A Russian mining giant behind an enormous Arctic fuel spill last month said Sunday it had suspended workers at a metals plant who were responsible for pumping wastewater into nearby tundra, The Moscow Times reported.
Norilsk Nickel cited a "flagrant violation of operating rules" in a statement announcing it had...
Russia’s Norilsk Nickel estimates the environmental cost of a huge fuel spill in the Arctic in May is 21.4 billion rubles ($273 million), far less than an assessment by the country’s environment watchdog, which has begun court action, Reuters reported.
The spill released 21,000 tonnes of diesel into rivers and...
The Russian capital has seen a snowier-than-usual winter this year, getting over 100 cm of powder (nearly 70 percent of the annual average), since 1 December, Sputnik reports.
Moscow is bracing for a "snow apocalypse" as meteorologists predict 36 straight hours of non-stop precipitation and wind speeds of up to...
Rosprirodnadzor summed up the results of unscheduled inspections of TGK-11 enterprises in Omsk, carried out on behalf of the Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Victoria Abramchenko.
In total, 89 violations were identified, including the use of faulty filters, exceeding the established volumes of emissions and the discharge of pollutants into...
According to a Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology study published by the business newspaper Kommersant, eleven endangered species are now “likely extinct” in Russia.
According to the evaluation, these species include the European sea sturgeon, crested ibis, western capercaillie, Jankowski's Bunting, monk seal, onager, and Przewalski's horse.
While overhunting and...
A fire that broke out on Thursday at a weapons testing range in northern Russia killed two people, briefly raised radiation levels and prompted the authorities to prohibit shipping and sailing in parts of the White Sea for a month, according to officials and news media reports, The New...
Another mass protest was held this week in the northwestern Russian town of Kotlas against the construction of a new landfill for waste from the country’s capital Moscow, Radio Liberty reported.
According to the organizers of the rally, about 10,000 people turned out in the town of 60,000 on Sunday....
Russia's 'Go Green' ambitions are about to get a significant boost from the VEB.RF corporation, with the focus being on attracting private investments for pursuing national environmental goals, Environmental Finance reported.
VEB.RF is working on the first-ever national standard of green finance to help achieve this goal, in sync with...
Russian metals giant Norilsk Nickel said around 45 tons of aviation fuel has spilled from its pipeline in the Arctic, Radio Free Europe reported.
The incident is the latest in a series of environmental disasters to hit around the Far Northern city of Norilsk, which is located above the Arctic...
A major fuel spill in the Russian Arctic this year was caused by violations during the construction and operation of a reservoir, not thawing of the permafrost, a preliminary investigation showed on Tuesday, according to Reuters.
A fuel tank at a power station near the remote, industrial city of Norilsk...
