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Articles with tag "Environment"

Dam Breaks

Dam Collapse Kills at Least 15 Gold Miners in Siberia

Local authorities said the collapsed dam was not registered by official bodies.
GETTING HOT

Russia’s Thawing Permafrost May Cost Economy $2.3Bln a Year

Russia’s oil and gas infrastructure isn’t ready for rising temperatures and melting ice.
plastic

Russia Moves to Phase Out Plastic Bags in New Draft Law

More than 26 billion plastic bags are handed out annually in shops across Russia.
ECOLOGICAL DISASTER

Russia’s Natural Resources Ministry Calls for Urgent Action to Save Wild Reindeer

Numbers of the creatures on the Taymyr Peninsula have halved over the past 20 years.
CLIMATE CONCERNS

Russia Rejects Climate Change Plan After Business Uproar

Russia’s largest companies have killed off plans to introduce individual emissions quotas and a carbon trading system. 
Plastic planet

Russian Scientists Find Microplastics Along ‘Entire’ Arctic Sea Route

Dramatic climate changes are currently happening along the Northern Sea Route, a shipping lane that the Kremlin sees as a top priority.
Textile Recycling

Eco-Conscious Russians Combat ‘Fast Fashion’ With Textile Recycling

The popularity of “fast fashion” is boosting greenhouse gas emissions and overwhelming landfills. These Russians are bucking the trend.
Shocking findings

Scientists Discover Record Methane Emission in the Russian Arctic

Researchers were able to see the greenhouse gas bubbling through the seawater.
Flame out

Siberian Wildfires Are Fully Extinguished, Authorities Say

Fire season remains active across almost all of the country.
Fridays for future

Russia Sits on the Sidelines as the World Strikes for the Climate

Russia has been largely absent from the Global Climate Strike due to red tape from the authorities, activists say.
Going green?

Russia Gives Definitive Approval to Paris Climate Accord

Russia is the world's fourth-largest emitter of greenhouse gases and the biggest emitter not to have ratified the landmark global climate deal.
'stop shiyes'

Russia’s North Rallies Against Dump for Moscow's Trash Exports

Residents have been protesting the $160 million landfill's construction for more than a year.
climate inaction

The Cold Calculus Behind Putin’s Lukewarm Embrace of Paris Pact

Putin used to joke about rising temperatures being good for minks and sables, but he’s not laughing anymore.
Way Out

Why a Group of Siberians Is Asking Canada for ‘Ecological Asylum’

Locals in a Russian coal town say they are desperate to get out.
River overrun

Authorities Failed to Prevent Repeat of ‘Historic’ 2013 Floods in Far East Russia, Residents Say

Residents and local officials say the authorities' inaction has made their regions ill-prepared for this summer's floods in the Far East.
Doused flames

Wildfires Fully Extinguished in Siberia's Irkutsk Region, Authorities Say

Irkutsk is one of several regions that have been affected by “unprecedented” wildfires throughout Siberia all summer.
'nuclear Titanic'

Russian Emergency Services Make Final Check on Floating Nuclear Power Plant

Rosgvardia, the Russian National Guard, has been commissioned to protect the power plant and its surroundings.
Pointing fingers

Russians Blame Siberian Wildfires on Illegal Logging, Authorities’ Inaction – Poll

The fires that have engulfed swathes of Siberia this summer are still burning.
Climate change

Russia Is Warming Disproportionately Fast, Environment Ministry Says

Russia is expected this month to ratify the landmark climate pact that was signed in December 2015 in Paris.
trash for sale

Russia Buys Up Foreign Plastic Waste as Its Own Plastic Goes to Landfills

Russia's lack of a national waste sorting system has left its recycling plants lacking enough raw materials.
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