The Elephant
A resource for journalists, politicians, policy makers, activists and citizens interested in climate change and the environmental emergency
The ElephantA resource for journalists, politicians, policy makers, activists and citizens interested in climate change and the environmental emergency
Methane: The Arctic's hidden climate threat : Natalia Shakhova's latest paper.
2024-03-12 (or before) in YouTubeA methane burst from the East Siberian Arctic Shelf could happen at any time and needs only a trigger. That's the conclusion of the world's leading research ...
Tagged under: Tipping Points | Methane | Arctic | Russia
Arctic zombie viruses in Siberia could spark terrifying new pandemic, scientists warn
2024-01-21 in The GuardianThreat of outbreak from microbes trapped in permafrost for millennia raised by increased Siberian shipping activity
Manifestation of Gas Seepage from Bottom Sediments on the Sea Surface: Theoretical Model and Experimental Observations
2024-01-20 in MDPI - Publisher of Open Access JournalsThe key area of the Arctic Ocean for atmospheric venting of CH4 is the East Siberian Arctic Shelf (ESAS). Leakage of methane through shallow ESAS waters needs to be considered in interactions between the biogeosphere and a warming Arctic climate. The development of remote sensing techniques for gas seepage detection and mapping is crucially needed for further applications in the ESAS and other areas of interest. Given the extent of the seepage areas and the magnitude of current and potential future emissions, new approaches are required to effectively, rapidly, and quantitatively survey the large seepage areas. Here, we consider...
Tagged under: Arctic | Methane | Russia
Effect of Wind Speed and Leads on Clear-Sky Cooling over Arctic Sea Ice during Polar Night
2023-12-27 (or before) in American Meteorological Society JournalsAbstract A simple analytical model of the atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) coupled to sea ice is presented. It describes clear-sky cooling over sea ice during polar night in the presence of leads. The model solutions show that the sea ice concentration and wind speed have a strong impact on the thermal regime over sea ice. Leads cause both a warming of the ABL and an increase of stability over sea ice. The model describes a sharp ABL transition from a weakly stable coupled state to a strongly stable decoupled state when wind speed is decreasing. The threshold value of the transition wind speed is a function of sea ice concentrat...
Tagged under: Russia
Sellafield staff ‘used home computers to beat security failings’
2023-12-11 (or before) by in The Times & The Sunday TimesCybersecurity fears grow amid claims Britain’s most hazardous nuclear site was targeted by hackers linked to Russia and China
Tagged under: Nuclear Power | Russia
Sellafield nuclear site hacked by groups linked to Russia and China
2023-12-04 in The GuardianExclusive: Malware may still be present and potential effects have been covered up by staff, investigation reveals
Tagged under: Nuclear Power | Russia
Opinion | More lightning, more wildfires and a warmer world. Welcome to the ‘doom loop’ | South China Morning Post
2023-11-17 in South China Morning PostClimate-induced lightning is becoming more frequent and powerful, triggering more wildfires, particularly in Siberia, Canada and Alaska, and releasing the carbon locked in permafrost.
Tagged under: COP28 | Permafrost | Wildfires | Alaska | Russia
US Corn Farmers Defy Summer Drought, Extreme Heat for a Record Crop - Bloomberg
2023-11-10 in BloombergThe bumper harvest is fallout from the war in the Black Sea region and should keep a lid on costs for poultry and biofuel producers, as well as shoppers.
Tagged under: Drought | Farming | Russia
‘Insanity’: petrostates planning huge expansion of fossil fuels, says UN report
2023-11-08 in The GuardianPlans by nations including Saudi Arabia, the US and UAE would blow climate targets and ‘throw humanity’s future into question’
Tagged under: COP28 | Fossil Fuels | Russia | Saudi Arabia
Russian delegation stymies creation of Antarctic conservation area
2023-10-29 in The GuardianEfforts at major conference in Tasmania stall despite evidence that such areas would save crucial foraging and breeding grounds for Antarctic wildlife
Tagged under: Wildlife | Russia
Western sanctions haven't curbed Russian oil profits, but the green energy transition could
2023-10-13 by in The ConversationAn initial squeeze on demand for Russian oil due to western sanctions was temporary but the country’s oil industry might have bigger problems.
Tagged under: Russia
Saudi nukes: A desire for energy, weapons, or just leverage?
2023-10-04 (or before) in The CradleRiyadh's pursuit of civilian nuclear energy is fast becoming regarded as a geopolitical strategy to influence the US, exert leverage over Iran and Israel, and explore potential partnerships with Russia and China.
Tagged under: Nuclear Power | Russia | Israel | Iran | Saudi Arabia
Nuclear waste ship makes unprecedented port call at Novaya Zemlya
2023-09-30 (or before) in The Independent Barents Observer |"I am deeply worried if Russia has started to move nuclear waste from the Kola Peninsula to the Arctic archipelago," says Frederic Hauge with the Bellona foundation.
Tagged under: Nuclear Power | Arctic | Russia
The Batagaika Crater : A warning sign for the Earth
2023-09-23 (or before) in YouTubeThe Batagaika crater, the world's largest 1-km long permafrost crater, is expanding at a baffling rate due to the thawing of the permafrost. This has been ex...
