Monthly Highlights from the Russian Arctic, March 2024
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.
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Lack of long-term investment slows hydrocarbons production
Publish date: March 31, 2006
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Lack of long-term investment slows hydrocarbons production
A lack of investment in new deposits and poor reproduction of hydrocarbons is slowing down the development of the mineral sectors.
"Companies only find money to invest in production but not for the long-term prospective," said the chairman of the Federation Council’s committee for natural resources Viktor Orlov. According to Orlov, oil and gas production will exceed reproduction in the nearest 14 years. In other words, geological prospecting only replenished 60-65% of extracted reserves, RIA Novosti reported.
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Bellona nuclear digest. March 2024
A survey of events in the field of nuclear and radiation safety relating to Russia and Ukraine.
Russia plans to restart Ukraine’s war-torn Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant
Russian president Vladimir Putin has told the United Nations atomic energy watchdog that Russia plans to restart Ukraine’s embattled Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, currently occupied by Russian troops and technicians, fueling worries about a serious nuclear accident on the front lines of a grinding military conflict.
Press Release – New Regulation on Construction Products adopted: first EU-level rules for green public procurement of building materials
Wednesday, April 10, 2024 | Brussels, Belgium – Today, the European Parliament approved the newly revised Construction Products regulation (CPR)...