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Arctic 30 protester: 'Russia owes me a medal'
2013-12-26 23:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The first environmental activist to leave Russia after more than two months of detention said that Russia owed him a medal rather than a pardon for his work to protect the environment. Dima Litvinov, a Greenpeace campaigner, was the first member of the Arctic 30 to be allowed to leave. His fellow activists are expected to leave Russia in the coming days. He told told the Guardian of his relief at leaving Russia and arriving in Finland. "In Finland, it's completely relaxed and welcoming. My...
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Will Russia frack for oil?
2013-12-26 08:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Christian Science Monitor: One of my stranger speaker invitations recently was earlier this month in Moscow to an Adam Smith conference on Russia EOR (enhanced oil recovery), where I found myself in the ironic position of giving a presentation to reassure the audience that fracking,for oil was safe. Fracking is fracking and there is little or no difference between the methods used for gas or oil. Oil fracking in its modern form of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing using less chemicals than before was introduced...
Russia drops charges against Greenpeace activists
2013-12-25 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Russia on Wednesday formally dropped criminal charges against Greenpeace activists arrested in a protest against Arctic oil drilling on Wednesday and was expected to shortly do the same for all 30, the environmental group said. By 0700 ET Greenpeace said it knew of the dropping of charges against 19 of the group, who are currently still in Russia on bail. The move followed the announcement of a Kremlin amnesty. The activists will now be free to leave Russia and travel home to their families,...
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Russia Food and Drink Report Q1 2014
2013-12-25 01:00:00| Beverage industry market research - from just-drinks.com
Business Monitor International's Russia Food and Drink Report provides industry professionals and strategists, corporate analysts, food and drink associations, government departments and regulatory bo
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Russia begins offshore drilling in Arctic
2013-12-23 21:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: The Greenpeace activists who scaled Russia`s first Arctic offshore oil rig during a September demonstration have been given amnesty, but Russia is extending no such courtesies to the Arctic environment or the climate. The rig that the Arctic 30 helped bring to the world`s attention has begun pumping oil. From Agence France-Presse: The landmark announcement marked the formal start of Russias long-planned effort to turn the vast oil and natural gas riches believed to be buried in the frozen...
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