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Home > Archives for Fossil gas > Sakhalin II Oil and Gas Extraction, Russia

Sakhalin II Oil and Gas Extraction, Russia

Russia aims ‘foreign agent’ law at green NGO

September 15, 2015

The respected Russian campaign group Sakhalin Environment Watch is being forced to choose between registering as a ‘foreign agent’ label and closing down, writes Oliver Tickell. Environmental campaigning, it seems, is now a ‘political activity’.


Russian environmental organisation forced to choose between ‘foreign agent’ label and shutdown

September 11, 2015

Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia – Sakhalin Environment Watch (SEW), Bankwatch member group in Russia’s far east, has been ordered by the Russian authorities to register itself as a ‘foreign agent’. The group rejects claims it is engaged in any political activity, and intends to contest the decision. If the decision is not repealed, the group will consider shutting down.


Russian activist wins Goldman Environmental Prize

April 12, 2011

Russian environmentalist Dmitry Lisitsyn is one of the six winners of the Goldman Environmental Prize, often referred to as the Nobel Prize for environmentalism.


Sakhalin II Oil and Gas Extraction, Russia

February 18, 2011

Since 1994, Shell has been spearheading an oil and gas extraction project in Sakhalin Island, a far eastern Russian territory. This development will affect the world’s last 100 or so western pacific grey whales; it will destroy the marine environment; and it will threaten the livelihood of tens of thousands of fishermen.


Sakhalin II fact-finding mission photo report

June 1, 2008


Photo report inspecting construction on the main pipeline for the Sakhalin II project in the Dolinsky District of the Sakhalin Region

April 3, 2008


Citizens photo monitoring report of the Sakhalin II pipeline route

December 1, 2007


Photo report documenting the remake of pipeline for the Sakhalin II project

October 24, 2007


Recent examples of geological hazards for the Sakhalin II pipeline: landslides uncover pipeline and erosion continues

October 13, 2007


NGO letter to the Japanese Bank for International Cooperation regarding concerns with the review of environmental and social standards of Sakhalin-2 and related project financing

October 11, 2007


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