Tagged under: Global Warming | Climate Change | Russia | Health
US behind more than a third of global oil and gas expansion plans, report finds
2023-09-12 in The GuardianStudy highlights conflict between Washington’s claims of climate leadership and its fossil fuel growth plans
Tagged under: COP28 | Fossil Fuels | US Politics | Russia | Iran | Washington State
Why the US and Europe Still Buy Russian Nuclear Fuel - Bloomberg
2023-08-28 (or before) in BloombergThe US and its European allies moved fast to choke exports of Russian oil, natural gas and coal after Vladimir Putin ordered troops into Ukraine. When it comes to atomic energy, however, Kremlin-controlled Rosatom Corp. continues to be the dominant source of fuel for the world’s nuclear power stations — supplying about half of global demand for enriched uranium. Western nations are racing to reconstitute their own processing capacity, much of which withered amid a growing aversion to nuclear pow
Tagged under: Nuclear Power | Vladimir Putin | US Politics | Russia
The destruction of the Kakhovka dam and its consequences
2023-08-26 (or before) in Taylor & Francis Online: Peer-reviewed JournalsPublished in Water International (Vol. 48, No. 5, 2023)
Tagged under: Russia
First Calibrated Methane Bubble Wintertime Observations in the Siberian Arctic Seas: Selected Results from the Fast Ice
2023-07-28 in MDPI - Publisher of Open Access JournalsThis paper presents the results of an acoustic survey carried out from the fast ice in the shallow waters of the East Siberian Arctic Shelf (ESAS) using a single beam echosounder. The aim of this paper is to demonstrate an improved approach to study seafloor seepages in the Arctic coastal zone with an echosounder calibrated on site. During wintertime field observations of natural rising gas bubbles, we recorded three periods of their increased activity with a total of 63 short-term ejections of bubbles from the seabed. This study presents quantitative estimates of the methane (CH4) flux obtained in wintertime at two levels of th...
Tagged under: Science | Data | Methane | Arctic | Russia
‘Nature is being destroyed’: Russia’s arms buildup in Barents Sea creating toxic legacy
2023-07-24 in The GuardianIndigenous people and experts say Moscow’s military push and increased shipping and mining will destroy Arctic environment
Tagged under: Arctic | Whales and Dolphins | Wildlife | Russia
Russia alarmed by large fall in bee populations - BBC News
2023-07-14 (or before) in The BBCPesticides are blamed for Russia's mass bee deaths, while French honey production is also down.
Tagged under: Bees | Russia | France
Oil Giants From Shell to Chevron Say Gas Here to Stay for Green Transition - Bloomberg
2023-06-26 (or before) in BloombergThe biggest fossil fuel players are making the message clear: the transition to a green future will require much more natural gas.
Tagged under: Chevron | Shell | Russia
Why Ecosystem Collapse May Happen Much Sooner Than Expected. A new research – Against
2023-06-23 in euro.dayfr.comBy John Dearing, Gregory Cooper, Simon Willcock All over the world, tropical rainforests are turning into savanna or farmland; the savanna dries up and turns into desert; and the freezing tundra thaws. Indeed, scientific studies have now recorded such “regime shifts” in more than 20 different types of ecosystems, where tipping points have been crossed.… Continue reading Why Ecosystem Collapse...
Tagged under: Farming | Russia | Collapse | Tipping Points
As the ice melts, a perilous Russian threat is emerging in the Arctic | Barry Gardiner
2023-06-13 in The GuardianPutin is weakened and fears Nato encirclement. His militarisation of Russia’s northern border is intensifying, says Labour MP Barry Gardiner
Tagged under: Arctic | Vladimir Putin | Russia
Siberia's 'gateway to the underworld' megaslump is revealing 650,000 year-old secrets from its permafrost
2023-06-07 in Live ScienceThe permafrost inside the Batagay crater is the second-oldest ever found on Earth and scientists are using it to reconstruct the planet's ancient climate.
Ukrainian workers describe fleeing the Russian-occupied nuclear power plant
2023-06-05 (or before) in NPRWorkers fleeing the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine describe arrests and torture at the hands of Russian forces they say have turned the plant into a military base.
Tagged under: Nuclear Power | Russia
Revealed: 1 in 3 GB News Hosts Spread Climate Denial On Air in 2022
2023-05-26 by in DeSmogA majority of GB News hosts attacked climate action on the channel in 2022, while one in three spread climate science denial, a DeSmog analysis can reveal. Opponents of green policies have seized on the energy crisis sparked by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to denounce the UK’s net zero target and push for new, environmentally-damaging […]
Tagged under: Net Zero | Russia
Q&A: Ukrainian Official Says Russia Is Turning Nuclear Plant Into Military Base
2023-05-21 (or before) by in VOA - Voice of America English NewsPetro Kotin, president of Ukraine's state-run nuclear company, says number of Russian military personnel at Zaporizhzhia now exceeds number of nuclear personnel
Tagged under: Nuclear Power | Russia
Looming disaster at Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant amid Russia-Ukraine war - NS Energy
2023-05-09 (or before) in NS Energy BusinessTagged under: Renewable Energy | Nuclear Power | Russia
Severe wildfires have engulfed Russia's Kurgan Region
2023-05-08 (or before) in YouTubeSevere wildfires have engulfed Kurgan Region, Russia. The sky has turned red, with the smoke blotting out the Sun – a truly terrifying sight.Follow Independe...
Tagged under: Russia | Wildfires
Natural gas savings in Germany during the 2022 energy crisis - Nature Energy
2023-05-05 (or before) in NatureCurbed natural gas supply from Russia to Europe has exacerbated an energy crisis on the continent. Here the authors employ a multiple regression model to estimate the response of small consumers, industry and power stations to this crisis.
