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03.09.2010
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UPDATE: Gulf of Mexico oil platform explodes west of Deepwater Horizon site – still unknown whether oil is leaking
NEW YORK – An offshore petroleum platform exploded and was burning Thursday in the Gulf of Mexico about 80 miles (130 kilometres) off the Louisiana coast, west of the site of BP's Deepwater Horizon rig explosion on April 20. It is currently unknown if this newest explosion has caused a leak but officials had reported seeing no oil on the surface as of early afternoon US time.
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02.09.2010
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Radwaste processing plant at Russian military shipyard catches fire
A fire broke out at the radioactive sorting plant at Polyarny shipyard on the Kola Peninsula on the morning of August 27th. The fire was extinguished several hours later. Reports indicate a rise in the background radiation on the plant’s premises and Russian are officials keeping a tight lid on information.
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02.09.2010
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The ghost of the Khimki Forest debacle hangs over the Khibin Mountains near Murmansk
MURMANSK – In an echo of the recent protests surrounding the clear cutting of the Khimki forest in Moscow, new mine construction and illegal clear cutting in the pristine Khibin Mountain Range on the Northwest Kola Peninsula is destroying mountains and forests, environmentalists say.
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01.09.2010
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Norwegian oil lobby rushes to distance itself from Deepwater Horizon spill
The Norwegian oil lobby has launched a campaign to distance itself from the US oil industry and the Deepwater Horizon accident in conjunction with the launch of a new report on Norwegian oil security, said Bellona President Frederic Hauge.
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31.08.2010
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International protestors blockade Finland’s Olkiluoto NPP for 10 hours
OLKILUOTO, Finland – The main road leading to Finland’s Olkiluoto Nuclear power plant was blocked off for nearly 10 hours by anti-nuclear demonstrators from all over Europe – including from Russia and Belarus – before police forcefully disbanded them toward Saturday evening, demonstrators said.
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30.08.2010
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Stakeholders and public discuss technical tasks to complete a true environmental analysis of the Shtokman project
TERIBERKA, Northwest Russia – In the ramshackle gymnasium of an unheated school in this village near Murmansk, Shtokman AG met with the public this week to discuss aspects of the Environmental, Social and Health Impact Assessment (ESHIA) and to gather opinion from locals on the Shtokman oil field project, which will impact this small hamlet profoundly.
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30.08.2010
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Comment: Putin and ecology
MOSCOW – On August 27, as the bitter controversy surrounding the clear-cutting of Moscow’s Khimki forest – the felling was started to make room for a new Moscow-St. Petersburg motorway – and environmentalists fighting to protect it had reached it peak, with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev stepping in with an order to suspend the felling for “further analysis,” Prime Minister Vladimir Putin weighed in with a comment of his own. Bellona’s regular contributor Vladimir Slivyak offers a short review of the situation – and Putin's true ecological credentials.
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