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A survey of events in the field of nuclear and radiation safety relating to Russia and Ukraine.
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Publish date: October 13, 2005
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The youth environmental organizations Etas of the Archangelsk region, Nature and Youth of the Murmansk region and Natur Og Ungdom of Norway have expressed concern about oil and gas extraction in the Russian and Norwegian sections of the Barents Sea.
Earlier this week, the three organisations signed the Conception of joint actions and requirements for solution of environmental problems of oil and gas complex development in Euro-Arctic Barents region. According to the framework of the Conception, the organizations demand that new oil and gas fields investigation on the Shelf of the Barents Sea be forbidden, the Barents Observer reported.
The organisations also signed a recurrence to the Norwegian government and offered to identify oil-free zones in the Barents Sea. They also want the Norwegian government to discuss this offer in spring, 2005.
A survey of events in the field of nuclear and radiation safety relating to Russia and Ukraine.
But it’s unlikely to impact emissions from shipping along the Northern Sea Route.
In this news digest, we monitor events that impact the environment in the Russian Arctic. Our focus lies in identifying the factors that contribute to pollution and climate change.
The following op-ed, written by Bellona’s Charles Digges, originally appeared in The Moscow Times. In recent months, the Russian nuclear in...