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![Undermining Kakhovska hydroelectric power station will lead to irreversible consequences](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/72A1E9F7-32C5-47BC-AC85-D172955504D0-500x313.jpeg)
The war crime of the Russians will cause colossal damage to the Black Sea, forests, nature reserves, etc.
![The Russians mined a titanium plant in the Crimea: an ecocatastrophe threatens three countries](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/8B49C489-961C-4C6D-ABE5-127054E83978-500x313.jpeg)
In August 2018, an accident with large-scale environmental consequences already occurred at the plant
![A fuel truck caught fire near Kyiv: a column of black smoke rose. Photo, video](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/8EF69B70-4934-45A8-BF85-3EE4C00CF448-500x313.jpeg)
Currently, there is no information about the victims
![There are 10 years left before crossing the catastrophic threshold of warming – UN](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/shutterstock_2188314689-500x334.jpg)
Future generations will not be able to cope with the changed environment
![2022 became a record year for carbon emissions from the energy industry – IEA](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/55E81392-512C-437C-85F4-8153D20B8335-500x313.jpeg)
Rising emissions from fossil fuels are hindering the achievement of global climate goals
![The odious oligarch was accused of building 2 more resorts in the protected territories of the Carpathians](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/shutterstock_790504591-500x332.jpg)
The environmental consequences of building such a monster resort will outweigh any short-term benefits
![The Doomsday glacier is rapidly melting from the inside: scientists sound the alarm](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/shutterstock_2188334771-500x336.jpg)
Thwaites ice is responsible for about 4% of annual sea level rise
![Shmyhal called on the world to prevent a global eco-catastrophe from Russia's actions at the Kakhovskaya HPP](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/3DA8B8D3-E204-4025-A299-1824D0547BF0-500x313.jpeg)
70% of settlements that receive water from the Dnipro River may be left without access to drinking water
![Climate change could have caused an earthquake in Turkiye](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/128546217_6f653f76-a6e5-4db1-b667-0b844400baa4-500x281.jpeg)
Due to the melting of glaciers in the earth's crust, the distribution of weight changes
![The war put the water reservoir of the Kharkiv region on the verge of ecological disaster](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/0EE80725-9C7D-45A2-9A16-41F24C7C8D5D-500x313.jpeg)
In July 2022, almost 2 million fish died in the reservoir
![An explosion of the Nord Stream could cause a climate catastrophe – Bloomberg](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/shutterstock_2001825908-500x282.jpg)
Methane is a super-potent greenhouse gas with 80 times the short-term warming potential of carbon dioxide
![The hidden threat of the Kyiv HPP: the scheme of possible flooding](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/abI3eBZRPhEd-DaIV_X6y_O8BVxc7YCx-500x310.jpeg)
Engineers believe that the dam of the Kyiv Reservoir can collapse only in the case of a direct hit by an atomic bomb or a meteorite