May 27, 2022 Carbon Dioxide Removal, Climate change NEGEM consortium publishes briefing on ways in which CDR is handled in the latest IPCC report The headline message of the report is clear: our current and expected pathways of emissions are not in line with the Paris Agreement and we […]
May 27, 2022 Electric mobility, European Union, Fossil fuels, Transport Open letter urging decision makers to reject the creation of additional demand for natural gas An open letter has been sent to the European Parliament and the Council of the EU urging decision makers to reject the creation of […]
May 26, 2022 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia, Ukraine US university report argues for sanctioning Russia’s nuclear supply chain As numerous countries in the west consider taking aim at Russia with energy sanctions over Moscow’s attack on Ukraine, Russia’s […]
May 24, 2022 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Russia’s Rosatom consolidates control over the Northern Sea Route President Vladimir Putin has signed off on giving full control of the coveted Northern Sea Route to Rosatom, the state nuclear corporation, […]
May 23, 2022 Climate change, Energy Efficiency, European Union, Future energy system Call for Veto: Legal breach and democratic shortcomings in Taxonomy CDA Bellona Europa and ClientEarth kicked-off the first event in the planned series on the Taxonomy CDA on the 11th of May. With high level […]
May 19, 2022 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia, Ukraine Russia says Ukraine could pay for power from besieged Zaporizhzhya plant Ukraine’s state-owned grid operator Ukrenergo this week dismissed as “physically impossible” the suggestion by a Russian […]
May 18, 2022 Climate change, European Union, Fossil fuels, Future energy system, Renewable energy, Solar, Wind Press release – REPowerEU: when hydrogen hype clouds climate ambitions The European Commission published its REPowerEU package today, meant to wean Europe off Russian gas. In this package, hydrogen is […]
May 18, 2022 Climate change, European Union, Renewable energy Bellona’s position on ENVI committees votes on RED, ETS, ESR and LULUCF Earlier this week, the European Parliament’s Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) committee voted on key pieces of […]
May 17, 2022 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia, Ukraine Ukraine eyes more nuclear reactor construction after war ends Officials in Ukraine are mulling the construction of more nuclear reactors when the country’s grinding nearly 3-month-old war with Russia […]
May 13, 2022 Climate change, European Union, Industrial Pollution Bellona co-signs open letter calling on the European Parliament to support Amendment 393 in the Effort Sharing Regulation (ESR) Bellona Europa, alongside 13 NGOs, calls on the European Parliament to support Amendment 393 in the Effort Sharing Regulation (ESR) and […]
May 11, 2022 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia, Ukraine UN nuclear watchdog continues to press for visit to besieged nuclear power plant International Atomic Energy Agency head Rapael Grossi says he intends to keep pushing for a visit to the embattled Zaporizhzhe nuclear power […]
May 11, 2022 Electric mobility, Transport Bellona co-signs open letter calling on Europe to electrify new corporate fleets Call for company cars, delivery vans, taxi and ride-hailing services, as well as urban and public authority fleets to go zero emission and […]
May 10, 2022 European Union, TEN-T Blogpost: Public action needed to tackle barriers to entry for Hungarian first movers on CCS Bellona Europa’s Hanna Biro, originally from Hungary, recently travelled to her home country to attend a local workshop that gathered […]
May 9, 2022 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia, Ukraine Some licenses at Chernobyl suspended by regulator following Russian occupation Ukraine’s nuclear regulator has suspended a number of operating licenses at Chernobyl saying that the Russian troop occupation of the site […]
May 6, 2022 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia, Ukraine UN nuclear watchdog discusses Ukrainian reactor safety with Russian nuclear corporation As tense conditions at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant continue, the UN’s nuclear watchdog met with Russia’s top nuclear […]
May 6, 2022 Transport Bellona launches Clean Hull Initiative to combat scourge of biofouling Environmental NGO the Bellona Foundation spearheads strong initiative to define and implement a new ISO standard for proactive hull […]
May 4, 2022 Carbon Dioxide Removal, Climate change, European Union Three basics for the EU to get CDR right In the context of the EU’s Carbon Removal Certification Mechanism, Bellona suggests 3 basics that should guide the EU’s approach […]
May 3, 2022 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia, Ukraine UN nuclear watchdog says situation at Russian-occupied Ukrainian nuclear plant is ‘unsustainable’ The United Nations nuclear watchdog has warned that Russian troops are putting “unbelievable pressure” on workers at the Zaporizhzhya […]
May 3, 2022 European Union, TEN-T Shipping CO2 provides flexibility to reach storage sites For the ongoing campaign of #TenTTuesday, Bellona Europa and Clean Air Task Force (CATF) hosted an event on the 6th of April: Transport of […]
May 2, 2022 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia, Ukraine Finland pulls plug on Russian-backed nuclear reactor project An energy consortium in Finland has abandoned a controversial plan to build a Russian nuclear power plant in the Nordic country, with […]
