Monthly Highlights from the Russian Arctic, August 2024
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.
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Oil pollution threatens Finish Gulf
Publish date: May 15, 2006
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Oil pollution threatens Finish Gulf
More than 50 tons of oil liquid leaked into the Yermilovka river in Leningrad region.
Prosecutor’s office is looking for a polluter and initiated a criminal case. Eliminators of the spill established barriers, but these measures are not enough. Oil can get to the Finnish Gulf in case of rains, RusEnergy reported. Military departments deny their fault in oil leakage in Leningrad region. The main stuff of the Leningrad military region stands on usage of either gas or solid fuel for heating.
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Bellona establishes Center for Marine Restoration in Lofoten
Today, the Bellona Foundation is launching the establishment of the Center for Marine Restoration in Kabelvåg, Lofoten. At the same time, collaboration agreements related to the center were signed with Norrøna, the University of Tromsø, the Lofoten Council and Blue Harvest Technologies