Izvestia: Rosprirodnadzor proposed to raise payments for environmental damage in 12 cities , conceived to punish if they do not reduce harmful emissions into the atmosphere by 20 percent by 2024 – in accordance with the goals of the Clean Air project. For such factories, they can increase the payment for a negative impact on the environment, Izvestia writes with reference to the corresponding protocol of Deputy Prime Minister Victoria Abramchenko.
As the newspaper notes, Russian enterprises that significantly pollute air, water and soil , already pay for it. But Rosprirodnadzor as a punishment proposes to multiply the classic rates by 100. This measure can be applied to industries operating in Bratsk, Krasnoyarsk, Lipetsk, Magnitogorsk, Mednogorsk, Nizhny Tagil, Novokuznetsk, Norilsk, Omsk, Chelyabinsk, Cherepovets and Chita. p>
Rosprirodnadzor sent its proposal to the Ministry of Natural Resources. Aleksandr Kobenko, a member of Delovaya Rossiya, found it difficult to assess what costs “dirty” companies might face if the authorities raise rates 100 times. According to him, the payment for emissions can reach millions of rubles.
The founder and CEO of the vvCube consulting group, Vadim Tkachenko, considered the initiative of Rosprirodnadzor good: reducing the negative impact of enterprises on nature should be a priority for the state, he stressed. p>
Earlier, the head of Rosprirodnadzor Svetlana Radionova named the cities-leaders in terms of harmful emissions. The rating includes Norilsk, Cherepovets, Novokuznetsk, Lipetsk, the urban-type settlement Reftinsky, Mezhdurechensk, Magnitogorsk, Vorkuta, Ufa and Angarsk.