Russia and the United States have begun implementing plans, initiated during the Soviet Union, to launch the trans-border Beringia National Park spanning eastern Chukotka in the Russian Far East and the U.S. state of Alaska, a Russian business daily said on Wednesday.
// Aug. 25, 2010 - 05:56 GMT
Pollution levels in soil samples taken from the bed of Lake Baikal in the area near a controversial pulp and paper mill are not above the permitted level, Russia's environmental watchdog said on Wednesday.
// Aug. 18, 2010 - 08:15 GMT
Raging forest fires in central Russia, Siberia and western Canada have created an enormous cloud of pollutants covering the northern hemisphere, according to NASA.
// Aug. 12, 2010 - 08:03 GMT
The waters of a polluted Chinese tributary of Russia's Amur River will reach the Russian border on August 4, Russian emergencies officials said on Thursday.
// Jul. 29, 2010 - 08:12 GMT
A river in northern China polluted with dangerous chemicals after heavy flooding on Wednesday will be cleaned up as soon as possible, local officials said on Thursday.
// Jul. 29, 2010 - 05:47 GMT
Russia's Mir-1 and Mir-2 self-propelled deep submersibles started on Thursday the third stage of explorations of the world's deepest freshwater lake, Lake Baikal, in Siberia.
// Jul. 01, 2010 - 07:17 GMT
A rare North Pacific right whale has been spotted off the coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia's Far East for the first time.
// Jun. 10, 2010 - 00:26 GMT
A rare North Pacific right whale has been observed off the coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia's Far East for the first time.
// Jun. 10, 2010 - 00:26 GMT
The British oil giant BP wants Russian mini-subs to help in eliminating the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, Izvestia daily said on Monday.
// Jun. 07, 2010 - 06:53 GMT