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Claims by Russia, Germany on climate-friendly nature of Nord Stream 2 project misleading – expert
Given that methane is more aggressive, the general effect of CO2 emissions drop in Europe will be totally neutralized by methane emissions, Gonchar underlined.
20:00, 09.06.2021
Ecology Ministry to create Ukraine Climate Fund
The Fund will receive all environmental taxes to be used for the purposes of climate protection.
20:30, 07.06.2021
Zelensky enacts law on plastic bag ban
The law is to be introduced as of January 1, 2022.
15:30, 07.06.2021
One billion trees to be planted in Ukraine in next three years – program
The Ukrainian leader promises the timber market in Ukraine will work transparently.
15:00, 07.06.2021
All water resources to be audited in Ukraine – Zelensky
All the main rivers of Ukraine are now being monitored in accordance with European principles.
14:30, 07.06.2021
Rada bans plastic bags in Ukraine
The bill provides for a ban on the distribution of plastic bags in retail and public catering facilities up to 50 microns thick from January 1, 2022.
18:30, 01.06.2021
Donbas on verge of environmental disaster over toxic groundwaters in abandoned mines
The Ukrainian government has lost control of dozens of coal mines in the eastern Donetsk and Luhansk regions
18:40, 16.05.2021
UN chief warns of impending environmental disaster
According to Guterres, the Earth stands at the edge of the abyss.
14:00, 07.05.2021
German environmentalists file suit challenging Nord Stream 2
According to the environmentalists, the construction of the gas pipeline destroys sea bottom marine flora and fauna in the area of more than 16 football fields.
11:30, 05.05.2021
German environmentalists file another lawsuit vs Nord Stream 2
The suit challenges a construction permit issued by Germany's federal maritime regulator BSH.
18:45, 13.04.2021
Nord Stream 2: Minor issues in construction could result in major disaster – Ukraine intelligence
Ships currently involved in construction are technologically obsolete, the report says.
20:45, 02.04.2021
Germany's Greens vow to block Nord Stream 2
Greens are on track to be part of the governing coalition after the country’s September elections to the Bundestag.
10:40, 22.03.2021
Nord Stream 2: Ukraine intelligence reports another violation of environmental standards
This is yet another report on environmental threats the project is posing.
18:00, 12.03.2021
Hundreds of cranes die in Askania-Nova nature reserve
The probe has confirmed rodenticide poisoning.
20:15, 04.03.2021
Russia's Nord Stream 2 project decimating Baltic Sea ecosystem – Ukraine Intelligence
Meanwhile, Moscow seeks to time construction completion to coincide with the national holiday, Russia Day, celebrated on June 12.
19:00, 19.02.2021
Military expert predicts threat of radioactive disaster in occupied Donbas
They have stopped pumping water from coal mines.
11:55, 19.02.2021
Russia blocks IAEA inspectors' visits to occupied Donbas – Ukrainian delegates to TCG
The Ukrainian side says it is concerned that the IAEA is unable to evaluate the environmental status in Russia-occupied districts.
21:59, 17.02.2021
Air quality in Kyiv ninth-worst globally – Ranking
Air Quality Index in the city stood at 155 on February 17, which is more than triple the norm.
12:20, 17.02.2021
Kyiv among world's top 100 greenest cities
Some 40% of urban green space in the city is covered by trees.
23:15, 12.01.2021
"Garbage heaps" accumulated on seashores in Russia-occupied Crimea (Photo)
There is also garbage outside residential buildings by the sea in the village of Lazurne.
14:50, 30.12.2020
Crimea residents complain about rusty tap water
This is the result of additional pumps having been installed at the two intake facilities.
13:35, 10.11.2020
All Crimea lakes may soon vanish, experts claim
At least 10 water reservoirs dried up on the annexed peninsula last year.
13:35, 27.10.2020
Dead sea animals wash ashore on Kamchatka's Pacific coast in "eco disaster" (Photo, video)
Two versions are being discussed so far, with one being the recent military exercise and another is leakage of petroleum products and phenol from ships passing through the Avacha Gulf.
19:40, 03.10.2020
Leak reported at chemical plant in occupied Crimea's north
Air quality will be tested four times a day, local occupation authorities say.
10:00, 20.08.2020
Wildfires in Luhansk region: Number of victims grows to five dead, nine injured (Photos)
Some 45 residential houses in the village of Smolianynove have been destroyed by the fire.
