Category: <span>Angara</span>

On the Day of Action for Rivers Greenpeace and the RwB Call on UNESCO for Action

To:  Director, UNESCO World Heritage Center CC: IUCN World Heritage Department. RwB presents an NGO address on  dams threatening World Heritage 2018 World Heritage Committee session , Bahrain . See Do Dams Damage World Heritage ?   The  Greenpeace Russia and Rivers without Boundaries International Coalition (RwB) have serious concerns about …

During the IPO in London the En+ Group acknowledged its harm to Lake Baikal World Heritage site

The IPO Prospectus that was made public over the weekend by the En+Group (ENPL) and contains numerous inconsistencies and omissions. In the relevant "Risks" and the "Health, Security and Environment" sections, the Prospectus does not disclose specific environmental and social risks related to exploitation of large hydropower- the spine bone …

En+ Group IPO and Lake Baikal World Heritage Site

To: Donald Brydon, CBE, Chairman of the London Stock Exchange Group cc: CEO, Chief Risk Officer, key management officials. Re: En+Group IPO Dear Mr. Brydon: We recently learned that the En+Group is preparing for IPO at London Stock Exchange. We recognize that, in principle, public listing could help the company …

En+ Group (ENPL) dismisses accusations of Lake Baikal mismanagement and sells the World Heritage in London for USD 1.5 billion

As the En+ Group started trading at London Stock Exchange on November 3 and promised to disclose its prospectus “shortly”, we publish excerpts from an article in Forbes by Kenneth Raposa  written a day before the IPO. The RwB still hopes to learn how the  En+ risks associated with Lake …

Conservationists ask the Lord Barker of Battle to consider En+ Group’s impacts on the Lake Baikal World Heritage Site

Today, the Rivers without Boundaries International Coalition (RwB), a union of conservationists protecting aquatic ecosystems and communities depending on them, sent an appeal calling for conservation of the Lake Baikal to the Lord Barker of Battle, a new Chair of the En+Group, that combines aluminium, hydropower and coal assets. The …

Scientists: “Among “green” energy, hydropower is the most dangerous”

In Russia Lake Baikal World Heritage Site in Siberia has been  harmed by Irkutsk Hydro owned by En+ Group. Hong Kong and Australian scientists conclude that this is a world-wide effect of conventional hydropower.   The article “How green is ‘green’ energy?” published in Trends in Ecology and Evolution on …