Tagged under: Russia
Russia wanted a quick victory in Ukraine, and it sent its spies after Ukrainian nuclear power plant workers to make it happen
2023-04-28 (or before) by in Business InsiderAs part of an effort to destabilize Ukrainian institutions, Russian spies began recruiting agents in Ukraine long before Russian troops invaded.
Tagged under: Nuclear Power | Russia
French-Russian nuclear relations turn radioactive
2023-04-20 in PoliticoUkraine and several EU countries want France to cut commercial ties with Russia’s atomic sector.
Tagged under: Nuclear Power | France | Russia
Are we headed towards the sixth mass extinction?
2023-04-16 in The Daily Star Ð Leading English Daily among Bangladesh NewspapersSurreal as it may seem, we have clearly embarked on the path to self-annihilation.
Tagged under: Nuclear Power | Climate Change | Russia
How Putin made Europe go green faster
2023-04-14 (or before) in YouTubeOne year after Russia invaded Ukraine, analysts think Putin's aggression may have sped up Europe's energy transition. How's that?Credits:Reporter: Ajit Niran...
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Fossil Fuels | Vladimir Putin | Russia
Carbon Note 2: The "Western" energy transitions - narcissism of small differences.
2023-04-09 (or before) by in Chartbook | Adam Tooze | SubstackDid Putin’s war on Ukraine and the ensuing energy crisis lead to a retreat from the energy transition in Europe? Did Russian aggression expose the vanity of green ideology? Was a war what we needed to relearn the “basic math” that modern societies cannot do without some combination of fossil fuels and nuclear? This was the contention of pieces in
Tagged under: Nuclear Power | Fossil Fuels | Vladimir Putin | Russia
Biden Officials Back Alaska Oil Project Scorned as Carbon Bomb
2023-03-11 (or before) in BloombergThe Biden administration has decided to authorize a mammoth ConocoPhillips oil project in northwest Alaska, despite arguments by opponents that it will exacerbate climate change, according to people familiar with the matter.
Tagged under: Joe Biden | Climate Change | Russia | Alaska
How much lithium does Iran have?
2023-03-10 (or before) in Quartz | Make business betterAt more than 8.5 million tons, the discovery could have enormous geopolitical implications
Tagged under: Lithium | Batteries | Russia | Iran | Finance
The ‘silent victim’: Ukraine counts war’s cost for nature
2023-02-20 in The GuardianInvestigations are under way in the hope this is the first conflict in which a full reckoning is made of environmental crimes
Tagged under: Russia
Shell profit doubles to hit record £30bn
2023-01-28 by Patrick Tooher in This is MoneyThe corporate giant is expected to say this week that annual profit more than doubled to more than £30bn as the war in Ukraine restricted supplies from Russia.
Landmark Ruling in Strasbourg as MPs Challenge UK Government over Failure to Investigate Russian Interference in Brexit – Byline Times
2023-01-19 by in Byline Times'Nothing less than the future of democracy is at stake' says Caroline Lucas as a cross-party coalition and The Citizens win an unprecedented hearing over electoral safety and national security
Putin's Brexit Coup - by Byline Supplement and Peter Jukes
2023-01-02 (or before) by in Bylines SupplementIn this reprint of his exclusive from March last year, Peter Jukes explains why the pro-Brexit establishment aided Russia's long war against democracy and how Britain was compromised
Tagged under: Vladimir Putin | Russia
2,500 Caspian seals found dead along Russian coastline
2022-12-05 in The GuardianDeaths of endangered species probably happened a couple weeks ago, with the cause as yet unknown
Tagged under: Wildlife | Russia
Subsea Methane Hydrates: Origin and Monitoring the Impacts of Global Warming
2022-11-23 in MDPI - Publisher of Open Access JournalsThe East Siberian Arctic shelf is the area where the largest natural gas reserves are concentrated. The formation of permafrost of the Arctic shelf during the Ice Age contributed to the emergence of a zone of stable existence of gas hydrates in the sedimentary layer, and subsequent flooding of the shelf led to its gradual degradation, the thawing of gas hydrates and the subsequent emissions of methane into the atmosphere. In the first part of the paper, we use mathematical modeling to study the processes of the formation of subsea permafrost on the Arctic shelf considering changes in the sea levels over the past 200 thousand yea...
Tagged under: Sea Level | Permafrost | Methane | Arctic | Russia
Carbon emissions from energy to peak in 2025 in ‘historic turning point’, says IEA
2022-10-27 in The GuardianInternational Energy Agency says Ukraine invasion boosted state spending on clean energy and ‘will accelerate transition to renewables’
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Solar Energy | Nuclear Power | Greenhouse Gases | Fossil Fuels | Wind Power | Russia
Wildlife abandons 'Europe's Amazon' nature reserve - BBC News
2022-10-09 (or before) in The BBCForest fires ignited by Russian shelling have devastated Ukraine's Drevlyansky reserve.
