Environment - TASS

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Bank of Russia developing stress tests on influence of decarbonization on economy

Russia ushers in historic birth of baby white whale at Primorsky Aquarium

Production of disposable plastic goods to be banned in Russia in 2024, says minister

Scale of oil spill under Novorossiysk still assessed — Deputy PM

Russian Natural Resources Ministry suggests banning use of 28 types of plastic goods

The ministry stressed that the prohibition of these types of goods and packaging can be introduced only after the creation of infrastructure for the production of substitute alternative products

Defect in workmanship can cause oil spill under Novorossiysk — CPC

Chief executive of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium Nikolai Gorban pointed out that the failed hydraulic damper is not subject to repair and will be replaced

Slick in the Black Sea caused by oil spill, WWF Russia says

The organization is confident that the second image from sattelite showed the slick moving, with the area increase

No threat to resort season from oil spill, governor says

Veniamin Kondratyev pointed out that he had made a flight over the Black Sea in the area of Abrau-Dyurso, Anapa and Novorossiysk and hadn't seen oil spots offshore

Slick in the Black Sea on image not an oil one — CPC chief executive

Nikolai Gorban stressed that the company interacted closely with the Federal Service for the Supervision of Natural Resources

No large oil slicks anymore after spill near Novorossiysk — WWF Russia

According to the press service of WWF Russia, the oil has largely evaporated or dispersed

Russia’s Deputy PM orders inspection of oil terminal operators

Victoria Abramchenko requested environmental and technical watchdogs to inspect the operators of seaport terminals performing the throughput of petroleum products in terms of readiness to respond to oil spills

No concentration of oil in Black Sea after spill off Novorossiysk — source

The source in the emergency services emphasized that most of the petroleum had been promptly cleaned up

Spots of oil found at Anapa dolphinarium after spill off Novorossiysk

The employees are promptly taking out sorbent booms, which will soak up oil from the water’s surface, preventing it from coming into the cages and harming the animals

Oil spill near Novorossiysk to disappear soon, but threat to ecology remains — WWF

The head of the program for the Business Environmental Responsibility at WWF-Russia Alexey Knizhnikov noted that there was a threat to the coastline, but the scale is not clear