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Ukraine On The Brink: A Kyiv Post documentary series (PODCAST)

Ukraine on the Brink – a 10 part documentary series on Ukraine’s ecological crises and solutions is out now. We are joined by the head of the project …
Elina Kent

Ukraine on the Brink: Kyiv’s Dirty Air

Kyiv suffers from some of the worst air pollution of any capital city in Europe. Air quality monitoring platforms even occasionally place Kyiv among …
Austin Malloy

Ukraine on the Brink: Stories from Chornobyl

The 1986 Chornobyl disaster was the largest nuclear accident in human history. Although 34 years have passed since the explosion at the nuclear …
Tamara Kiptenko
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Iryna Yavorska
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Austin Malloy

Ukraine on the Brink: Kherson’s chemical graveyards

Lurking in the shadows of Ukraine’s rich farmlands is the haunting legacy of Soviet agricultural policies. Thousands of tons of old and obsolete …
Austin Malloy

Ukraine on the Brink: Eco-Innovators

With Ukraine’s environmental security at risk, a growing number of bright, ambitious young activists and inventors are driving eco-friendly …
Ruslan Batytskyi
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Anna Borysova
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Austin Malloy

Ukraine on the Brink: Transforming Ukraine’s nuclear cities

This episode of the Ukraine on the Brink series shares the stories of the Ukrainians who are bringing green energy to two of Ukraine’s most well-known …
Tamara Kiptenko
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Iryna Yavorska
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Austin Malloy

Ukraine on the Brink: Kalush. Ecological Emergency Zone

During Soviet times, the city of Kalush in Ukraine’s Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast was a center of chemical production. Now, decades after negligent waste …
Austin Malloy

Ukraine on the Brink: Kyiv’s Radikal Threat

Once one of the largest chemical production facilities in the Soviet Union, Fabrika Radikal now sits abandoned. The one-time clandestine Soviet …
Austin Malloy
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Tamara Kiptenko

Ukraine on the Brink: Deforestation threatens fragile ecosystems

Deforestation and illegal logging are one of the major environmental problems in Ukraine. There are various reasons for it – corruption, outdated …
Tamara Kiptenko
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Iryna Yavorska
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Austin Malloy

Ukraine on the Brink: Fighting for a greener Ukraine

Three Ukrainian eco-activists you should know about. Ukraine’s growing number of environmental activists fight against the country’s most pressing …
Iryna Yavorska
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Tamara Kiptenko
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Austin Malloy

Ukraine on the Brink: Climate change & Lake Svitiaz

Global warming is heating up Ukraine, putting some of the country’s most vital ecological regions on the brink of environmental disaster. As …
Ruslan Batytskyi
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Anna Borysova
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Austin Malloy
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Iryna Yavorska
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