Tagged under: Shell | Amazon Rainforest | Forest Fires | Wildlife | Russia | Trees
‘Reckless’ coal firms plan climate-busting expansion, study finds
2022-10-06 in The GuardianCoal is the most polluting of all fossil fuels and investors must stop funding it, say campaigners
Tagged under: COP27 | Greenhouse Gases | Coal | Climate Change | Africa | Fossil Fuels | Russia
Ukraine, Brexit, Arab spring have one source – prices, says sociologist
2022-09-30 in The GuardianFollowing his 2022 book Price Wars, the sociologist and documentarian Rupert Russell speaks about how financial speculators have sown a new era of chaos
Tagged under: Russia
European leaders blame sabotage as gas pours into Baltic from Nord Stream pipelines
2022-09-27 in The GuardianUrsula Von der Leyen warns of ‘strongest possible response’ to attacks on European energy infrastructure
Tagged under: Russia
UK and US banks among biggest backers of Russian ‘carbon bombs’, data shows
2022-08-24 in The GuardianUkrainian campaigners call for immediate end to investments, to cut funds to war and help avoid climate breakdown
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Fossil Fuels | Russia
Tree loss due to fire is worst in far northern latitudes, data shows
2022-08-17 in The GuardianForests in Russia are most affected, as scientists warn of escape of huge quantities of buried carbon dioxide
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Wildfires | Arctic | Greenhouse Gases | Russia | Trees
Major cities blighted by nitrogen dioxide pollution, research finds
2022-08-17 in The GuardianShanghai, Moscow and Tehran have the highest levels of NO2 pollution, according to the research
The long-term threats to global food security go far beyond Ukraine | CBC News
2022-08-07 (or before) in CBC.ca - Canada's Public BroadcasterA deal between Russia and Ukraine to reopen the Black Sea ports to grain shipments brought a ray of hope as the week closed. But the world still faces multiple threats to food security — and Canada is not immune.
France’s troubled nuclear fleet a bigger problem for Europe than Russia gas
2022-08-05 in Renew Economy | News and analysis for the clean energy economyMore than half of France’s nuclear fleet are offline, its power prices are through the roof, and it faces a long-term supply problem.
Tagged under: Nuclear Power | France | Russia
Powdered sodium battery design promises a 15% leap in energy density
2022-08-03 in New AtlasWith real uncertainty clouding the world's supply of lithium, alternative battery chemistries will be crucial as we continue our uptake of electric vehicles and mobile devices. One exciting candidate in this space is sodium-ion, and a research team in Russia has developed a novel battery of this…
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Lithium | Batteries | Russia
Big Fossil’s Disaster Capitalist Response to Russia-Ukraine
2022-07-31 (or before) in The InterceptThe industry moved quickly to capture the narrative, going from disinformation blitz to policy wins within a matter of weeks.
Tagged under: Disinformation and Misinformation | Capitalism | Fossil Fuels | Russia
Parliament votes to give green labels to nuclear and gas
2022-07-06 in PoliticoSuch power plants will be allowed to be marketed as sustainable investments on financial markets.
Tagged under: Nuclear Power | Fossil Fuels | Electricity | Russia | Finance
‘Putin rubbing hands with glee’ after EU votes to class gas and nuclear as green
2022-07-06 in The GuardianParliament backs plan to classify some projects as clean power investments
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Nuclear Power | Vladimir Putin | Russia
Summer swelter: Persistent heat wave breaks records, spirits
2022-06-24 (or before) in Phys.org - News and Articles on Science and TechnologyFrom the normally chilly Russian Arctic to the traditionally sweltering American South, big swaths of the Northern Hemisphere continued to sizzle with extreme heat as the start of summer more resembled the dog days of August with parts of China and Japan setting all-time heat records Friday.
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | China | Arctic | Russia | Japan
Methane leak at Russian mine could be largest ever discovered
2022-06-14 in The GuardianAbout 90 tonnes of methane an hour were released from the Raspadskaya mine in January, data shows
Tagged under: Methane | Coal | Fossil Fuels | Russia
White House official blasts 'outrageous' oil profits, leaves door open to windfall profit tax | CNN Politics
2022-06-09 by in CNNA White House official is strongly criticizing Big Oil for banking huge profits in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which the administration has blamed for soaring gas prices.
Tagged under: Joe Biden | US Politics | Russia | Finance
Western Kansas wheat crops are failing just when the world needs them most
2022-06-09 in KCUR - NPR in Kansas CityRussia's war in Ukraine has disrupted global food supplies, driving up demand and prices for wheat. But after months of drought, many western Kansas farmers won’t have a crop to sell.
Tagged under: Farming | Drought | Russia
Government failure to boost energy efficiency ‘inexplicable’, says IEA
2022-06-08 in The GuardianSaving energy is ‘utterly essential’ to cut bills, end reliance on Russian oil and gas and slash emissions says agency
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Fossil Fuels | Russia
A Border Adjustment Would Promote U.S. Energy Security and Weaken Russia
2022-06-06 in Climate Leadership Council | The Bipartisan Climate SolutionRussia’s invasion of Ukraine has sent the West searching for tools to weaken Vladimir Putin and deter Russian aggression. There’s a way to neutralize Russia, promote American energy independence, and accelerate global decarbonization all in
Tagged under: Vladimir Putin | Russia
Here in Poland, “Going Green” Means Burning Even More Coal
2022-05-27 in The NationWith parents and children struggling to breathe, climate activism is a matter of life and death.
