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Putin playing hot potato with Duma bill that would abolish state...
A proposed bill on the floor of the Russian Duma that would do away with the obligatory legal process known as a State Environmental expertise – a regulation allowing public input on large-scale and...
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This is only a test: Russia’s nuclear icebreaker fleet gets training on...
MURMANSK–Depressurization of the the first reactor compartment aboard the Sovietsky Soyuz nuclear icebreaker – moored in Murmansk harbor – resulted in radioactive emissions into the atmosphere,...
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Rosy predictions for commercial Arctic traffic bring North Pole nuclear...
The break up of the Soviet Union offered numerous stomach churning options for adventurous tourists. A half a million dollars bought you a trip to the International Space Station, a money spinner for...
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Norway’s Statoil comes up empty handed at expensive Arctic test well, giving...
Norwegian state oil company Statoil’s hopes were dashed as it failed to find commercially viable quantities of oil and gas in the northernmost wells the company has drilled before, casting a welcome...
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Wanted: Someone to decide what to do with Russia’s radioactive debris at the...
ARKHANGELSK – Spent nuclear fuel and radioactive waste sunken in Russia’s Arctic seas are in close proximity to prospective sites for oil and gas recovery, into which Russian and other oil majors are...
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Remote villages in Northwest Russia making enviable use of renewable energy
MURMANSK – The next year will see the installation of solar batteries, wind parks and new diesel electric installations in thee far-flung Murmansk Region villages in the Chavanga territory. The effort...
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Russian oil expert says falling oil prices a threat to Arctic projects – but...
MURMANSK – One of Russia’s fundamental national priorities is developing hydrocarbon resources in the Arctic zone, but the lack of infrastructure, technological backwardness, incompetence in handling...
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Murmansk’s ecological problems and their solutions, as presented by Bellona
MURMANSK – Bellona Murmansk held a day of lectures to local institutes of higher learning on the regions environmental problems – and their solutions – on the eve of International Pollution Control Day...
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Obama blocks Alaska’s Bristol Bay from oil and gas drilling for good
President Obama announced in a video recorded Tuesday afternoon that he would protect Alaska’ Bristol Bay and nearby waters – a region of the Bering Sea that’s been at the center of longstanding...
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Murmansk efforts at energy savings innovations to find funding in electricity...
MURMANSK – As the Murmansk region has over the last four years spent more than a billion rubles on energy efficiency projects, Bellona Murmansk decided to check out just where these funds have been...
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