A growing menace in Ukraine as proposed loan to agribusiness giant adds to conflict
November 21, 2017
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development will decide next week on another loan of USD 25 million for Myronivsky Hliboproduct (MHP), in spite of repeated attempts by locals to reign in the impacts wrought by MHP.
[Campaign update] Protestors take to Kyiv to demand action from agribusiness giant encroaching on their lands
February 24, 2017
On 22 February, more than 70 activists and residents from the Chyhyryn region south of Kyiv protested outside the headquarters of Myronivsky Hliboproduct (MHP), the Ukrainian agribusiness conglomerate owned by one of the country’s richest billionaires.
Ukraine’s addiction to nuclear energy poses a decades-long threat to Europe
February 2, 2017
Despite an urgent need to rebuild and reshape its highly inefficient and outdated energy sector, Ukraine has recently presented a draft of its new energy strategy that looks more like of the same. While the strategy makes mention of modern renewable en
Massentierhaltung in Europa: Frau Vdovichenko gegen die Hühner
October 19, 2016
Die Europäische Union fördert mit Krediten Massenställe in der Ukraine. In den betroffenen Dörfern protestieren die Menschen dagegen. Ein Besuch. Source: Massentierhaltung in Europa: Frau Vdovichenko gegen die Hühner – taz.de
Ukraine setzt stärker auf Atomkraft
October 12, 2016
Erneut hat die ukrainische Atomregulierungsbehörde die Laufzeit eines ostukrainischen Atomreaktors, 250 Kilometer von der Front im Donbass entfernt, verlängert. Vergangene Woche genehmigte die Behörde zehn Jahre mehr für den 30 Jahre alten Reaktor 2 de
Cu ochii pe reactoarele de la Cernavodă
April 29, 2016
Cu cele două reactoare nucleare ale sale, România nu poate sta departe de controversele legate de explozia de la Cernobîl. Mii de români au suferit din cauza radiaţiilor de acum 30 de ani. Alţii se tem de un posibil nou accident. Autorităţile spun totuşi că în ţara noastră accidentele nucleare sunt imposibile. Pe plan internaţional, terorismul este văzut ca principala ameninţare pentru o centrală atomică, iar în România s-au făcut doar calcule teoretice privind rezistenţa reactoarelor de la Cernavodă.
Le conseguenze dell’atomo
April 26, 2016
Il 26 aprile del 1986, nel corso di un esperimento, si registrò un’esplosione al reattore numero 4 della centrale di Chernobyl. Una quantità enorme di sostanze tossiche contaminò l’ambiente.
Атом и уголь устарели, будущее за возобновляемой энергией, — эксперт НЭЦУ
April 26, 2016
Эксперт НЭЦУ Алексей Пасюк считает, что приоритетным вопросом в области энергетики Украины является потребление и энергоэффективность. В 30-ую годовщину аварии на ЧАЭС говорим о будущем энергетики в Украине с руководителем топливно-энергетического направления Национального экологического центра Украины Алексеем Пасюком. Ольга Веснянка: Является ли уголь альтернативой атомной энергетике?
Four big reasons not to sell uranium to Ukraine
April 18, 2016
As the 30th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster approaches, Noel Wauchope outlines just a few compelling reasons why the Coalition Government’s uranium deal with Ukraine may have further disastrous consequences. WHAT AMAZINGLY insensitive timing. As the anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear catastrophe approaches, Australia makes a deal (at the Nuclear Security Summit) to sell uranium to Ukraine. This is such a bad idea for so many reasons — it’s hard to know which to pick first! Economics: simply because uranium exporting is not really economically worthwhile.
Chernobyl nuclear disaster marks 30-year anniversary with ‘extreme tours’, boom in wild animals
April 12, 2016
Thirty years after the world’s most catastrophic nuclear accident, the abandoned Ukrainian town of Pripyat, home to the infamous Chernobyl nuclear reactor number four, has been transformed. From the ashes of the site has emerged a $US200 per person “extreme tourism” theme park. Each week more than 1,000 tourists are taken through security and radiation checkpoints, before being allowed to walk through the abandoned buildings, including the swimming pool complex, kindergarten and police station.
