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The Ecologist
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A Failed Soviet Irrigation Project Brings Eco-apocalypse to SW Ukraine
29 Dec 2014 by Dimiter Kenarov / No Comments
In 1976 it looked like a good idea: divert the waters of the Danube into a salt-water lagoon on Ukraine’s Black Sea coast. But the result has been a human and environmental disaster on an epic scale.
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Greening the Revolution – Ukrainian Youth Joins Fight for Nature
21 Oct 2014 by Dimiter Kenarov / No Comments
With 300,000 hectares of forests, fields and steppes damaged by fire, the war in Ukraine has done huge damage to the country’s environment. But there has been an upside: a new green spirit is taking root.
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Ukraine – Now the War Is to Rescue Threatened Nature
01 Oct 2014 by Dimiter Kenarov / No Comments
Ukraine’s Priazovskii National Park epitomises the problems faced by the world’s natural areas. And that’s not to mention the war.
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Here in Youngstown: The Promise and Curse of Shale Gas
29 Jan 2013 by Dimiter Kenarov / No Comments
For decades Youngstown, Ohio, was one of the great centers of U.S. steel manufacturing. Then the industry collapsed and jobs disappeared. Now, shale gas is reviving the city’s hopes – and fears.
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Gas Boom, Farm Bust in Pennsylvania
28 Jan 2013 by Dimiter Kenarov / No Comments
While shale gas has revived the economy of a Pennsylvania county, it also threatens to undermine traditional farming.
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Lost: Hunting for Pennsylvania’s Orphaned and Abandoned Wells
17 Jan 2013 by Dimiter Kenarov / No Comments
There are thousands of lost oil and gas wells scattered across Pennsylvania, the industrial legacy of a previous era. Now, someone is looking for them.
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