China successfully launches Gaofen-13 remote probing satellite
China successfully launched the Gaofen-13 remote probing satellite, which will be used in ecology, agriculture and surveying, China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation announced Sunday….
Gazpromneft Reduces Environmental Emissions on its Omsk Refinery
The Gazpromneft Omsk Oil Refinery (Omsk) in Siberia, Russia has significantly lowered its air emissions using BELCO® wet scrubbing technology licensed by DuPont Clean Technologies (DuPont). With an…
Second mass death of marine animals occurs off of Russian peninsula close to where 95% of seabed life died last week
A mass death of marine animals has been discovered off the coast of a Russian peninsula just over a week after a similar finding in…
Russian Surfers Say Mysterious Pollution Is Poisoning Them
Blurred Vision Surfers in Kamchatka, Russia are reporting that the ocean water is leaving them with poisoning-like symptoms, CBS News reports. “For several weeks now, all surfers…
WWF targets Vladimir Potanin for Russia’s biggest oil spill
Billionaire Vladimir Potanin just wants to live a quiet life. But when his company Norilsk Nickel spilled over 20,000 tons of diesel into the Arctic,…
The uncertain future of Russia’s airlines after COVID-19
Following the ban on international travel, coupled with a slump in domestic flights, Russian passenger airlines are finding themselves in a crisis, together with their…
Norilsk Nickel admits pumping waste into Tundra
The world’s biggest nickel producer, already at the center of an investigation into a massive Arctic oil spill, is facing a separate probe into why…
Critics call out financial and social costs of Georgia hydro dam
For much of their existence, 17 mountain villages in Georgia that border neighbouring Russia – located in an area known as the Upper Svaneti –…