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Publish date: September 20, 2005
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The experts are afraid that Lithuania will not manage to fulfil its obligations concerning the plants shutdown due to the high costs. According to the experts’ estimates $5 billion is required just to close the nuclear plant and accommodate the radioactive and nuclear waste. The rest $9.6 should cover the economical loss and social expenses. The Lithuanian government should also upgrade the existing electricity generation plants, build new and improve the system of electricity distribution in the republic, ITAR-TASS reported.
Recent attacks on Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant "mark the beginning of a new and gravely dangerous front of the war," the UN atomic agency's director general said last week.
After years of inaction, Germany is working on its Carbon Management Strategy to resolve how CCS can play a role in climate action in industry. At the end of February, the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action published first key points and a proposal to amend the law Kohlenstoffdioxid Speicherungsgesetz (KSpG). Bellona Deutschland, who was actively involved in the previous stakeholder dialogue submitted a statement in the association hearing.
In the midst of a global discussion on whether natural gas should be used as a transitional fuel and whether emissions from its extraction, production, transport and use are significantly less than those from other fossil fuels, Russia has developed ambitious plans to increase its own production of liquified natural gas (LNG) in the Arctic – a region with 75% of proven gas reserves in Russia – to raise its share in the international gas trade.
In this news digest, we monitor events that impact the environment in the Russian Arctic. Our main focus lies in identifying the factors that contribute to pollution risks and climate change.