Thursday, March 28, 2024
In the Far East, there is less and less mature forest with high-quality timber suitable for processing. Konstantin Lashkevich, the head of the RFP Group, the largest timber industry enterprise in the Far East, proposes for authorities to allow the privatization of 2-3% of the forests in Russia to engage...
Alexander Shokhin, head of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, says that the European Commission's proposed carbon border fee plan imposes EU regulatory norms on other nations and completely contradicts fundamental objectives of the Paris Agreement, TASS reports. The European Commission's cross-border carbon tax plan essentially duplicates aspects of...
Russian President Vladimir Putin reminded US climate envoy John Kerry on Wednesday that Moscow and Washington had a similar interest in combating climate change, the Kremlin claimed, in a rare area of agreement between the foes. "The climate crisis is one of the areas where Russia and the US have...
The Russian Ministry of Natural Resources has produced a draft bill titled "On Amendments to the Administrative Code," which proposes introducing responsibility for failure to comply with required standards for quoting polluting emissions. According to the paper, people who refuse to submit information for completing summary air pollution estimates may...
Russian regions will be able to receive additional funding to reduce the level of environmental pollution, according to the press service of the Russian government. The corresponding decree, signed by the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Mikhail Mishustin, speaks of expanding the list of areas that will be financed...
Preventive measures taken by the Russian authorities help prevent the recurrence of peat fires similar to 2010 in the country, as reported by the Ministry of Natural Resources. The ministry noted that after the 2010 peat fires, a number of measures were taken to prevent the recurrence of such situations,...
Packaging for eggs made of polystyrene and polypropylene (pet) was included in the list of goods that may be banned in Russia, TASS reported. Pulper carton can become an environmentally friendly alternative to it, the transition to which, if the ban is adopted, will take place no earlier than in...
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...
A deputy prime minister said Russia wants to make the fossil-fuel-rich Pacific island of Sakhalin carbon neutral by 2025, and then expand the goal to its top oil-producing region in western Siberia, Reuters reports. As governments strive to combat climate change and investors shift away from fossil fuels, Russia, like...
Deputy Prime Minister of Russia, Viktoria Abramchenko stated at the 9th Nevsky International Ecological Congress in St. Petersburg that the Russian government is working on modifications to laws that might restrict the manufacture of non-recyclable plastic materials in Russia, The Moscow Times reports. According to the administration, new measures will...