Chinese Technology to Power Russian Arctic LNG-2 Project
Novatek has turned to a Chinese supplier of turbines for gas liquefaction after US-based Baker Hughes severed ties last year.
Environment Groups Condemn Norway’s Deep-Sea Mining
The Norwegian Conservative, Labour, Centre, and Progress Parties have agreed on an incremental opening of deep-sea mining in the Arctic. Environmental organisations, the Socialist Left Party, the Red Party, and the Left Party are reacting strongly to the decision
A Step Towards Understanding Russian Environmental Policy
The Soviet Union’s emphasis on heavy industrial development and blatant disregard for the environment has left Russia facing numerous environmental problems. In early Soviet times, the natural environment was considered the background of industrialization, which unambiguously depicted a poster Smoke of Chimneys is The Breath of Soviet Russia. Apparently, the priorities were different then. Soviet policymaking in the p...