New report calls for urgent measures as it reveals disastrous consequences of the expanding coal production in Russia’s coal mining heart — Kuzbass. Bringing together the official pollution, health, and mortality records released in the last 15 years, as well as local testimonies, expert conclusions, and media stories, Race to the Bottom, a new comprehensive report … Читать далее
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Фильм «Авандюна: на климатической передовой» теперь и на английском
22 марта, ко Дню Балтийского моря Экозащита выпустила обновленную версию фильма «Авандюна: на климатической передовой» с титрами на английском языке. Читать далее
Ecodefense demands authorities stop criminal prosecution against Alexandra Koroleva
Authorities in Kaliningrad Region, Russia, have initiated five criminal cases against Alexandra Korolyova, director of the environmental group Ecodefense in Kaliningrad. As Ecodefense has learnt, all five cases were opened on May 30, 2019, within the period between 3:00 pm and 3:40 pm, or one case every ten minutes. All five cases were opened pursuant … Читать далее
Russia pledges $90 billion to reactor construction abroad
Meanwhile, the number of reactors in active construction is significantly smaller than Rosatom says Читать далее
Russian authorities put pressure on Ecodefense with new fines, shut down group’s bank account
Russian Ministry of justice initiated several court cases against Russian environmental group Ecodefense in December 2018 and January 2019. As a result, Ecodefense was fined for over 2 million of Rubles (about 28,000 Euro) over violations of a «foreign agent» law. Читать далее
Coal mining is not a «governmental need», court rules in Russian Kuzbass
Activists for the first time in Russian history succeeded to cancel the permission for new coal mining. Читать далее