Wednesday, April 24, 2024
According to a collaborative research by two European climate think tanks, the world's first carbon border tax planned by the European Union is expected to impact Russia the most while leaving Chinese commerce relatively unaffected, Reuters reports. In July, the EU proposed a Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), or CO2...
A Russian court has suspended the construction of a drinking water bottling plant at Lake Baikal in the Irkutsk Region until violations revealed during checks are remedied, Sibnet.ru reports. The court has therefore granted a lawsuit filed by the West Baikal trans-regional environmental prosecutor's office against Akvasib, the company investing...
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...
As Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom is preparing to launch the world’s first floating nuclear plant in the Arctic Ocean, activists warn that the project is risky and could turn to “Chernobyl on ice”, Euronews writes.  The ship, Akademik Lomonosov plant, is anchored in Murmansk, a Russian town only 200km...