Russia’s transition strategy must include more ambitious renewable energy goals, and nuclear plans must be abandoned. On June 30, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak announced Russia was planning to increase the share of renewables in the country’s energy mix by 10 times by the year 2040. Today, that share is around 1%. Coal, on … Читать далее
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
22 марта, ко Дню Балтийского моря Экозащита выпустила обновленную версию фильма «Авандюна: на климатической передовой» с титрами на английском языке. Читать далее
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
Meanwhile, the number of reactors in active construction is significantly smaller than Rosatom says Читать далее
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
Activists for the first time in Russian history succeeded to cancel the permission for new coal mining. Читать далее
