform off Sakhalin Island
… gray whale is under threat of extinction, say WWF, as Russia plans a third oil platform off … of endangered Western gray whales, say the WWF. Environmentalists fear the construction … forever,' said Aleksey Knizhnikov of WWF-Russia. 'The loss of even a few breeding …
Environmental groups have launched a judicial review into the UK’s support for an oil and gas project that threatens an endangered whale species.
… threatens whales 17th August 2007 News WWF Shell Oil Pipeline Russia Oil Natural … threatens an endangered whale species. The WWF and The Corner House have challenged the … impact assessment or consultation. The WWF have monitored the area for five years and …
Evgeni Vitishko fought against the illegal occupation of protected forest and shore line by Krasnodar's governor Alexander Tkachev, who used the land for construction of his private estate. Now he is paying the price.
… and businessman ", says director of WWF-Russia, Igor Chestin. "Unlike murderers … seven more activists were arrested. WWF has been constructively engaged with the … of Olympism" in 1994. In December of 2013, WWF and other Russian environmental …
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.
… 60s" and forgot all about renewables, says WWF Russia's extractive industries … words across a huge round oak table in the WWF Moscow office. He is passionate when the … world heritage site. Knizhnikov explains WWF have been fighting the Altai pipeline …
Ten of the Europe's thirty most polluting power stations are in the UK, a new report from the World Wildlife Fund has revealed.
… and shamed 11th May 2007 News Dirty Thirty WWF Power Plants Electricity Coal Drax Carbon … Dr Keith Allott, Head of Climate Change at WWF-UK, said: 'The UK's welcome attempts to … have 'profound environmental implications.' WWF called for an moratorium on new coal power …
Greenpeace says responsibility of aluminum company is 'quite clear' as campaigners urge stricter controls on other hazardous waste sites around the Danube region
… fish in rivers across eastern Europe (Image: WWF-Canon / Nigel Dickinson) Greenpeace says … consequences as the Baia Mare spill,' said WWF regional director Andreas Beckmann. 'But … prevent similar threats across the country. WWF said Hungary had two similar refineries …
Don't believe the carbon capture hype, say MPs and NGOs
… which to bury the CO 2 . A recent report from WWF, ‘Evading Capture’, confirms fears that … any retrofitting,’ said Morgan Parry, head of WWF Cymru. Concerns were also raised during …
The respected Russian campaign group Sakhalin Environment Watch is being forced to choose between registering as a 'foreign agent' label and closing down, writes Oliver Tickell. Environmental campaigning, it seems, is now a 'political activity'.
… Welfare (IFAW). It is also supported by WWF Russia. Most recently it received a … As evidence the report cites: a link to a WWF Russia statement on the need to protect …
Spain's Coto Doñana shows the value of EU conservation law, writes Laurence Rose, as the UK tries to get rid of the Birds and Habitats Directives. Both have proved essential to the protection and restoration of one of Europe's greatest wetlands.
… dry. My NGO colleagues in SEO/BirdLife and WWF Spain were fighting hard and their … of families. By this time, SEO/BirdLife and WWF Spain had come of age and were leading the …
'Slow-steaming' could reduce shipping emissions by 30 per cent, says a report submitted to the UN, but toxic lubricants remain a serious problem
… today, Friends of the Earth (FOE) and WWF called on the IMO to address the issue of … likely to be higher,’ said Simon Walmsley of WWF. ‘It’s the equivalent to approximately …
The winter Olympics at Sochi have trashed the National Park that contains Russia's richest biodiversity, writes Igor Chestin. Worse, the gutting of key environmental laws means that it can happen all over again, and again.
… Academy of Natural Sciences and director of WWF Russia , which receives funding from international WWF groups, Russian corporate sponsorship, the … . Read the original article . See also: WWF Russia's Statement on the Sochi Olympics . …
Whales, dolphins and porpoises have no respite from oil and chemicals, fishing nets, shipping, noise pollution and a host of other dangers brought about by man's unrelenting destruction of the oceans, says Anthony Wall
… following the lead of bodies such as the WWF, Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth, … is especially accident prone, reports the WWF. Northern right whales seem strangely … gray whale is under threat of extinction, say WWF, as Russia plans a third oil platform off …
A new report names the 30 biggest sources of greenhouse gases in the EU, writes Kieran Cooke. Coal-fired power plants are undermining Europe's long-term targets on emissions reductions - and the UK and Germany lead the list of shame.
Germany and UK top EU's 'Dirty 30' pollution league Kieran Cooke | 22nd July 2014 News Climate Change Pollution Coal Fossil Fuels Energy EU UK Germany tagebau_garzweiler-cut.jpg A new report names …
The isolation of the white wilderness is coming to an end. Scientists and activists are urging caution but Russia is leading an urgent rush to exploit the Arctic’s oil and gas reserves. Tom Levitt reports
… at Wetlands International. According to WWF Russia, there is only one protected marine … voices on conservation in the country, WWF Russia’s director Evgeny Shvarts, says …
Plastic pollution in the oceans is impacting every level of marine life, writes Kate Rawles, from micro-plankton to whales. And here is your chance to do something about it - join a research expedition to the Azores next month to study the problem and develop solutions!
… in Environmental Pollution 178 pp 483-492 WWF; (2012, 2010, 2008) Living Planet Reports …
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.
… The regional branch of the Russian WWF has called on the public-private owners of …
The proposed structure of Juncker's new European Commission sidelines sustainability issues and risks undoing years of environmental legislation. The European Parliament must now block his deregulatory assault on the EU’s climate, energy, biodiversity, pollution, chemicals and environmental health policies.
… & Environment, Naturfreunde, Greenpeace and WWF. The European Parliament must react …
If you thought you could hide from smoke and smog indoors, you've got another thing coming. Laura Sevier takes a look at the problem of in-house pollution, and offers advice on what you can do to clear the air
… Nick says. ----- For more information www.wwf.org.uk/chemicals …
Ros Coward reports from Murcia in southern Spain, the driest place in Europe, where tourism and intensive agriculture is draining its meagre water supplies and causing a growing environmental crisis.
… ‘It’s typical,’ says Guido Schmidt of WWF’s Living Waters project. ‘Always dealing …
'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
… gray whale is under threat of extinction, say WWF, as Russia plans a third oil platform off …