19:59, 07.07.2020
Reuters: Hungarian President calls on Ukraine, Romania to stop polluting rivers
Since mid-June Hungarian authorities had removed 938 cubic metres of waste from the Tisza river.
17:50, 07.07.2020
Ukraine's parliament backs appointment of new environment minister
The decision was supported by 264 lawmakers.
13:55, 19.06.2020
Ukraine politicians manipulate environmental issues, exploiting them as PR stunts – media
Ecology issues remain unresolved, turning into gibberish.
14:00, 09.06.2020
Ukraine loses 6,000 ha of forests in four regions over illegal amber extraction
Environmentalists say the amber extraction areas have turned into an environmental disaster zone.
13:50, 05.06.2020
Ecologist warns Dnipro River becomes "fragmented waterway"
In her opinion, the construction of water-development facilities in Ukraine poses a risk.
18:30, 22.05.2020
Russia's armed aggression destroying ecological balance in Donbas
Some 5 million people live in the affected area.
11:55, 22.05.2020
NSDC: Ukraine may face water scarcity over climate change
They discussed the need to develop a water strategy.
01:50, 14.05.2020
Air quality in Kyiv again deteriorates
The top three most polluted cities were Chiang Mai in Thailand, Kuwait City in Kuwait, and Hanoi in Vietnam.
09:20, 21.04.2020
NASA says it sees fires near Chornobyl break out again (Satellite image)
The range of this fire from beginning to now has reached 50,000 acres which makes this wildfire the largest since the nuclear accident occurred.
01:25, 18.04.2020
Kyiv tops Air Quality Ranking as most polluted city on April 16
The local authorities explain the phenomenon by wildfires.
23:55, 16.04.2020
Vitaliy Shubin appointed Acting Minister of Energy and Environmental Protection
Prior to this, he held the post of first deputy minister.
12:45, 11.03.2020
Crimean trees from red list of threatened plants logged as occupation authorities build highway
The Crimean pines suffered the most.
11:00, 06.02.2020
Euractiv: Ukraine's own Green Deal aims to slash energy imports
As of 2019, renewables only made up roughly 5% of Ukraine's energy mix.
22:30, 27.01.2020
Ukraine's rich wetlands reviving – media
In the Danube delta, removing dams and bringing back native species have restored ecosystems.
16:05, 27.12.2019
Germany may delay Nord Stream 2 construction over bird migration issues
The pipeline route goes through the wintering areas in the Baltic Sea.
22:30, 18.12.2019
Russian hybrid warfare: 50 shades of Greens
The pro-Russian Greens could very swiftly transform into Russia's infamous "little green men", the expert says.
12:20, 12.12.2019
Kyiv mayor, regional authorities agree on cooperation in household waste management
The mayor says the landfill in Pidhirtsi is a problematic facility that was built over 30 years ago.
17:58, 10.12.2019
Occupied Crimea sees another environmental damage as lake near Sevastopol dries up (Photo)
Photos depicting the lake before and after were posted by a blogger.
09:57, 18.11.2019
Russia-occupied Crimea may face irreversible environmental damage over lack of fresh water
It is impossible to solve the water problem by extracting groundwater.
11:18, 15.11.2019
Nord Stream 2 poses major threat to environment in Baltic Sea over WW2-era chemical munitions – experts
Massive volumes of chemical warfare agents were at different periods dumped in the area along the planned pipe-laying route.
16:15, 03.11.2019
Increased radiation levels recorded in Kyiv lab
The State Emergency Service says the situation is under control, adding there is no threat to staff or environment.
11:05, 29.10.2019
Centrenergo invests in Ukraine's first gas cleaning system at Trypilska TPP
The equipment was developed using semi-dry flue gas purification technology with the participation of Poland's RAFAKO SA.
09:40, 12.09.2019
Ukraine's new energy, environmental protection minister sets priorities for energy sector
Orzhel plans to set up a competitive oil and gas market, introduce the latest technologies in production, and develop new oil and gas fields across the country.
16:20, 09.09.2019
City where Chernobyl was filmed fears real-life nuclear disaster – Bloomberg
A nuclear-power facility opening in Belarus has the nearby Baltic city of Vilnius on edge.
22:30, 04.09.2019
Crimea may face "chemical Chornobyl" due to Russia's actions
According to local residents, the environmental situation in Bilohirsk will soon become similar to Chornobyl in terms of chemical poisoning.
12:42, 03.09.2019
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