Russia Adopts Climate Plan -- Businesses Complain -- Then Russia Dumps Most of Their Climate Plan

I recently had an article 

about Russia joining 

the Paris Agreement 

to reduce CO2 emissions:
https://elonionbloggle.blogspot.com/2019/10/vladimir-putin-suddenly-concerned-about.html

It seemed like Russia

was mainly interested

in encouraging OTHER

nations to participate 

in this voluntary agreement

( with no penalties for failing ).

New laws were introduced 

as part of Russia’s ratification 

of the Paris Climate Agreement.

The related legislation 

started with a five year

'green audit' plan, 

to measure and collect 

CO2 emissions data.

Meaning 
five years

for Russia
to NOT reduce 
CO2 emissions.

Russia is one of 

the few nations 

to be significantly
affected by

global warming, 

because the 

highest rate 

of warming, by far, 

has been in the 

northern half of the 

Northern Hemisphere.

Warming is generally

good news for Russia, 

with one exception

Russia's older  
industrial infrastructure 
on the tundra, used for 

oil and gas development, 

was not designed to 

counter the effects 

of global warming 

on the infrastructure 
foundations.

Russia would love to have 

the warning stop, to save 

rebuilding expenses 

for their oil and gas 

infrastructure

-- how's that for 

a contradiction ?

The Russian government 

has just abandoned 

the key provisions 

of a their recent

"climate change" 

legislation package.

The 'green audit' remains.

Reason: 

Leading businesses

mounted a huge protest, 

according to the

Moscow Times.

That doesn't 

surprise me.

The real surprise 

was was Russia 

passing "CO2" 

legislation in the

first place !

That legislation

included quotas on

carbon emissions 

at Russia's largest 

companies.

And a national carbon 

trading system with 

strict penalties for 

the worst polluters. 

Don't expect them

to happen !

The campaign against 

the legislation was 

led by the Russian Union 

of Industrialists and 

Entrepreneurs 

             (RSPP).

a main lobbying group for

Russia’s largest businesses,

which obviously include

Rosneft and Gazprom.

Mikhail Yulkin, Director 

of the Center for 

Environmental Investment 

said: 

"It is obvious that Russia 

needed to join the Paris 

climate agreement only 

to create a better image 

and divert attention 

away from the domestic 

political events inside 

Russia over the summer."