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Reports of soaring oil prices nearing $100 per barrel were recently countered with grotesque images of seabirds lying on the seashore drenched in fuel oil, unable to move let alone fly. These most visible victims of the November 11 oil spill in the narrow Kerch Strait, which links the Black Sea to the Sea of Azov, became vivid symbols of negligence triggered by the increasing gains from exporting the “black gold.”

Environmentalists in Russia and Ukraine predict that the ecological impact of a recent oil spill in the Black Sea will last decades, the Interfax news agency reported. <br>

Rescuers recovered the bodies of three sailors after a Russian freighter sank near the Black Sea, while officials assess the damage from an oil tanker spill.

Foreign visitors to Moscow are often impressed by the armies of street cleaners and garbage collectors that toil year round to keep the roads and sidewalks of the city scrubbed and free of leaves and litter. But what remains a mystery to visitors, and many Muscovites alike, is what happens to the waste once it is removed.

So far there has been only one solution to dealing with Moscow's waste: transport it to regions outside the city and dump it into vast landfill sites. But recent figures suggest that this solution will not work for much longer.

As fascinating as it might be to see a scientist potentially holding a pile of mammoth-poo in his hands, this is not a good sign.

Global warming is melting the Arctic at an alarming pace. This summer the Arctic ice cover was the smallest ever recorded. As a result, a host of countries are seeking to drill for the oil and gas once protected by ice.
And the more oil and gas we burn, the faster the Arctic melts and the closer our planet comes to catastrophic climate change.

Sign the petition at http://www.greenpeace.org/handsoffthearctic

The city prosecutor’s office has launched an investigation in connection with twelve illegal drains channeling industrial discharge into the River Neva. The investigations were prompted by a new report by the international environmental pressure group Greenpeace.