Russia has approved funding for a list of priority projects aimed at cleaning up legacy industrial pollution that is having significant environmental and human health impacts.
The priority projects include cleanup of oil spills, mines and industrial sites. Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev signed the order Dec. 4, and the government published the document Dec. 11.
The projects are being financed through a newly created fund under the government’s broader environmental plan to 2020, which was issued in April. “The program activities are aimed at creating an environmentally safe and comfortable environment in places where people live, reducing morbidity caused by ...
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