When I was elected to the Russian parliament, a decade and a half ago, my colleagues put their trust in me to chair the Committee on Natural Resources, Environmental Management and Ecology. Since then, this body within the State Duma is called the “Committee on Ecology, Natural Resources and Environmental …
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“The BBC is a hostile place to be LGBT at the moment,” one senior staffer, a bisexual woman, told Vice on Thursday, accusing the organisation of “touting transphobic nonsense.” The employee, who declined to give her name, was one of several to quit in recent months, citing the broadcaster’s treatment …
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“We turned down the project to build a hydroelectric power station on the Zhupanova River, abandoned plans to build a fish-breeding channel for Lake Kronotskoye and a number of other projects. We consider it important to explicitly discard them if the environmental harm from [the projects] is greater than the …
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“We are not against education of girls, but we are still working on mechanisms of how their school attendance can be possible,” Taliban spokesperson Zabiullah Mujahid told Germany’s Der Spiegel magazine. Mujahid said that a safe environment and transportation must be guaranteed for female students before they are allowed back in …
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Despite the growing stand-off between the United States and China, John Kerry is in town to talk climate change. Appointed by Joe Biden as the US special envoy on climate, Kerry landed in Shanghai on Thursday seeking commitment from China on carbon emissions. The Biden administration has talked about the …
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During an Instagram livestream on Tuesday night, Ocasio-Cortez at one point answered a question from a viewer asking if there were discussions in Congress for “truth and reconciliation or media literacy initiatives,” and she confirmed there are. “I do think that several members of Congress, in some of my discussions, …
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Germany had barely started its coronavirus vaccination campaign when a Social Democratic MP, Karl Lauterbach, warned that his compatriots need to brace themselves for yet another challenge: global warming. “We need measures to deal with climate change that are similar to the restrictions on personal freedom [imposed] to combat the …
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The UK’s bitter divorce from the EU draws closer to a possible no-deal Brexit at the end of the year with both sides digging their heels in. On Monday, the British government is expected to reintroduce in Parliament the controversial Internal Markets Bill, which would be complete with the provisions directly …
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In Russia testing a new type of coronavirus COVID-19 has engaged private companies close to the state. Among them, the firm “Litech” academician Vadim Govorun, who was already suspected of corruption in public procurement of medical equipment. His brother Oleg Govorun — known Russian official, the last 20 years working …
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The head of the Duma Committee on ecology and environmental protection Vladimir burmatov directed inquiry to the Ministry of environment to the Ministry together with the Ministry of foreign Affairs engaged in the evacuation of Russian veterinarian Ivan Zatsepilov and bottlenose dolphins Cassis that are in Iran, said Friday the …
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