Russia's carbon neutrality must be achieved by 2060, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at the G20 summit via video link on Sunday, October 31.
"Counting natural gas, the lowest-carbon fuel among hydrocarbons, the share is 86%", Putin noted.
It is one of the best indicators in the world, Putin stressed. He...
Russian Nickel and Palladium producer Norilsk Nickel (Nornickel) will invest more than 123 billion rubles ($1.9 billion) in cutting emissions at its enterprises in Norilsk under the Clean Air federal project, TASS news agency reports.
The investments will be made over the next four years under the company’s Northern...
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on Monday signed a decree giving formal support to the Paris climate agreement and ordered Russian laws to be adapted to its obligations, Reuters reported.
The document says that Russia is formally adopting the 2015 Paris agreement and will now "allocate financial resources... to developing countries...
New York-based diamond wholesaler Larry J. West has purchased a 6.21-carat intense pink diamond unearthed and polished by Russian mining giant Alrosa, the company said in a statement.
The unique stone originates from Yakutia, Russia's largest region and home to the world's pole of cold.
Larry J. West, a three generation...
Two passenger planes collided tangentially at Pulkovo Airport in St. Petersburg, a source in the emergencies services told TASS on Sunday.
"On June 14, a grazing collision occurred between flights St. Petersburg-Irkutsk and St. Petersburg-Kaliningrad during the taxiing on the runway," the source said. No casualties were reported.
The airport is...
Russia’s environmental watchdog said on Thursday that it had filed a lawsuit against a power unit of mining giant Norilsk Nickel to claim 148 billion rubles ($1.96 billion) in environmental damage caused by a fuel leak earlier this year, Reuters reported.
The watchdog had previously asked Nornickel to pay this...
Russian eco-activists will end more than two years of protests against a controversial garbage dump that would have seen tons of waste shipped from Moscow to northern Russia after its construction was halted, The Moscow Times reports.
Russians nationwide have protested against plans to ship Moscow’s trash to remote regions...
Rivers in areas around Transbaikalia could flood their banks due to the precipitation that has seen an increase in some areas, Russian state media reported.
According to the regional Department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the most difficult situation is still developing in the southeast of Transbaikalia.
The...
Large reserves of fresh water have been found under the bottom of the Sea of Azov, Russian media report.
Experts now determine the quality of this water, the presence of solid particles in it, and "chemistry in general," said the head of Crimea, Sergei Aksenov, in an interview with the...
Russia’s Ministry of Natural Resources said in a report last month that the country faces drought, mass flooding, hunger, and epidemics if climate change continues with its current pace, Bellona reports.
Swathes of the populace will be exposed to disease through contaminated drinking water as rising temperatures will contribute to pollution,...
