Russia Plans Two-Year Enforcement Effort Targeting Largest Air, Water, Waste Polluters

摘要

Russia's environmental enforcement agency has kicked off a two-year effort to crack down on polluters, starting with the largest. The agency aims to reduce industry's impact on the environment by half, improve the energy efficiency of industry by 40 percent, and reduce the number of environmentally dangerous areas. The agency, the Federal Service for Supervision of Natural Resources (Rosprirodnadzor), also plans a "shift in oversight to major polluters" of air, water, and soil, which have been identified in each region, according to a Jan.