Dust storms, dry rivers, and desertification in Ukraine offer harsh lessons against intensive farming
#COVID19, fires near Chornobyl, now a sandstorm - what's next, locusts, ask Kyiv residents who are being asked…
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The stubborn Ukrainian tradition behind forest fires in Chornobyl
The spring and fall wildfires are not unusual in Ukraine after dry winters and hot summers, though this…
The Kremlin on global warming: Connecting the dots, disconnecting the facts
There is no shortage of “alternative versions” the Kremlin offers. Russian parliamentarians believe the US is attacking Russia…
Waffle coffee cups, wheat drinking straws and more – four hot eco-startups from Ukraine
Time doesn't stand still, pollution and wasteful overconsumption are getting worse; hence, humanity constantly needs to find creative…
Edible packaging and paper from leaves: six green startups from Ukraine
FoodBIOPack Dmytro Bidiuk, a scientist from Sumy, created edible packages. They already decay in a month and taste…
Fears of radioactive disaster as Russian proxies plan to flood nuclear test site in Donbas
Nuclear explosions in Ukraine In total, the USSR conducted 239 peaceful nuclear explosions on its territory during in 1965–1988 under…
Donbas on the brink of environmental catastrophe
Chemical plants and steel mills are just some of the more than four thousand ticking ecological time bombs…
Donbas beyond the war. Preserving the steppe marmot
Striltsivskyi Steppe is a nature reserve in the north of Luhansk Oblast, one of four divisions of Luhansk…
First Ukrainian city stops using gas heating, switches to wood waste
In 2017, raion center Zhovkva became the first gas-free city in Ukraine. The European Union funded the project…
Ecological disaster in Ukraine caused by Moscow’s invasion spreads into Russia, experts say
Just as was the case with the Chornobyl accident 25 years ago last month, the environmental damage caused…
Biogas plant opens in frontline Volnovakha this year
The first biogas plant in Eastern Ukraine is set to open this year in Volnovakha, a government-controlled half-way…
Kyiv has a smog problem, and the authorities are ignoring it
During 8-10 March 2017, Ukraine's capital Kyiv was once again enveloped in smog. A thick fog blanketing the…