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Publish date: October 10, 1997
Written by: Igor Kudrik
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The extraordinary meeting of the labour union of the Northern Fleet repair yards assembled on October 3, issued a resolution stating that they bear no responsibility for further actions of the employees of the yards, reported Murmansk daily Polyarnaya Pravda.
By the beginning of October, state debts to the repair yards of the Northern Fleet amounted to 16.6 million USD. The situation is critical and according to the labour union unpredictable actions of the employees are possible. Having no possibility to influence the situation, the leaders of the labour union forwarded a copy of the resolution adopted on October 3 to the President of Russia, the Government, the Minister of Defence and the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy.
A similar action was performed by the employees of Naval yard no. 82 on July 16 this year. Apparently that action brought no results.
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.