June 23, 2017 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia, Radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel Decades of piled up nuclear fuel bids farewell to Andreyeva Bay Two decades ago, a green four-car train would make the rounds every few months to Russia’s snowy Kola Peninsula to cart nuclear fuel and […]
June 22, 2017 Bio-CCS, Carbon Capture and Storage, Climate change Annual Public Workshop 2017: Starting the Swedish-Norwegian dialogue on Bio-CCS On 15 June, Bellona, Nordic Energy Research and the Moderate Party of Sweden organized the Annual Public Workshop of the Negative CO2 […]
June 20, 2017 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia, Radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel Russia hints at new plans to raise sunken nuclear subs by 2022 Russian scientists have again floated the possibility of raising a nuclear submarine that the Soviet Navy sank on purpose almost 40 years […]
June 19, 2017 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia, Radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel Damaged fuel rods soon to be extracted from Lepse nuclear service vessel Officials in Northwest Russia have said they will soon begin removing hundreds of nuclear fuel assemblies, some of them damaged, from what […]
June 19, 2017 Climate change, European Union, Transport Disappointing climate report reveals Norway’s plan to ‘buy itself out’ of emissions reductions 16 June, Norway presented its new climate report, which reveals the country’s shady plans to buy its way out of reducing a third of its […]
June 15, 2017 Ukraine Міфи і факти про біоенергію Тетяна Кармелюк Біоенергії зазвичай приділяється далеко не першочергова […]
June 12, 2017 Nuclear issues, Nuclear USA Fresh radiation alarm at US Cold War legacy site forces workers to take cover Radiation warning alarms sounded last week at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington state, prompting a take-cover order that sent […]
June 8, 2017 Russian human rights issues, Russian NGO law Rights heavy weights join European Court case against Russia’s NGO law Two influential rights advocacy groups have been called on to by the European Court of Human Rights to submit briefs supporting a suit by 61 […]
June 8, 2017 Electric mobility, Future energy system, Renewable energy On the highway towards a fossil-free, autonomous future The world is moving away from fossil fuels, thanks to rapid technological development, according to Tony Seba, who recently featured as one […]
June 6, 2017 Future energy system, Renewable energy, Solar, Wind St Petersburg’s Alt-Davos forum offers stunning vision for Russian alternative energy The St Petersburg’s International Economic Forum offers an annual attempt by Russia’s business and political classes to present […]
June 5, 2017 Industrial Pollution, The Kola Mining and Metallurgy Combine Vague Russian promises on slashing pollution continue to frustrate Norway More than two decades of successful environmental cooperation between Norway and Russia, especially on coping with the Cold War nuclear […]
June 1, 2017 Arctic, Industrial Pollution, Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia, Russian human rights issues, Russian NGO law, The Kola Mining and Metallurgy Combine Bellona seminar sums up Russia’s Year of the Environment “It’s totally unacceptable that Nikel’s emissions continue – we have told he Russians that emissions must go down,” said Norwegian […]
June 1, 2017 Carbon Capture and Storage, Climate change, International climate conferences Will China now trump the USA in Paris Climate leadership? With Trump set to abandon the Paris climate deal, the world looks to the East for a new lead in the fight against climate change. China has […]
May 31, 2017 Climate change, International climate conferences Trump set to abandon Paris climate agreement President Trump was poised Wednesday to withdraw the United States from the Paris climate agreement in a move that would make good on a […]
May 31, 2017 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia New Bellona report says Russian nuclear industry is spending its money in the wrong places The risk of a nuclear accident at the Kola Nuclear Power Plant near Murmansk and only kilometers from Norway’s border with Russian, will […]
May 30, 2017 Ukraine Кліматичні переговори у Бонні: між Кіотським минулим та Паризьким майбутнім Тетяна Кармелюк З 8 до 18 травня у німецькому місті Бонн тривали інтенсивні […]
May 30, 2017 Nuclear issues, Nuclear issues in ex-soviet republics, Nuclear Russia Vilnius redoubles pushback against Belarusian nuclear plant Lithuania has renewed its long-held opposition to a Russian-built nuclear power plant going up just 50 kilometers from its capitol in […]
May 30, 2017 European Union, Transport Redesigning Europe’s road tolling rules: a first step to cutting freight emissions BRUSSELS – Tomorrow, 31 May 2017, the European Commission will release its proposal for the revision of the so-called Eurovignette […]
May 25, 2017 Russian human rights issues, Russian NGO law Court appeals could clarify law that smothers Russia’s non-profits Russia’s Justice Minister has said it’s working on a response to a demand from the European Court of Human Rights to explain the […]
May 24, 2017 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia, Radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel Rosatom’s vague plans could create radwaste crisis in Turkey, environmentalists fear As Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom continues site preparation for the Akkuyu nuclear power plant in Turkey, environmentalists have […]