Tagged under: Children | Coal | Fossil Fuels | Russia | Women and Children | Activism
Oil and Gas Industry Seized on War in Ukraine to Water Down Climate Policy, Report Shows
2022-05-25 by in DeSmogWhile Russia dropped missiles on Kyiv and laid siege to the port of Mariupol in late February, the oil and gas industry took advantage of the war in Ukraine to spread misinformation about the causes of the energy crisis in order to apply political pressure and pursue a longstanding wish list of policy changes, according […]
Tagged under: Climate Change | Disinformation and Misinformation | Russia
Ukraine invasion may be start of ‘third world war’, says George Soros
2022-05-24 in The GuardianVeteran philanthropist tells World Economic Forum civilisation ‘may not survive’ what is coming
Tagged under: Economics | Russia
EU plans ‘massive’ increase in green energy to help end reliance on Russia
2022-05-18 in The GuardianEuropean Commission says extra €210bn needed over next five years to pay for phasing out of Russian fossil fuels
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Fossil Fuels | Russia
BATTLEGROUND ANTARCTICA: ‘Gentleman’s agreement’: Despite mining ban, Russia scours Antarctica for massive fossil fuel deposits
2022-05-17 by in Daily Maverick - South African news, opinion and investigationsThe Kremlin’s mineral explorer says it has found a stunning 500 billion barrels of oil and gas below the Southern Ocean’s climate-threatened waters. Tapping these mooted reserves would not only hamper global efforts to fight the climate crisis. Known for flouting major agreements, a defiant Russia in the Antarctic could destroy the decades-long protected status of Earth’s last unmined frontier.
Tagged under: Oceans | Minerals | Antarctic | Russia
Arctic Circle sees 'highest-ever' recorded temperatures - BBC News
2022-04-29 (or before) in The BBCTemperatures are believed to have hit 38C (100F) in one Siberian town after a persistent heatwave.
Tagged under: Heatwaves | Arctic | Russia
Ukraine war threatens global heating goals, warns UN chief
2022-03-21 in The GuardianAntónio Guterres says countries seeking alternatives to Russian energy may increase use of fossil fuels
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Fossil Fuels | Russia
Permafrost peatlands approaching tipping point
2022-03-15 (or before) in Science DailyResearchers warn that permafrost peatlands in Europe and Western Siberia are much closer to a climatic tipping point than previous believed. The frozen peatlands in these areas store up to 39 billion tons of carbon -- the equivalent to twice that stored in the whole of European forests.
Tagged under: Russia | Trees | Tipping Points
‘Imminent’ tipping point threatening Europe’s permafrost peatlands - Carbon Brief
2022-03-14 in Carbon BriefLarge swathes of northern Europe and western Siberia may become “climatically unsuitable” for carbon-rich permafrost peatlands within a few decades.
Tagged under: Tipping Points | Russia
Tories plan big expansion of wind farms ‘to protect national security’
2022-03-13 in The GuardianPlanning rules to be relaxed so that renewables and nuclear power can boost energy independence after Ukraine invasion
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Nuclear Power | Wind Power | Russia
‘Defining moment’: how can the US end its dependency on fossil fuels?
2022-03-11 in The GuardianDemocrats hope climate measures in Build Back Better will be resurrected amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine – but green groups want Biden to go even further
Tagged under: Joe Biden | Fossil Fuels | Russia
'This will encourage the world to go for green solutions': Boris Johnson touts plan for fresh UK energy supply strategy
2022-03-07 in Business GreenUK may look to domestic oil and gas sources to reduce reliance on Russia in short term, but Prime Minister insists government will not be abandoning net zero transition
Tagged under: Net Zero | Vladimir Putin | Russia
Ukraine is a climate story. Because everything is a climate story
2022-03-03 in Los Angeles TimesRussia's invasion is yet another reason to switch from fossil fuels to clean energy, experts say.
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | Russia
How to fight an economic war
2022-03-03 in Business GreenThe scale of the changes required to end European reliance on Russian fossil fuels are unprecedented and far bigger than many realise - what is needed is an economic war effort
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | Net Zero | Russia
A shift to clean energy would halt Russia's petro-thuggery and more
2022-02-28 by in The HillNow imagine a world where petro-states no longer have the power to blackmail other countries or impact the international price of energy.
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | Vladimir Putin | Russia
Cosmonauts exhibition success leads to Pushkin Medal for Director of the Science Museum Ian Blatchford | Science Museum
2022-02-28 (or before) in Science MuseumIan Blatchford, received the Pushkin Medal from Russian President Vladimir Putin to recognise the acclaimed Cosmonauts: Birth of the Space Age exhibition.
Tagged under: Vladimir Putin | Russia
BP to Exit Rosneft Stake and May Take a $25 Billion Hit
2022-02-28 (or before) in BloombergBP Plc moved to dump its shares in oil giant Rosneft PJSC, taking a financial hit of as much as $25 billion by joining the campaign to isolate Russia’s economy.
Tagged under: Vladimir Putin | Russia | BP
The link between Putin and climate change
2022-02-28 in PoliticoThe war in Ukraine is, like everything, tied to the climate crisis in multiple ways.
Tagged under: COP26 | Climate Change | Vladimir Putin | Russia
Russian official apologises for war in Ukraine at UN climate meet
2022-02-27 in France 24The Russian head of delegation at a major UN climate conference apologised for his country's invasion of Ukraine on Sunday, which he said lacked justification, according to several sources who heard…
Tagged under: Russia
Russia Invades Ukraine and Europe Buys More Gas. Here’s Why
2022-02-27 (or before) in BloombergTagged under: Russia
How Exxon, BP and Shell help Russia pump oil and gas - CNN
2022-02-27 (or before) by in CNNThe West is promising "massive" sanctions on Moscow in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Any action on energy could
Tagged under: BP | Shell | Exxon | Russia
This is how we defeat Putin and other petrostate autocrats | Bill McKibben
2022-02-25 in The GuardianAfter Hitler invaded the Sudetenland, America turned its industrial prowess to building tanks, bombers and destroyers. Now, we must respond with renewables
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Fossil Fuels | Vladimir Putin | Russia
Will the lights go out in Europe if Russia invades Ukraine?
