Analysis: Ahead of the 2018 World Cup, a peep into Russian deforestation
On the eve of the World Cup a look at deforestation in Russia.
Category Archives: Russia
Opinion: What’s holding Russia back on renewables?
Russia has all the right potentials for renewables. So why is there so little installed capacity?
In Europe, could the energy power balance be about to change?
German wind turbine manufacturer have won the contract to supply turbines to what will the largest Russian wind farm
Video – exploding pipeline sets Moscow river on fire
Photo credit: YouTube. Little is reported by mainstream media about the devastating impact of fossil fuels in Russia, the world’s largest land mass. Indigenous people and green groups would tell […]
Opinion: If you needed more proof that a fossil fuel economy fuels conflict…
Iraqi security forces and volunteers who have joined forces to fight militants. Photo credit: Reuters / Stringer. By Anders Lorenzen In the last half a year we have seen […]
Opinion: The time is now to move away from Russian gas
Russian state owned oil and gas company Gazprom, responsible for the majority of Ukraine’s gas imports. Photo credit: Ricardo N. Cabral via flickr. By Anders Lorenzen When countries set out […]
Russia seizes Greenpeace’s Arctic Sunrise ship
The Russian coastguard holds Greenpeace activists at gunpoint. Photo credit: Greenpeace. By Anders Lorenzen Thursday afternoon environmental campaign group Greenpeace peaceful protest against Arctic drilling took a violent turn as […]
‘If the oil men leave us in peace, we will always be able support ourselves’ says Siberian reindeer herder
Reindeer herders contemplate the devastation caused by onshore oil spills on their land. Credit: Greenpeace Russia By Maria Favorskaya, Greenpeace Russia A trip to reindeer herders’ family in Siberia For […]
Russia threatens to use force against peaceful Greenpeace protest in the Arctic Circle
By Dima Litvinov, Greenpeace Campaigner Last week we brought you a blog about the current tour by the Greenpeace ship the Arctic Sunrise, which is peacefully protesting and observing the […]
