Nikol Pashinyan on Alaverdi Copper Smelting Plant, Teghout and Amulsar Mines
Yesterday at the session at the National Assembly, Armenian Acting PM Nikol Pashinyan spoke about the closedown of Alaverdi Copper Smelting Plant, cessation of Teghout copper and molybdenum mine and the situation around Amulsar mine. “It is impossib...
Discussion in the RA MNP on the Steps Towards the Promotion of the Green Economy
Minister of Nature Protection Erik Grigoryan received Arshaluys Jeknavorian – Ayzenbauer, former years-long executive director of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)- who is paying a private visit to Armenia- accompanied...
68 Million AMD – The Apple of Discord of Sotq Community
According to “EcoLur” Informational NGO, in 2012, Sotq Community in Gegharkounik Region approved Sotq gold mining re-equipment project: the community gave 1047 ha of land area for rent to “GeoProMining Gold” Company developing Sotq mine. I...
International Atomic Energy Agency Delegation at the RA President’s Office
As the official website of the president of Armenia informs, RA president Armen Sarkissian received the delegation led by Yukia Amanoy, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency. During the meeting president Sarkissian has mentioned that ...
Why to join Greenpeace to fight plastic pollution?
Plastic pollution might be very visible in the Philippines and other Asian countries, but the crisis started somewhere else. It began in the boardrooms of the top multinational companies when they decided to dump products packaged in single-use, non-recyc...
“No to Metal Mining!” Petition
s Armenian Environmental Front informs in the Facebook page, it is already the 5th community of Armenia (Yeghegnadzor, Areni, Noyemberyan, Gladzor, Jermuk), where residents have represented a petition with their signatures on forbidding metal mining andma...
£2 million for eCargo Bike Fund is now available
From the 1st of April of this year Energy Saving Trust is encouraging applications for a new £2 million fund set up by the Department of Transport to help companies invest in electric cargo bikes. The eCargo Bike Grant Fund is available to limited comp...
Rally for Amulsar
In the event opened in Facebook, Armenian Environmental Front invites to join a rally at 16:00 on 11 May 2019 on the square called “Stop for Taxis” in Ajapnyak, Jermuk Town, a big rally for the sake of Amulsar. Before the launch of the rally, a symb...
Violations in Lake Sevan Ecosystem as Crime Against Nature, Humanity and State
Օn May 8, 2019 Public Environmental Court tried the case on “Hazards Threatening Lake Sevan Having Strategic Significance for Armenia”. The participation and responsibility of Armenian authorities in the situation which is a result of violati...
How Russian cities are cleaning up their air
Konstantin Fomin, the media coordinator for Greenpeace Russia, informs that last year at the events of the c, it was impossible to ignore the serious problem air pollution. Research by Greenpeace Russia showed that air pollution has long been a widespread...
