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Publish date: December 10, 1999
Written by: Igor Kudrik
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The workers of naval shipyard no. 82 at the Kola Peninsula threaten to run a blockage of an automobile road connecting Murmansk and Severomorsk, the Northern Fleet headquarters, on December 16. The workers demand salary that has been delayed for more than four months. The Russian Defence Ministry’s debt to the yard amounts to around $600.000.
Naval yard no. 82 is engaged in repairing of nuclear powered submarines, including the Typhoon class, the biggest submarine ever built. The yard did run road blockages before in demand of delayed salaries. This time, the yard labour union leaders say their actions will be supported by two other naval shipyards at the Kola Peninsula: Polyarny and Sevmorput.
In 1997, workers in Polyarny blocked a newly repaired nuclear submarine demanding overdue payments.
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.