Russia (bbabo.net), - Violation of the requirements for equipping stationary emission sources with automatic control systems can now cost enterprises fines of up to 200 thousand rubles. Such amendments were made to the Code of Administrative Offenses.

The systems for monitoring and accounting for discharges and emissions make it possible to assess the harm to the environment and the release of greenhouse gases, the ecologists explained. This information is entered into the register of objects that pollute the environment, and then, on its basis, the carbon footprint of our country is calculated, and this information is transmitted to the UN.

"Two-thirds of greenhouse gas emissions are the result of fuel combustion," says Vladislav Onishchenko, head of the Center for Strategic Research. bargaining".

Now, for providing inaccurate data on emissions, due to which the objective picture will be distorted, companies will be punished with fines, and officials, in addition to monetary punishment, can be disqualified for up to one year.

Earlier, the head of Rosprirodnadzor, Svetlana Radionova, called the fines established for environmental violations laughable.

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