US Government outlines efforts to combat wildlife traffickingThe US White House and Department of Justice (DOJ) released updated information Monday outlining efforts undertaken by the federal government to combat wildlife trafficking.19:22 10.09.2013
Bear-hunting status update lands Russian hunter in legal troubleA criminal case was launched against an unnamed resident of the Russian region of Tomsk in western Siberia after he uploaded photos of two brown bears that he killed to a social media website.11:06 26.08.2013
Alaska loses bid to invalidate measures aimed at saving endangered sea lionsA US court held Tuesday that a federal agency had acted appropriately in imposing limitations on commercial fishing in certain sub-regions of the Pacific Ocean that play host to an endangered population of sea lions, thus rejecting claims brought by Alaska and representatives of the fishing industry challenging the restrictions.17:40 24.07.2013
Supreme Commercial Court to hear Kerch Strait oil spill case on October 8The Supreme Commercial Court will meet on October 8 to hear a request to review the lower courts' rulings on collecting 503.17 million rubles ($15.4 million) in damages for the 2007 oil spill in the Kerch Strait.13:03 15.07.2013
Russia raises air pollution fines for businessesPresident Vladimir Putin has signed changes to the Administrative Offenses Code significantly raising fines for environmental pollution, the Natural Resources Ministry reports on Monday.16:18 08.07.2013
Russian farm fined over cancer-causing vegetablesThe management of a state farm in Russia has been fined more than 11 million rubles ($330,000) for using banned hazardous pesticides to grow vegetables that it then labeled as organically grown, the regional Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Thursday.15:43 04.07.2013
Norilsk Nickel appeals $44.5 million impact tax liability assessmentNorilsk Nickel has filed an appeal with the Krasnoyarsk Territorial Commercial Court stating that it was wrongfully accused of failing to pay 1.4 billion rubles ($44.56 million) in environmental taxes.15:31 17.05.2013
Ex-Russian general faces trial for $710 mln worth of environmental damageA former Russian Air Force general faces trial in the Moscow Region for abuse of office which led to over $700 million in damages to the environment.17:00 30.04.2013
Russia prepares to increase fines for poaching tenfoldThe Federation Council, Russia’s upper house of parliament, approved on Saturday a bill raising fines for poaching tenfold.13:09 29.04.2013
Parliament approves fines for pet ownersOn Tuesday the State Duma approved amendments to the Administrative Offences Code which introduce fines for pet owners, in particular for walking dogs on childrens playgrounds or for keeping too many cats.10:54 17.04.2013
Bear paws seized at Chinese-Russian borderRussian border guards in the Far East seized five kilograms of bear paws which poachers tried to transport to China, a Federal Security Service (FSB) branch reported on Tuesday.12:50 09.04.2013
Supreme Court rejects complaint over Greenery LawThe Supreme Court board on administrative cases has rejected a complaint over the Greenery Law which allows parks and gardens to be cleared for development.11:00 04.04.2013
Fine for killing tigers raised to over $35,000Fines killing tigers, leopards, snow leopards and northern falcons have been raised to 1.1 million rubles ($35,390), the Natural Resources Ministry reported on Monday, citing the new norms for calculating environmental damages that became effective on March 31.16:10 01.04.2013
Canada may pull out of UN climate change conventionCanada may exit the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, Liberal MP David McGuinty was quoted as saying by the Responding to Climate Change website on Friday.15:37 29.03.2013
Moscow teacher exposed friend to radiation to render him immortalThe police in Moscow have arrested a teacher at a Moscow college who stored radioactive substances in his home and exposed his friend to radiation to render him immortal.16:36 25.03.2013
Supreme Commercial Court takes on Strait of Kerch oil spill lawsuitThe Supreme Commercial Court has accepted the British International Oil Pollution Compensation Fund 1992's lawsuit over an oil spill in the Strait of Kerch in 2007.16:27 11.03.2013
Military chief suspended in $1 lln trash caseLt. Gen. Valery Ivanov, deputy chief of Russia's Aerospace Defense Forces (VKO), has been suspended from office on suspicion of causing the state an estimated $1 billion in damage by organizing an illegal dumpsite in the Moscow Region.17:19 01.03.2013
BP Gulf oil spill trial opens with $17 bln at stakeThe trial against British oil giant BP began Monday in the United States, where a federal judge is set to determine whether the company was “grossly negligent” in its disastrous 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.10:19 26.02.2013
Gulf oil spill plea warrants history's second largest environmental fineThe US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Thursday that Transocean Deepwater Inc., the largest offshore drilling contractor in the world, has pleaded guilty to its role in the massive 2010 oil spill that had devastating environmental consequences for the Gulf of Mexico.12:22 15.02.2013
Russian agency sues Norilsk Nickel for $19.5 mln over eco damageThe Krasnoyarsk Territorial Commercial Court will hear on February 8 the Russian environmental agency’s 585.5-million-ruble ($19.5 million) claim against Norilsk Nickel.17:28 04.02.2013