2022-02-14 in New Statesman MagazineEnergy experts in Kyiv warn a full-scale invasion could push energy prices even higher and derail climate action.
Tagged under: Russia
EU Carbon Permits - 2023 Data - 2005-2022 Historical - 2024 Forecast - Price - Quote
2022-01-26 (or before) in tradingeconomics.comThe price of permits on the European Union's carbon market rose back to above 100 euros in March, approaching record levels hit above 105 euros in the previous month on growing prospects of higher activity and industrial firms' demand for permits. EU countries approved on February 21 plans to raise 20 billion euros in grants from the EU carbon market, partly by holding carbon permit sales earlier than planned. Countries will be able to spend the grants on renewable energy and energy-saving renovations to help replace Russian gas, and projects to help heavy industry decarbonise. Meanwhile, companies have an April deadline to buy ...
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Russia
WMO recognizes new Arctic temperature record of 38⁰C
2021-12-13 in World Meteorological OrganizationA temperature of 38°C (100.4°F) in the Russian town of Verkhoyansk on 20 June 2020 has been recognized as a new Arctic temperature record by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
Wildfires break carbon emission records in US, Siberia, and Turkey, as climate change fans intense blazes, says EU monitoring service
2021-12-08 (or before) in Sky NewsClimate change is producing more intense wildfires which are, in turn, emitting higher levels of CO2, says the European Union's Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service.
Tagged under: Wildfires | Climate Change | Russia
‘A Trash Heap for Our Children’: How Norilsk, in the Russian Arctic, Became One of the Most Polluted Places on Earth - Inside Climate News
2021-11-28 in Inside Climate NewsThis article is part of a series produced in partnership with NBC News and Undark Magazine, a non-profit, editorially independent digital magazine exploring the intersection of science and society. It was 2 a.m. and the sun was shining, as it does day and night in mid-July in Norilsk, a Siberian city 200 miles north of the […]
Tagged under: Children | Arctic | Russia | Women and Children
Readings | System Dynamics Self Study | Sloan School of Management | MIT OpenCourseWare
2021-11-18 in The GuardianThis section contains information about readings for the course. Includes information on the courses textbooks, road maps, and other readings.
Tagged under: Deforestation | Amazon Rainforest | Rainforests | Greenhouse Gases | Russia | Trees
We’re Heading Straight for a Demi-Armageddon
2021-11-04 (or before) by in The AtlanticWhat happens when we do something—but not enough—to stop climate change?
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Joe Biden | IPCC | Climate Change | Electricity | Russia | Sea Level | Climate Change Impacts | Electricity Grid | Activism
‘Super polluters’: the top 10 publishers denying the climate crisis on Facebook
2021-11-02 in The GuardianTen US-based and Russian state media outlets responsible for 69% of content on Facebook, finds Center for Countering Digital Hate
Tagged under: Russia
Siberia’s stark warning to Scotland for Cop26: climate change in the planet’s last great wilderness
2021-10-31 (or before) in Siberian Times - all about Siberia, in EnglishEight phenomena highlight how our world is altering right here, right now, an ecological ticking time bomb.
Tagged under: COP26 | Climate Change | Russia
Rich Nations Hatch Plan for $100 Billion Climate Aid
2021-10-24 (or before) in BloombergRich nations have fallen short of their 2009 pledge to collectively deliver $100 billion annually to help poor countries confront climate change, shift to clean energy and build resilience.
Tagged under: Climate Change | Russia | Indonesia
The Arctic is on fire: Siberian heat wave alarms scientists | AP News
2021-10-19 (or before) in Associated Press NewsMOSCOW (AP) — The Arctic is feverish and on fire — at least parts of it are. And that’s got scientists worried about what it means for the rest of the world...
Tagged under: Arctic | Climate Change | Russia | Health
Russia forest fire damage worst since records began, says Greenpeace
2021-09-22 in The GuardianAnalysis shows over 18.16m hectares were destroyed in 2021, an absolute record since satellite monitoring began
Tagged under: Wildfires | Arctic | Greenpeace | Russia | Trees
Only action against corruption can solve the world’s biggest problems | Foreign policy | The Guardian
2021-08-26 (or before) in The GuardianTagged under: Russia
More Than 40 Million Acres of Land Have Burned in Siberia
2021-08-20 (or before) by in Smithsonian MagazineRussia has seen an increasing severity of wildfires in recent years due to rising summer temperatures and a historic drought
Tagged under: Wildfires | Drought | Climate Change | Russia
Smoke from Siberia wildfires reaches north pole in historic first
2021-08-09 in The GuardianOccurrence is first since records began and comes as Russian weather officials warn blazes are worsening
Tagged under: Wildfires | Arctic | Russia
Climate crisis: Siberian heatwave led to new methane emissions, study says
2021-08-02 in The GuardianLeak of potent greenhouse gas is currently small but further research is urgently needed, say scientists
Tagged under: Heatwaves | Arctic | Greenhouse Gases | Methane | Russia
‘Everything is on fire’: Siberia hit by unprecedented burning
2021-07-20 in The GuardianLocals fear for their health and property as smoke from raging forest fires shrouds an entire region of eastern Russia
Tagged under: Forest Fires | Russia | Health | Trees
‘Birthplace of Ice’ in Russia’s Arctic Sees Record-Breaking Start to Melting Season - The Moscow Times
2021-06-02 by in The Moscow TimesThe Laptev Sea plays a crucial role in generating ice coverage for the entire Arctic.
