Accidents
The Arctic is burning
There are currently 11 wildfires blazing in the Arctic circle, The Guardian reported Wednesday. While fires are also raging in Russia, Norway and Finland, Sweden…
Russian Rivers are Full of Plastic Bottles: Plastic Pollution Inevitable
These shocking images show the horrific scale of plastic pollution as a riverbed is clogged with litter. Thousands of plastic bottles cover every inch of…
Second Chornobyl: Yunkom mine flooding in Donbas might become a disaster
Ukraine has frozen in panic expectation of the militants’ flooding of the Yunkom mine, located in the occupied part of Donetsk region, where an underground…
Fears of Radiation Leak From Flooded Ukraine Mine
Ukrainian Ecology Minister Ostap Semerak said the potential existed for a “radiation catastrophe” if plans to flood the Yunkom coal mine go ahead, The Irish…
Leading Environmentalists Violently Attacked in Russia
This week, Russia’s Ministry of Justice removed Environmental Watch on the North Caucasus from the list of “foreign agents” because it no longer receives foreign funding. Andrei Rudomakha,…
Government Can’t Find Money to Recover Healing Lake in Makhachkala
The rehabilitation work has started in 2016. Still there is no end in sight for the lack of financial means. The complete restoration of the…
Rescue attempt underway to save whale stranded in Russian Far Eastern river
Russian Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology Sergey Donskoy is personally monitoring the operation to rescue the whale that became stranded in the river mouth…
Beavers Destroyed 300 Hectares of Russian Woods
Beavers have damaged over 300 hectares of forest in Russia’s Novgorod region since the beginning of the year. According to officials with the Novgorod Forest…