Putin orders prosecutors to check Baikal for illegal ecological activityRussian President Vladimir Putin ordered the Prosecutor General’s Office to inspect the Baikal Territory for the presence of illegal environmental activities.10:59 04.08.2017
Russian authorities seek to establish special ecological prosecutor’s office in ArcticRussian General Prosecutor’s Office is working to establish specialized prosecutor’s office for supervision over the implementation of ecological legislation in the Arctic.10:57 25.04.2017
Ruling on recovery of $5 mln from ship owner for oil spill near Sakhalin coast repealedThe Fifth Commercial Court of Appeals has overturned a lower court’s ruling to collect 329.1 million rubles (about $5 million) from Rostorg company, an owner of the ship Nadezhda, for damage to environment resulting from an oil spill near the island of Sakhalin.17:46 06.03.2017
Russian regional ex-minister of ecology put on trial for deforestationA criminal case against Russian Republic of Chuvashia’s former minister of natural resources and ecology, Anatoly Yermolayev, charged with unlawful deforestation, has been transferred to a court.11:55 06.03.2017
Russian firm fined $1.2 mln for damages to agriculture landsThe Krasnodar Krai Commercial Court has recovered 85 million rubles ($1.2 mln) from “Platan” firm in a lawsuit filed by Russian agriculture watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor for damaging agriculture lands in Kuban area.14:41 04.08.2016
Interregional nature-preserving prosecutor’s office to be created in Russian Far EastRussian Prosecutor’s General Office plans to create interregional nature-preserving prosecutor’s office in the Far East.10:53 23.06.2016
Ex-engineer of BP receives suspended sentence in Deepwater Horizon accident case - reportFormer engineer of the British Petroleum (BP) oil company has received 10 months of suspended prison sentence for violating legislation on water pollution that resulted from 2010 oil spill in the Mexican Gulf.10:55 07.04.2016
Executive charged with polluting Russian Lake Baikal goes on trialA criminal case against Gennady Tikhonov, an executive of the Baikal pulp and paper mill charged with polluting the Baikal Lake, has reached a court.14:38 10.03.2016
Administrative case opened against Gazprom contractor on Sakhalin IslandThe environmental protection authority, Rosprirodnadzor, has opened an administrative case against a Gazprom contractor.13:15 26.08.2015
American court hears arguments over polar bear habitation zone plans – reportThe U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has been asked to overturn a lower court's ruling rejecting the creation of a vast polar bear habitation zone in the Arctic.11:11 12.08.2015
US Supreme Court blocks government's anti-pollution rules – reportThe Supreme Court of the United States has blocked regulations implemented by President Obama's administration against air pollution produced by national power plants.11:05 01.07.2015
Rusal subsidiary to file appeal over “excessive” environmental pollution fineThe Achinsk Alumina Refinery, a subsidiary of Russian aluminum giant Rusal, which was slapped with a 408-million-rubles ($7.6 million) fine over pollution of farmland in Siberia will file an appeal, Rusal’s press service told RAPSI on Tuesday.12:41 23.06.2015