Putin orders prosecutors to check Baikal for illegal ecological activity
Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the Prosecutor General’s Office to inspect the Baikal Territory for the presence of illegal environmental activities.
Russian authorities seek to establish special ecological prosecutor’s office in Arctic
Russian General Prosecutor’s Office is working to establish specialized prosecutor’s office for supervision over the implementation of ecological legislation in the Arctic.
Ruling on recovery of $5 mln from ship owner for oil spill near Sakhalin coast repealed
The 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.
Russian regional ex-minister of ecology put on trial for deforestation
A 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.
Russian firm fined $1.2 mln for damages to agriculture lands
The 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.
Interregional nature-preserving prosecutor’s office to be created in Russian Far East
Russian Prosecutor’s General Office plans to create interregional nature-preserving prosecutor’s office in the Far East.
Ex-engineer of BP receives suspended sentence in Deepwater Horizon accident case - report
Former 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.
Executive charged with polluting Russian Lake Baikal goes on trial
A criminal case against Gennady Tikhonov, an executive of the Baikal pulp and paper mill charged with polluting the Baikal Lake, has reached a court.
Administrative case opened against Gazprom contractor on Sakhalin Island
The environmental protection authority, Rosprirodnadzor, has opened an administrative case against a Gazprom contractor.
American court hears arguments over polar bear habitation zone plans – report
The 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.
US Supreme Court blocks government's anti-pollution rules – report
The Supreme Court of the United States has blocked regulations implemented by President Obama's administration against air pollution produced by national power plants.
Rusal subsidiary to file appeal over “excessive” environmental pollution fine
The 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.