Alla Zlobina Uralsk Weekly April 7, 2005 The company Karachaganak Petroleum Operating (KPO, B.V.) has become the worldwide record holder for environmental fines among companies …
Kazakhstan: Hydrogen Sulfide and a Conflict of Interest in Berezovka
L. Korina Kazakhstanskaya Pravda January 29, 2005 PROTECTION ZONE One could say that the situation developing in the village with the lyrical name of Berezovka …
Karachaganak Retribution: International Environmentalists Take Up Arms Against Major Oil Investor
Igor Ivakhnenko RusEnergy February 1, 2005 Oil companies may assess how actively nongovernmental environmental organizations are beginning to attack extraction projects in the Caspian region. …
Resettlement: On What Grounds?
Burlinsky Vesti December 28, 2004 Burlinksy Raion, as the site of one of the major oil and gas condensate fields, Karachaganak, is the recipient of …
First Independent Air Monitoring from Berezovka: The Results are In! (December 2004)
Recent air monitoring conducted in the village of Berezovka in western Kazakhstan indicates dangerous levels of toxics in the air from the neighboring Karachaganak Oil …
Unbelievable Incident of Great Significance to Berezovka
Local authorities refuse to explain the reasons for a police “attack” on local residents Denis Dashkov Respublika December 24, 2004 To say that the events …
The Constitution as a Tool of Great Use to Berezovka Residents Fighting for their Rights
Lukpan Akhmedyarov Uralsk Weekly December 15, 2004 The Uralsk Weekly has written several times about the problems facing the residents of the village of Berezovka, …
Business is Secure while Oil Flows Beneath
Natalia Smirnova Uralsk Weekly October 27, 2004 The Uralsk Weekly has written several times about the problems facing the residents of the village of Berezovka, …
Svetlana’s Story
The Earth Report television program’s episode entitled “Svetlana’s Story”, which aired on BBC World. In addition to reading the episode transcript, you can view a …
Rosa Kusaenova
EXCERPTS FROM VILLAGER INTERVIEWS Rosa Turmafambetova Kusaenova (38 years old) The following interview was conducted in November 2003 in Berezovka, Kazakhstan. Question: What was your …