News stories
6 th of October 2009 St. Petersburg Today Greenpeace sent request for environmental information disclosure to all enterprises uses Neva river and its tributaries for wastewater discharge.
Yesterday Greenpeace Water Patrol found and registered 3 illegal discharges to St. Petersburg rivers. The biggest was found in Neva River, close to the bridge “Liteyny”.
For the next few months the specially equipped Greenpeace inflatable will be patrolling Neva river and its tributaries several times a week to control water quality and search for accidental discharges and spills.
Initiative groups of Moscow districts, Greenpeace Russia, Russian Green Cross, from Moscow, St. Petersburg and Zelenograd, currently running the campaign «For clean air!», hereby invites the every inhabitant of Moscow to take part in the open meeting against further construction of waste incineration plants the coming saturday, 4th of April at 13 pm.
Greenpeace Russia invites everyone to have a look at the new Russian website on « energy saving lamps » - an accessible way for all of us to reduce the use of electric energy, as well as the household's expenses.
Over one thousand Russians have demanded an explanation from the web site of the Russian president; why did their petition with signatures against further construction of incineration plants in Moscow were sent to a subordinate department of the Ministry of Natural Resources.
Greenpeace of Russia requests Japanese authorities to withdraw a non-substantial prosecution of two Japanese Greenpeace employees charged with “theft” of whale meat. The request from Greenpeace Russia was personally transferred to a representative of the Japanese Embassy last week.
More than 8000 signatures opposing the plans to build “Evenki Hydro Power Station” (ЭГЭС) has been transferred to Russia's Prime-Minister Vladimir Putin.
The World Heritage Center of UNESCO demands a clarification from the Russian ministry of natural recourses regarding a decision to reduce the protected area of the Virgin Komi Forests.
January 22, 2009, Berlin. Today Greenpeace activists protested at the International exhibition “Green Week 2009” in Berlin where a large part of the exhibition was dedicated to the Krasnodar Region of Russia.
