Sunday, May 19, 2024
As air pollution issues have long become an everyday struggle, officials in Kazakhstan are partnering with a Chinese manufacturer of commercial vehicles, Yutong, to get rid of traditional diesel buses in Kazakhstan’s streets, Caspian News reports. Two cities in Central Asia’s largest country, Shymkent and Atyrau, will put into operation...
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping have been invited to the summit on climate change organized by the United States online in April, US President Joe Biden told reporters on Friday, according to the White House’s press corps, TASS informed. The US president said he has not...
One of the world’s largest shipbuilders, Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries will probably sweep orders from Russia for ice-breaking LNG carriers to be used for the Yamal LNG project, Business Korea reports. Energy company Novatek recently asked the Russian government to approve its plan to place an order for 10 additional...
Fire is one of the most devastating things that can happen to your home or building. Aside from property damage, it can also lead to various health hazards, including death. For this reason, you should take the time to familiarize yourself with the different types of health hazards and...
Russian nickel and palladium producer Norilsk Nickel will impose ecological targets for its management team after the Arctic fuel spill, it said on Wednesday, Reuters reported. Arctic environment security at Nornickel’s assets has been in the spotlight since 21,000 tonnes of fuel leaked from a tank at its power plant...
The experts of Karelia’s Scientific Center’s Biology Institute, backed by the Russian president’s grant for young scientists, will study and research biochemical and other features of deep-sea fish and invertebrate species, living in the Atlantic Ocean’s north-eastern part (near Greenland). They will make a thorough analysis on how the...
Although US and Russia are in a fiery "war of words" in the past weeks, Russian President Vladimir Putin accepted the invitation by his US counterpart Joe Biden to address the climate crisis issues in a virtual conference set for Thursday, DW informed. Many other national leaders are also set...
According to Kommersant sources, Aeroflot and Gazprom Neft want to sign an agreement on the supply of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) at the Eastern Economic Forum (to be held in Vladivostok on September 2–4). The businesses did not respond to requests for comment. Because of its origin, SAF is regarded...
Four people died in a Mi-8 helicopter crash at Ugolniye Kopi airport in Russia’s Chukotka, a source in the Chukotka Autonomous Region government told TASS. "Four people died. The preliminary reason for the crash is a technical malfunction," the source said. A source in the Ministry of Defense also said that...
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...