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28 07 2022 | 20:29

Revealed: oil sector’s ‘staggering’ $3bn-a-day profits for last 50 years

The oil and gas industry has delivered $2.8bn (£2.3bn) a day in pure profit for the last 50 years, a new analysis has revealed. The vast total captured by petrostates and fossil fuel companies since…

08 06 2022 | 07:21

‘We need something real’: the Russian climate activist taking on Putin’s war

Arshak Makichyan made a name for himself as Russia’s ‘lone climate activist’, protesting for change in a country where oil and gas exports have propped up the country’s economy for decades.

28 04 2022 | 12:30

Fuel, food, finance: Brace for impact from Russia’s Ukraine war

Russia’s war with Ukraine threatens scores of countries and over 1 billion people with a triple shock — soaring fuel prices, surging food costs and financial turmoil — that can spark political…

21 04 2022 | 08:12

Building solar farms could cut bills and replace Russian gas faster than other sources of energy, industry says

Solar power could cut bills and replace the need for Russian gas far more quickly than other sources of energy, the industry has told Sky News. But a new wave of vast solar farms is leading to…

21 04 2022 | 08:12

War in Ukraine poses environmental risk now and in the future, advocates say

As Russian forces bombard communities across Ukraine, the nation’s once-vibrant ecosystems are becoming scorched and scarred, rewinding decades of conservation work, according to Ukrainian climate…

21 04 2022 | 08:01

Energy Citizenship – A new dimension in Energy Policy Making

Now is the right time to re-design the way we assess energy progress. Bringing together people from all layers of the energy ecosystem is vital to keep moving forward together within these multiple…

16 10 2021 | 11:04

Putin reverses stance to pledge net zero by 2060 for Russia

Russia will seek to become carbon neutral within four decades, President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday, marking a stunning reversal in his stance on climate change.  “We set a specific aim here…

17 07 2021 | 12:34

Russia Made Trump President — And It’s the Worst Scandal in American History

Now We Know the Truth About Trump and Russia. And It’s Even Worse Than We Thought. Now we know. And the truth, my friends, is even more sinister, perhaps, than the theory.

03 05 2021 | 08:09

Biden vows US will work with Russia on climate.

Countries with poor track records on climate change, including Brazil and Saudi Arabia, were also courted at virtual summit. The US will work with Russia on ways to combat the climate crisis,…

18 04 2021 | 07:16

Climate Change Threatens Russia With Billions in Annual Costs.

From Siberian wildfires to flooding in the Far East, the full economic damage caused by more frequent natural disasters is yet unknown.

22 03 2021 | 14:30

Russia’s Getting Left Behind in Global Dash for Clean Energy.

Russia has the most to lose among big powers from a shift from fossil fuels. The Kremlin’s betting that won’t happen anytime soon. As the man in charge of developing Russia’s vast Arctic north,…

02 11 2020 | 10:34

Russia rules out cutting fossil fuel production in next few decades.

Energy minister says Moscow will also focus on clean-burning hydrogen and carbon capture. Russia has no plans to rein in its production of fossil fuels in the coming decades despite the global…

02 11 2020 | 07:07

Kamchatka: Toxic algae blamed for mass marine death in Russia.

The mass death of sea creatures off the coast of Kamchatka in Russia's far east was most likely caused by toxic algae and not man-made factors, Russian officials have said. The find weeks ago raised…

25 10 2020 | 11:12

Alarm as Arctic sea ice not yet freezing at latest date on record.

Delayed freeze in Laptev Sea could have knock-on effects across polar region, scientists say. For the first time since records began, the main nursery of Arctic sea ice in Siberia has yet to start…

10 10 2020 | 08:40

Dead animals are washing ashore on a remote Russian peninsula. What’s going on?

An unidentified pollution event may have spilled a slew of toxic chemicals into the water. Thousands of dead octopuses, starfish and other sea creatures have recently washed up on the shores of the…

21 07 2020 | 10:12

Russia launches pollution investigation after streams run orange.

Acidic runoff from abandoned Urals mine puts spotlight on hazardous industrial waste. Russian prosecutors are inspecting a facility supposed to treat acid runoff from an abandoned Urals mine after…

19 07 2020 | 08:08

Siberia heatwave was 'almost impossible' without climate change, scientists say.

An extreme heatwave in the Arctic is a problem for the entire planet, say scientists, because the region regulates weather around the globe and contains much of the world's carbon-rich permafrost. A…

04 07 2020 | 10:37

Russian mining giant admits pumping wastewater into Arctic tundra.

Norilsk Nickel suspends workers at metals plant who dumped the water in ‘flagrant violation of operating rules’ A Russian mining giant said on Sunday it had suspended workers at a metals plant who…

03 07 2020 | 15:02

Big nations aid fossil fuels more than clean energies amid pandemic, researchers find.

US, Russia are among many G20 nations helping coal, oil and gas more than clean energy as part of recovery packages, a major study will show. Major nations including the United States and Russia are…

22 06 2020 | 07:59

Climate crisis: alarm at record-breaking heatwave in Siberia.

Unusually high temperatures in region linked to wildfires, oil spill and moth swarms. A prolonged heatwave in Siberia is “undoubtedly alarming”, climate scientists have said. The freak temperatures…