THE Russian government has extended its probe into the alleged environmental violations at the Sakhalin oil and gas project by another month, and has warned the project managers of criminal charges

Russian authorities have withdrawn a key permit to the world's largest liquefied natural gas (lng) project off the coast of Sakhalin Island on environmental grounds. Energy analysts, however,

Five nations bordering the Caspian Sea have reached an agreement to safeguard the waterbody and also pave the way for an equitable sharing of its resources. The treaty, called the Framework

An oil spill has occurred in one of Russia's largest export pipelines, polluting about 10 sq km of forests and contaminating local water sources. The country's ministry of natural resources has

Russian President Vladimir Putin recently ordered the East Siberia-Pacific Ocean oil pipeline to be built more than 40 km from the un -protected heritage site of Lake Baikal. Putin said the pipeline must be rerouted since Baikal, the deepest freshwater lake in the world, was home to more than 1,000 species of unique plants and animals.

spilling on oysters: The Far North District Council of New Zealand said it will spend US $3.6 million to reduce the risk of sewage spills in the environmentally sensitive areas of Paihia, Haruru

So Pakistani shipbreakers accept hazardous warships

China and Russia will jointly monitor cross-border rivers to ensure water quality. An agreement on the issue was recently signed in Bejing, following a meeting between Russian President Vladimir

Environmentalists have criticised the proposed route for an oil pipeline from Siberia to Russia's Pacific coast, saying it could send 4,000 tonaes of crude spilling into Lake Baikal, the world's