Pollution and Atmosphere in Post-Soviet Russia: The Arctic and the Environment (Library of Arctic Studies)

"This study addresses the many initiatives to decrease industrial pollution emitting from the Pechenganikel plant in the northwestern corner of Russia during the final years of the Soviet Union, and examines the wider implications for the state of pollution control in the Arctic today. By examining the efforts of Soviet industry and government agencies, Finnish and Swedish officials, and Norwegian environmental authorities to curb industrial pollution in the region, this book offers an environmental history of the Arctic as well as a transnational, geopolitical history"-- Provided by publisher Title Page Copyright Page Contents Illustrations Map Figure Photos Acknowledgements Abbreviations, acronyms and Russian terms used Chapter 1: Introduction Soviet and Russian environmental thinking Ideas and interests in foreign policy Chapter 2: The advent of an environmental disaster Urbanization, industrialization and electrification Pollution in a socialist state Environmental détente Environmental perestroika Chapter 3: Business, environmentalism and the Soviet collapse An odd couple The ‘death clouds discourse’17 Nickels and dimes Nickels and dimes II USSR vs. RSFSR Chapter 4: Reconstruction time again Exit Outokumpu – enter PRC Nickels and dimes III PRC falters – negotiations stall Procrastination and dissolution Intermezzo: 1997–2000 The 1990s: A state of emergency Chapter 5: A Russian revival Turning the tables Suspicious minds Delays A carefully pursued divorce Back to square one?76 Chapter 6: Conclusion Motives in a fruitless process Irreconcilable world views Playing two-level games Notes Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 References Index