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Publish date: May 23, 1996
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Yesterday, despite the lousy weather, the atmosphere in La Closerie des Lilas was at fever heat, due to the mobilisation by the establishment of Paris in favour of some very good causes: The "master of ceremonies", Brice Lalonde was surrounded by Pierre Bergé, Gonzague Saint-Bris, André Glucksmann and by an army of politicians representing the entire political landscape, who all attended the dinner in order to show their support in the Nikitin-case…
Being the president of this supporting-committee, Brice Lalonde had invited the daughter of the prisoner, Anna, and her husband, Igor Kudrik, who is also the co-author of the Bellona-report on the Russian Northern Fleet – Sources of radioactive contamination, a report that is distributed in France by the organisation "Génération Ecologie". "We will launch an international campaign after the elections in Russia, when we know who will be the next president of Russia", Igor Kudrik says calmly. But the guests are impatient and want action: "We have to act immediately", Gonzague Saint-Bris replies … André Glucksmann is also full of indignation against the western countries, which are supporting Yeltsin while the military authorities in Moscow are about to create a new "captain Dreyfuss". "It’s as if Russians are less worth than the fish in Muroroa"…
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.