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The earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan on March 11 will have serious consequences for the global economy and nuclear energy.
The two-day EcoBlogy international forum is now over. The event was held as part of Green Week, which was conducted by RIA Novosti with the support of several environmental and public organizations.
The EcoBlogy, the first international forum of eco-bloggers and journalists organized by RIA Novosti and the Ford Foundation's International Fellowships Program in Russia, will take place in Moscow on April 18-19. Its partners include WWF Russia and the Russian Association of Eco-Journalists
In the early morning hours of April 26, 1986, the worst nuclear accident in history occurred in the Soviet Union. As result of the disaster, a territory of 160,000 square kilometers was contaminated. Among the most affected areas were northern Ukraine, western Russia and Belarus.
Experts conducting round-the-clock monitoring of radiation in Russia's Far East say levels do not exceed natural background despite the accident at the Japanese nuclear power plant in March.
A live broadcast from the first international forum on environmental citizen journalism - EcoBlogy - will begin on en.rian.ru on April 18 at 09.45 a.m.
The Russian Geographic Society will send an expedition to the Sea of Japan to monitor the levels of nuclear contamination in its waters and seismic processes in the area, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Friday.
Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), the operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima 1 Nuclear Power Plant, began dumping bags with zeolites which are able to absorb radioactive substances into the sea, Kyodo news agency reported on Friday.
Milk from farms in the Fukushima prefecture has returned to Japanese supermarket shelves with a clean bill of health, the NHK news agency reported on Thursday.
During the EcoBlogy forum in Moscow, journalists and bloggers will learn how to better contribute to solving environmental problems, a top Greenpeace Russia official said on Wednesday.
Cooling nuclear reactors and spent fuel pools, radioactive dust suppression and building protective encasements are the top priorities for Japan's crippled Fukushima plant, experts said on Tuesday.
One person was killed and four injured when a magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck northeastern Japan on Monday, leading authorities to expand the evacuation area around the crippled Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant.
A magnitude 7.1 quake struck northeastern Japan on Monday, leading authorities to expand the evacuation area around its crippled Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant.
Japanese authorities are considering new recommendations for residents around the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant involving a possible expansion of the current 20-kilometer evacuation zone, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano told NHK TV on Monday.
The first international forum on environmental citizen journalism EcoBlogy is very essential for today’s environmentally concerned community as it will unite specialists to share ideas and work out common positions, head of Russia’s Association of Environmental Journalists Alexander Fyodorov said.
Fire fighters have extinguished 17 wildfires that hit an area of 285 hectares (704 acres) in Russia's Far East on Sunday.
Russia hopes that Japan will disclose full information about the situation at the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant and will stop dumping radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean, the Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.3
A magnitude 7.1 earthquake hit northeast Japan on Thursday and a tsunami warning was issued, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.
A magnitude 7.4 earthquake hit northeast Japan on Thursday and a tsunami warning was issued, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.