Assessment of the Impact of Fuel and Energy Sector of the Irkutsk Region on the Environment

At the present time, one of the topical issues in the energy sector of the Baikal region is the ecologically clean production of energy resources. The analysis of the current ecological situation in the Irkutsk region reveals its unfavorable ecological state, which has been present for many years. The article draws a comparison of the impact indicators of economic activity in the region and in Russia, it also identifies the main sources of the environment pollution. Monitoring of a number of target indicators of the Russian Federation State Program on Environmental Protection for the period of 2012-2020 showed that there is a significant excess of the actual data, therefore achieving planned values is hardly possible. It was revealed that the most significant impact on the atmosphere is provided by electric and thermal power plants. Enterprises that extract fuel and power resources have a great impact on the amount of production and consumption waste. Environmental assessment of the impact of the energy sector allows to reveal the main environmental problems and determine the range of issues that require solution for the further development of the energy sector in the Irkutsk region.