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...
The air will be 20% cleaner in 12 Russian industrial cities as a result of the implementation of the ecology national project. This was announced on Saturday by the Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation Dmitry Kobylkin at a meeting with participants of the North-Caucasian...
The Xenos Company, a resident of the Yakutia Technopark, will breed colonies of wild mites to control pests of agricultural crops in the changing Arctic climate, according to Yevgeny Popov, the company's director general and a postgraduate at the Safronov Yakut Scientific Research Institute of Agriculture, TASS reports.
"We're raising...
Russia’s state-run gas behemoth Gazprom is the world’s third-largest producer of carbon emissions, a new scientific study has revealed, according to The Guardian.
The analysis from the U.S.-based Climate Accountability Institute shows Gazprom, which emitted 43.23 billion tons of carbon dioxide equivalent in the past 50 years, is ranked...
Russia is concerned over Iran's decision to start enriching uranium at its Natanz plant with new advanced IR-4 centrifuges, and it calls both on Tehran and on Washington to exercise restraint, deputy foreign minister Sergey Ryabkov.
"We take it seriously, we are concerned. We have been calling and we keep...
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...
The 50th-anniversary edition of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos has concluded, with discussions about environmental degradation and climate change in the focus of the annual gathering of the world’s business elite, Izvestia writes.
Prior to and during the forum, held under the theme "Stakeholders for a Cohesive and...
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Gordeyev said on Tuesday his country plans to ratify the Paris climate agreement by the end of this year, TASS news agency reports.
"Russia welcomes the signing of the Paris Climate Agreement and considers it to be a reliable international legal framework for long-term...
In a first for the Russian Navy, an all-female navy crew carried out patrols on the Black Sea on Friday in preparation for Russia’s Navy Day celebrations later this month, Reuters reported.
The crew, on board a patrol boat, fulfilled a broad array of drills on their maiden voyage, simulating...
Environmental global problems should not limit the economies of individual countries, and therefore, the countries of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) can create their own bank of climate data and digital initiatives, Russian President Vladimir Putin said during a meeting of the leaders of the organization.
“Therefore, we propose...
