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Publish date: March 7, 2006
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“Energy effectiveness and alternative sources of energy development is the main goal”, said the Ambassador on the Round Table meeting about energy problems in Russian State Duma. He underlined that European experts have been insisting on more effective and wide application of nuclear, solar and wind energy, RIA “Novosti” reported.
According to Vukovich, summit of European countries is to consider problems of new routes for liquid gas transportation and alternative energy development. “After this summit we will be ready to discuss these matters with our partners and first of all, Russia”, he said.
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.