Environmental Impact of Chemical Production in Russia's Dzerzhinsk Viewed
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Excerpt from report by Russian newspaper Nezavisimaya Gazeta on 12 February  How the Little Rural Community of Rastyapino Turned into a Big Chemical City  Dzerzhinsk, one of Russia's major chemical centres, was called Rastyapino in the tsarist era.
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The first section of a plant to scrap 6,900 tons of chemical weapons was commissioned Friday in the Russian settlement of Maradykovo.  Itar-Tass reported the weapons had been stored in military depots since 1953.
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China pledges to dispose key polluters    BEIJING, Sept. 2 (Xinhua) -- China's top environmental watchdog launched investigations into six of the country's most notorious polluters on Friday, with last week's chemical spill on a tributary to the Songhua River on the list.
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Russia formally ratified the Kyoto  Protocol on global warming on Thursday, clearing the way for  the environment pact to come into force in February 2005.
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Gerhard Ertlâs work in surface chemistry has applications across an array of fields, including the environment.
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President Vladimir Putin has signed Russiaâs ratification of the Kyoto Protocol, formally joining the international environmental pact aiming to limit industrial emissions and thus curb climate change.
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Pollution from pesticides and insecticides in various parts of Greece has risen dangerously, while similar toxic substances have been detected in olive oil as well as imported fruit and vegetables on sale in ...
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Russian geologists say they have data that would support a claim to a huge energy-rich area in the Arctic.
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DAVID HARDAKER: Nearly seven years after it was first proposed, the Kyoto Protocol on climate change has now been given the green light - courtesy of the Russian Government.
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MOSCOW. Sept 5 (Interfax) - Russia's environmental watchdog Rosprirodnadzor has filed a lawsuit with a Moscow court asking it to annul the Natural Resources Ministry's July 15, 2003 Decree No.
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BERLIN, Sep 11 (IPS/IFEJ) - When the East German nuclear power plant Rheinsberg  was shut down almost 20 years ago, environmentalists expected  that fauna and flora in nearby Stechlin lake would survive  without further damage.
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ZAGREB. June 24 (Interfax) - President Vladimir Putin has said that the Burgas-Alexandroupolis oil pipeline project will be implemented within the most stringent environmental standards.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a bill that marks Russia&#39;s ratification of the Kyoto Protocol on climate change, clearing the path for the United Nations environmental pact to be implemented next year.
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MOSCOW, October 4 (Itar-Tass) -- The State Duma will consider the ratification of the Kyoto Protocol in October, Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Zhukov said.
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WASHINGTON -- A little-known but major contributor to global warming -- gas flaring at oil wells -- has been measured for the first time using satellite imagery and shows that Russia is burning three times more gas than previous estimates, making it the world's worst offender, according to a new US study.
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Oct. 22 -- The lower house of the RussiaÂ´s parliament, the State Duma, voted overwhelmingly on Oct. 22 to ratify the Kyoto Protocol, drawing praise from environmentalists.
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Environmentalists hail the Russian parliament's ratification of the Kyoto Protocol.