Minister Rashid Meredov Ministry of Foreign Affairs Prospect Makhtumkuli, 83 744000, Ashgabad Turkmenistan Fax: +993-12-35-42-41 October 23, 2009 Dear Minister Meredov: On October 20, 2009, …
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Well-known Environmentalist Andrey Zatoka Detained
Well-known environmentalist and civil society activist, 53 year old Andrey Lvovich Zatoka, was detained yesterday, October 20, 2009, in the city of Dashovuz (Turkmenistan) on …
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), …
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 …
The Public Organization “Saving Taman!” Holds Its Second Conference
On June 11, 2008 in the Cossack village of Taman (Temriuk raion, Krasnodar Krai) the Temriuk raion public environmental organization, Saving Taman! held its second …
Letter to the EBRD Regarding Investment at the Bautino II Project in Kazakhstan
Mr. Kevin Bortz Director, Natural Resources European Bank for Reconstruction and Development One Exchange Square London EC2A 2JN United Kingdom May 18, 2008 Dear Mr. …
The Epicenter of Trouble
Karachaganak Not Only Pollutes the Air and Water, but Causes an Earthquake! The Karachaganak Oil and Gas Condensate Field in western Kazakhstan has been the …
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 …
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 …
Taman Beaches Are Still Not Cleaned of Fuel Oil Following the Kerch Catastrophe
Activists from Environmental Watch on the North Caucasus surveyed the beaches between the villages of Kuchugury and Ilyich as well as on the southern part …