November 25, 2013 Gas, Nuclear Russia, Oil Atomic energy willing to aid Russia’s crude dreams of the Arctic MURMANSK – Without any of its own drilling installations in the Arctic, and in the face of constant delays to oil recovery at continental […]
November 22, 2013 International climate conferences Environmentalists and reporters in Sochi targeted by Kremlin’s Olympic fever A clampdown is hovering over Sochi, Russia, the site of the 2014 winter Olympic games, which are touted by the administration of Vladimir […]
November 20, 2013 Nuclear Agreements Russian-US Megatons to Megawatts non-proliferation program draws to a close Russia started last week to draw the curtains on a 20-year-old nuclear non-proliferation program as it began to package its last batch of […]
November 20, 2013 International climate conferences St. Petersburg court frees nine foreign activists and three Russians on bail in Arctic Sunrise case A St. Petersburg court has granted bail to nine activists from the Arctic Sunrise vessel, which led a protest against an Arctic oil rig in […]
November 19, 2013 Nuclear issues Belarusian President signs off on building Ostrovets nuke plant against public demands that construction get canceled MINSK—As the Belarusian government made its official announcement of the “start of construction” of Ostrovets Nuclear Power Plant, […]
November 19, 2013 Climate change International Coal and Climate (skeptics’) Summit WARSAW – As the COP19 UN Climate Summit in Warsaw enters its second week, advancing calls to reduce the world’s reliance on coal and […]
November 18, 2013 Radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel Russia’s nuclear corporation embarks on permanently storing radioactive waste – but final solutions still distant Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom is looking to rectify the fact that the country has nowhere to safely store some several […]
November 14, 2013 Nuclear Russia, Radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel New spent nuclear fuel storage and reprocessing site in Siberia could end contamination from Mayak Russia could be moving closer to shutting down its infamous and highly contaminated Mayak Chemical Combine – Russia’s only spent nuclear […]
November 13, 2013 Nuclear Russia Rosatom’s new ‘roadmap’ slashes number of new reactors, but leaves loose ends on shut downs Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom announced at a major international conference that it would be slashing its ambitious plans to […]
November 11, 2013 Climate change UN climate convention convenes with small hopes, but agenda toward bigger deals unclear Once again, climate envoys from rich nations, poor nations, nations under the threat of devastation by climate factors like rising seas and […]
November 7, 2013 Climate change Russia boasts two of 10 most polluted cities on Earth in 2013 tally Two Russian cities shared the dubious honor of being included on a list of the world’s 10 most polluted cities, according to a report […]
November 6, 2013 International climate conferences, Oil Arctic Sunrise detainees to be moved as Dutch proceedings in an international court to free them begins Representatives of the Dutch government will today go to an international maritime court with the aim of securing the release of the […]
November 5, 2013 Nuclear Meltdown in Japan Fukushima accepts international help before embarking on removing spent nuclear fuel from damaged storage The United States Department of Energy (DOE) has offered to lend a hand to Tokyo Electric Power Co. (Tepco) in its efforts to decommission […]
October 31, 2013 Carbon capture and storage Leadership changes in Bellona Europa After twelve years as head of Bellona’s EU office in Brussels, Paal Frisvold is leaving his position as Chairman of the Board on 1 […]
October 30, 2013 Ukategorisert European Parliament’s COP19 resolution As the 19th Conference of the Parties (COP 19) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) approaches, the European Parliament […]
October 30, 2013 Ukategorisert Markets maintain carbon bubble ignorance Carbon Tracker and the ACCA release a new report on the carbon bubble, this time focusing on the failure of markets to fully recognize the […]
October 18, 2013 International climate conferences, Oil Murmansk environmentalists demand safe drilling technologies before Russia pursues Holy Grail of Arctic oil MURMANSK – A robust group of Russian environmental organizations concluded here on Wednesday that drilling oil in the Arctic is – in the […]
October 17, 2013 Nuclear Agreements, Nuclear Russia, Radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel, Russian Navy IAEA comes to Murmansk to tote up nuclear safety roadblocks passed – and those to come MURMANSK—Gathered for a meeting in the Russian polar city of Murmansk, experts from ten countries discussed efforts in assuring global […]
October 17, 2013 Russian NGO law Bellona’s St. Petersburg office clears one court hurdle in ongoing legal hassles for Russian NGOs A positive sign emerged in Bellona St Petersburg’s court proceedings over fines levied against it during this spring’s unprecedented […]
October 15, 2013 Carbon capture and storage Ukraine must clear CCS hurdles now lest it run into a brick wall later KIEV – Bellona Monday became one of the first NGOs to introduce the concept of carbon capture and storage (CCS) to government ministries, […]
