Thursday, December 5, 2024
Russian fire crews extinguished a fire that broke out at an oil refinery in Moscow, the Emergency Ministry said on Saturday, according to Vedomosti. According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, a furnace of a catalytic cracking unit for oil refining has caught fire at the plant. More than a...
Russia is looking for ways to develop a market for hydrogen in Europe, a move that would help maintain demand for one of its primary exports as governments everywhere work to cut pollution, Business Times reports. With Europe working to make dramatic reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, Russia is...
Russia could temporarily restrict lumber exports to China due to the issues of forest reproduction and destruction, the country’s Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Dmitry Kobylkin said during the ‘government hour’ at the Federation Council (upper house of parliament) on Wednesday, according to Realnoe Vremya. "China is the main...
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,...