Tagged under: Arctic | Climate Change | Ice Melting | Russia
Putin sounds methane alarm, under satellite surveillance and EU pressure
2021-04-27 in Climate Home NewsThe Russian president has raised concern about the warming impact of methane emissions, calling for research collaboration but making no policy promises
Tagged under: Methane | Vladimir Putin | Russia
Norway awards oil and gas exploration rights to 30 firms | Reuters
2021-02-12 (or before) in ReutersNorway awarded 61 offshore exploration blocks to 30 oil firms in its latest pre-defined areas (APA) licensing round as it seeks to find more resources close to existing fields, Energy Minister Tina Bru said on Tuesday.
Tagged under: Russia
Peat Fires Smolder in Siberia Despite Bone-Chilling Temperatures - The Moscow Times
2021-01-27 by in The Moscow Times“The summer fire didn’t stop,” local media reported.
Tagged under: Climate Change | Russia
Taiga King: Spies, Lies and Lumber
2020-12-16 (or before) by in EarthsightEuropean firms fed Russian tycoon's billion-dollar illegal logging scam
Tagged under: Russia
Burning fossil fuels helped drive Earth’s most massive extinction
2020-11-20 in Deccan HeraldPaleontologists call it the Permian-Triassic mass extinction, but it has another name: “the Great Dying.” It happened about 252 million years ago, and, over the course of just tens of thousands of years, 96% of all life in the oceans and, perhaps, roughly 70% of all land life vanished forever. The smoking gun was ancient volcanism in what is today Siberia, where volcanoes disgorged enough magma and lava over about a million years to cover an amount of land equivalent to a third or even half of the surface area of the United States.
Tagged under: Oceans | Fossil Fuels | Russia
Arctic methane deposits 'starting to release', scientists say
2020-10-27 in The GuardianExclusive: expedition says preliminary findings indicate that new source of greenhouse gas off East Siberian coast has been triggered
Tagged under: Arctic | Greenhouse Gases | Methane | Russia
More than 400 sealed ‘craters’ are ticking time bombs from a total 7000+ Arctic permafrost mounds
2020-09-12 (or before) in Siberian Times - all about Siberia, in EnglishDissecting them like surgical abscesses to release the gas seen as one solution to avoid future eruptions.
Massive mystery holes appear in Siberian tundra — and could be linked to climate change | CNN
2020-09-04 by in CNNThe dramatic 30-meter (100-feet) deep hole in Western Siberia is the latest of several to have formed in the region since 2014. Scientists think the craters are formed by an explosive buildup of methane gas but there is still a lot they don’t know.
Tagged under: Methane | Russia
Most polar bears to disappear by 2100, study predicts
2020-07-20 in The GuardianMelting Arctic sea ice could cause starvation and reproductive failure for many as early as 2040, scientists warn
Tagged under: Arctic | Greenhouse Gases | Predictions | Wildlife | Ice Melting | Russia | Alaska
Siberian Heatwaves Are Fairly Common: Hottest Summer On Record Was In 1917 - Net Zero Watch
2020-07-17 in Net Zero Watch - News on net zeroWhy do the BBC need three environmental reporters, when all they do is cut and paste the latest alarmist study without actually doing any cross checking or
Tagged under: Heatwaves | Net Zero | Russia
Siberian heatwave of 2020 almost impossible without climate change – World Weather Attribution
2020-07-16 (or before) in World Weather AttributionTagged under: Heatwaves | Climate Change | Russia
Climate change made Siberian heatwave 600 times more likely – study
2020-07-15 in The GuardianHuman fingerprint on record temperatures ‘has rarely, if ever, been clearer’
Tagged under: Heatwaves | Arctic | Climate Change | Russia
Wildfires in Siberia increase five-fold amid unprecedented heatwave
2020-07-02 (or before) in The Watchers - Watching the world evolve and transformWildfires in Siberia have grown five-fold over the past week amid an unprecedented heatwave, according to Russia's forest fire aerial protection service. This came after the town of Verkhoyansk hit 38 °C (100.4 °F), marking the hottest-ev...
Tagged under: Wildfires | Heatwaves | Russia | Trees
The Arctic heatwave: here's what we know | Tamsin Edwards
2020-06-25 in The GuardianIt’s 38°C in Siberia. The science may be complicated – but the need for action now couldn’t be clearer, says climate scientist Tamsin Edwards
Tagged under: Heatwaves | Arctic | Russia
Climate crisis: alarm at record-breaking heatwave in Siberia
2020-06-17 in The GuardianUnusually high temperatures in region linked to wildfires, oil spill and moth swarms
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Wildfires | Heatwaves | Arctic | Russia
‘Zombie’ wildfires threaten Arctic Russia, scientists warn
2020-06-01 (or before) in The Independent Barents Observer |Tagged under: Russia | Wildfires | Arctic
The Hidden Author of Putinism
2020-05-23 (or before) by in The AtlanticHow Vladislav Surkov invented the new Russia
Tagged under: Vladimir Putin | Russia
Siberian Wildfires Burn an Area Three Times the Size of Delaware
2020-05-03 (or before) in Earther | GizmodoIt’s spring in an era of rapid climate change so that means Russia is being lit up by monster fires. But in an era of coronavirus, a confluence of factors has made the wildfires even worse.
