Fuel and energy complex and methods for assessing the harm from air pollution

A significant impact of the fuel and energy complex of Russia on the components of the environment is shown; in particular, the air pollution. The necessity of adopting the methodology for calculating the amount of harm from air pollution is substantiated. The analysis of the draft of Methodology for the Estimation of the Amount of Environmental Damage Caused by Air Pollution developed by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russian Federation is performed. The estimations of the amount of damage caused to the environment by excess emissions from stationary air pollution sources, as well as from agricultural burning and from combustion at waste disposal sites, including landfills, sites of temporary waste accumulation and unauthorized landfills. The directions of improvement have been developed both in terms of structure and content, theoretical and calculated part of the Methodology proposed by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russian Federation.