August 4, 2021 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Moscow aims to build four more floating nuclear plants by 2026 Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom has signed on to build four new floating nuclear power stations over the next six years to […]
July 21, 2021 Climate change Russian officials blame fires ravaging Siberia on climate change Smoke covered the capital of Yakutia and residents were urged to stay indoors and close windows as a series of unprecedented wildfires […]
July 15, 2021 Carbon Dioxide Removal, Climate change Fit for 2030 series: A Slow and Steady start for CDR in the EU Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) has recently emerged as an integral component of the EU’s climate neutrality goal. Within the European […]
July 15, 2021 Climate change, European Union Fit for 2030 series: The ETS takes a step forward towards proper GHG accounting of CO2 use CO2 use has been included in the ETS in a way that sets a fair basis for assessing the permanence of the storage in CO2 use. This is in […]
July 15, 2021 Climate change, European Union, Renewable energy, Transport Fit for 2030 series: Hydrogen enters center stage in RED Renewable Fuels of Non-Biological (RFNBO) have increased in importance in the updated REDII proposal, with specific targets for transport […]
July 12, 2021 Carbon Capture and Storage, European Union, TEN-E To enable industrial decarbonisation across EU Member States, full value-chain recognition for CCS is needed in TEN-E Regulation revision What is needed to enable CCS to play its intended role in industrial decarbonisation? For the last #TenETuesday before the summer break, […]
June 30, 2021 Climate change Russian summer brings sneak peek at climate change Russia’s unique vulnerability to climate change has been confirmed this summer by a record-breaking heatwave that has lingered brutally […]
June 29, 2021 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Officials say a second Kola nuclear plant will begin construction in 2028 Construction on a second nuclear power plant in the Murmansk area will begin in 2028, Russian nuclear authorities have said, finally making […]
June 25, 2021 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Russia and Norway meet on issues of nuclear safety Through years of political tremors and mutual suspicion between West and East, the one area where Russian and Norwegian officials could shed […]
June 23, 2021 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia How did Bellona help rid Russia of its most radioactive ship? It started over lunch In order to clean up one of the most dangerous radioactive hazards in northwest Russia, Bellona took the European Union out for what ended […]
June 17, 2021 Climate change Russian parliament adopts law aimed at limiting greenhouse gasses Russia’s lower house of parliament this week adopted a law that would limit greenhouse gas emissions via an initiative that officials […]
June 10, 2021 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia New report details Bellona’s first 20 years in Russia A little more than 20 years ago, in Murmansk, Russia, the relics of the Cold War were still close at hand. Nealy 200 nuclear submarines, the […]
June 8, 2021 Climate change What is the Biden Administration’s ’30 by 30′ climate plan? Shortly after his inauguration., US President Joe Biden signed a number of executive orders aimed at tackling climate change. Among them was […]
June 3, 2021 Arctic, Climate change Permafrost melt caused by climate change could cost Russia billions, environmental minister says The Russian economy stands to lose more than $67 billion by 2050 thanks to melting permafrost due to climate change, which threatens the […]
June 2, 2021 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia, Radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel In a landmark moment, all spent nuclear fuel has left Russia’s most radioactive ship The Lepse nuclear service ship, long one of the most radioactive heirlooms of the Soviet Era, has finally been emptied of all 639 spent […]
June 2, 2021 Carbon Capture and Storage, Climate change The world’s first climate-neutral cement plant in Gotland, Sweden The HeidelbergCement Group, which includes Norwegian Norcem and Swedish Cementa, announced that they plan to develop the world’s first […]
June 1, 2021 Carbon Dioxide Removal, Climate change, European Union Making a case for a sustainable and effective carbon dioxide removal policy in the Netherlands Over the past few months, Bellona Europa has been working closely with Dutch NGO Natuur & Milieu, Amsterdam-based Waste-to-Energy […]
May 26, 2021 European Union, Industrial Pollution Hydrogen in steel production: what is happening in Europe – part two It is clear that we need more action to increase the share of renewables and call out “hydrogen-ready” plants that are using grey […]
May 25, 2021 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Russia launches mission to the sunken Komsomolets nuclear submarine Russian scientists have embarked on a mission to the Komsomolets, a Soviet nuclear submarine that sank 32 years ago during an onboard fire […]
May 21, 2021 Arctic, Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Bellona urges the Arctic Council to tackle sunken radiation hazards As Russia begins its two-year chairmanship of the Arctic Council, Bellona supports an international response to raising nuclear submarines […]
