Margarita Nikitina Vremya Astana, Kazakhstan December 25, 2009 The Supreme Court has acknowledged as legal the complaints of the residents of the village of Berezovka …
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Environmental Justice and Sustainability in the Former Soviet Union
We are pleased to draw your attention to the publication of Environmental Justice and Sustainability in the Former Soviet Union (The MIT Press, June 2009), …
The Company KPO Continues to Violate Environmental Norms of Western Kazakhstan Oblast
inform.kz April 17, 2009 http://www.inform.kz/showarticle3.php?lang=rus&id=234213 Uralsk. April 17, 2009. KAZINFORM/Gaisagali Eraly/ The company, “Karachaganak Petroleum Operating, B.V.” continues to violate environmental safety norms in Western …
How the Public Prosecutor Punished the Foreign Investor
Fyodor Popov Uralsk, Kazakhstan OKO: The Republic-wide Public Political Newspaper of Kazakhstan April 17, 2009 The Uralsk Environmental Protection Prosecutor fined the company “Karachaganak Petroleum …
Oil Extraction Companies Provoked an Earthquake in Kazakhstan
Uralsk, April 30. Seismologists explain the reasons for the earthquake that occurred in Western Kazakhstan this past Saturday. As the press corps of the Ministry …
IFC Out of Compliance at Karachaganak Oil Field
INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CORPORATION OUT OF COMPLIANCE AT KARACHAGANAK OIL FIELD AIRBORNE EMISSIONS MONITORING INCOMPLETE AND INADEQUATE The International Finance Corporation’s Office of Compliance, Advisor/Ombudsman (CAO) …
Kazakh court fines gas field over flaring
ALMATY, March 20 (Reuters) – A court in Kazakhstan has fined a group of Western energy majors developing the huge Karachaganak gas field $15 million …
Two People Were Killed in Western Kazakhstan Oblast as the Result of Poisoning by an Unknown Substance
Kazakhstan Today Uralsk, Kazakhstan February 27, 2007 Two guards from the “Bek Security” firm, working at the Karachaganak Field in Western Kazakhstan Oblast, died as …
KPO Listens and Corrupts the Air
Lukpan Akhmediarov Uralsk Weekly June 1, 2006 Corruption and cynicism—these were the characteristics used to describe KPO, B.V. and the government administration during a public …
Karachaganak’s Sanitary Protection Zone Must Be Expanded
By Lukpan Akhmediarov Uralsk Weekly April 6, 2006 The reduction of the radius of the Sanitary Protection Zone around the Karachaganak Field from five to …