Tagged under: Wildfires | Climate Change | Russia
Russia announces plan to ‘use the advantages’ of climate change
2020-01-05 in The GuardianKremlin website recognises global heating as a problem but lists ‘positive’ economic effects
Tagged under: Russia | Climate Change | Greenhouse Gases | Vladimir Putin | Economics
Moscow resorts to fake snow in warmest December since 1886
2019-12-29 in The GuardianHibernation disrupted at city’s zoo and gardens bloom early as temperatures hit record high
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Russia
Russia's Taymyr plan: Arctic coal for India risks pollution - BBC News
2019-11-30 (or before) in BBCA huge wildlife haven is at risk as Russian coal ships exploit melting Arctic ice in Siberia.
Tagged under: India | Arctic | Coal | Wildlife | Ice Melting | Russia
Countries are burning from Siberia to Australia: the age of fire is the bleakest warning yet | Julian Cribb
2019-11-29 in The GuardianIt is time not only to think the unthinkable, but to speak it: the world economy, civilisation, and maybe our survival as a species are on the line
Tagged under: Russia
Green New Deal Author Wants To Expand Anti-Corruption Laws To Cover Climate
2019-11-25 in Huffington Post UKMassachusetts Sen. Ed Markey's latest bill could extend the kind of financial sanctions the U.S. slapped on Russia and North Korea to countries such as Brazil.
Tagged under: US Politics | Climate Change | Russia
Most countries' climate plans 'totally inadequate' – experts
2019-11-05 in The GuardianUS and Brazil unlikely to meet Paris agreement pledges - while Russia has not even made one
Tagged under: Brazil | Greenhouse Gases | Climate Change | Russia
Russian draft climate law gutted after industry intervention
2019-10-25 in Climate Home NewsDraft bill, which had been seen as step towards modernising Russia's economy, loses legal targets and support for low carbon projects
Tagged under: Russia
Russia’s Thawing Permafrost May Cost Economy $2.3 Billion a Year
2019-10-22 (or before) in BloombergRussia plans to pay more attention to the impact climate change is having on its vast permafrost area.
Tagged under: Climate Change | Economics | Vladimir Putin | Russia
Melting glaciers reveal five new islands in the Arctic
2019-10-22 in The GuardianRussian navy discovers yet-to-be-named islands previously hidden under glaciers
East Siberian Sea Is Boiling With Methane - EcoWatch
2019-10-09 in EcoWatch - For a Healthier Planet and LifeRussian scientists on an Arctic expedition have discovered, for the first time, methane "boiling" on the surface of the water that is visible to the naked eye. The methane is so pronounced that it can be scooped from the water in buckets. The research team found the methane leak east of Bennett Island in the East Siberian Sea.
Tagged under: Arctic | Methane | Russia
Arctic wildfires spew soot and smoke cloud bigger than EU
2019-08-12 in The GuardianPlume from unprecedented blazes forecast to reach Alaska as fires rage for third month
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Wildfires | Arctic | Greenhouse Gases | Russia | Alaska
Thaw of submarine permafrost is accelerating as Russian scientists discover a new reason to panic.
2019-07-14 (or before) in Daily KosPermafrost is soil that has been frozen for at least two years but most have been frozen for tens of thousands of years. The ground is quite fertile, full of the remnants of ancient vegetation and animal species, many of whom are extinct. The frozen...
Tagged under: Russia
Arctic wildfires emitted as much CO2 in June as Sweden does in a year
2019-07-12 in The GuardianWildfires this year have been at an unusual intensity despite being common in the northern hemisphere between May and October
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Wildfires | Arctic | Russia
Alarming wildfires rage near giant ‘Mouth of Hell’ gash in the tundra, a wonder of Siberia
2019-06-20 (or before) in Siberian Times - all about Siberia, in EnglishDestruction of trees by flames could see Batagai Depression ‘rapidly enlarge’ while remote local settlements also threatened.
Tagged under: Wildfires | Russia | Trees
Policies of China, Russia and Canada threaten 5C climate change, study finds
2018-11-16 by Jonathan Watts in The GuardianRanking of countries’ goals shows even EU on course for more than double safe level of warming
Tagged under: China | Canada | Russia | Global Warming | Greenhouse Gases | Coal | Climate Change | Fossil Fuels
'Truth isn't truth': Giuliani trumps 'alternative facts' with new Orwellian outburst
2018-08-19 in The GuardianPresident’s lawyer keeps up attack on Mueller investigation, leading NBC host Chuck Todd to say: ‘This is going to become a bad meme’
Tagged under: Donald Trump | US Politics | Russia
Paul Manafort trial: judge won't release jurors' names over safety concerns
2018-08-17 in The GuardianJudge TS Ellis says he won’t make names public: ‘I’ve received criticism and threats … I imagine they would, too’
Tagged under: Donald Trump | Russia
Revealed: details of exclusive Russian deal offered to Arron Banks in Brexit run-up
2018-08-09 in The GuardianLeaked document lays out for first time deal proposed to Leave.EU backer, sparking new questions over Moscow’s role
Tagged under: Russia
How the GRU spy agency targets the west, from cyberspace to Salisbury
2018-08-06 in The GuardianAccusations mount against the Russian army’s main intelligence directorate
Tagged under: Vladimir Putin | Russia
World's deepest lake crippled by putrid algae, poaching and pollution
2017-10-19 in The GuardianLake Baikal in Siberia holds one fifth of the world’s unfrozen fresh water, but its precious fish stocks are disappearing
Tagged under: Fish | Wildlife | Russia
'Hungry bear' crisis leaves two people dead in Russia's far east
2017-10-16 in The GuardianOverfishing and fewer food sources making bears more aggressive, say officials, who have killed 83 on Sakhalin Island this year
Tagged under: Wildlife | Russia
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