Archive for ‘russia’
Gazprom cuts gas supply to Ukraine
March 3rd, 2008
Ukraine’s state energy firm, Naftogaz, says the reduction is not significant and will not have an impact on consumers in Ukraine. A Gazprom spokesperson said deliveries had been reduced by 46 million cubic meters per day but Ukraine’s state energy firm, Naftogaz, said that supplies had been reduc…
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Rare species born in captivity
December 1st, 2007
It’s the third time in as many years Siberian tigers have been bred in the enclosure. Staff are hoping the mother of the two cubs will one again give birth next year.
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Russian volcanoes get GPS
November 17th, 2007
The Kamchatka Peninsula is home to 28 active volcanoes. Two of them are erupting now. But volcanologists and seismologists tracking their activity can rest easier. They’ve got all the latest monitoring equipment in place to enable them to predict future blow-outs and better protect local residents.
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Impact of Black Sea oil spill to last decades
November 13th, 2007
Environmentalists in Russia and Ukraine predict that the ecological impact of a recent oil spill in the Black Sea will last decades, the Interfax news agency reported. Some 2,000 tons of heating oil spilled into the Kerch Strait dividing the two former Soviet republics on Sunday, after a tanker sank in severe weather.
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Search on for missing seamen
November 12th, 2007
Three bodies were found ashore near the Tuzla Spit, a piece of land jutting out from the Russian coast towards the Ukrainian Crimea. Russia’s Emergencies Ministry said several other sailors are still missing.
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Russia tries to contain oil spill, save seamen
November 12th, 2007
ussian authorities launched a major rescue operation at the northern mouth of the Black Sea on Monday to save missing seamen and contain environmental damage after a storm sank at least four ships and split open a small oil tanker.
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Ships Run Aground, at Least 3 Die in Russia
November 12th, 2007
Rescuers recovered the bodies of three sailors after a Russian freighter sank near the Black Sea, while officials assess the damage from an oil tanker spill.
Popularity: 4%
Russia EU energy agreement
October 24th, 2007
The agreement comes ahead of a Russia-EU summit in Portugal where energy issues are expected to be on the agenda.The EU is heavily dependent on energy from Russia, where Kremlin leaders see oil and gas as new instruments of geopolitical clout. Russian energy supplies have been disrupted in the past…
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Northwest Passage Weird Weather Mini Homes
October 17th, 2007
In this episode Jess focuses on the legendary Northwest Passage being open, how weird weather can get, and a round up of mini homes.
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ZapRoot: Russian Bomb Hybrid Yukon Fair Trade Coffee
October 9th, 2007
In this episode Jess focuses on Russia’s new green bomb, the transparency of the Hybrid Yukon, and how Fair Trade coffee is doing in Ethiopia.
Popularity: 2%
New cover for Chernobyl plant
September 17th, 2007
A replacement cover is to be built over the site of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor which exploded in 1986.
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Dirty Cities: A New Environmental Report
May 20th, 2007
A new environmental report has listed what it claims are the worst polluted hotspots in the world with three Russian cities falling in the top ten.
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