May 28, 2019 Arctic, Russian nuclear icebreakers fleet Russia launches new nuclear icebreaker in bid for Arctic dominance Russia launched a nuclear icebreaker on Saturday as part of an ambitious program to renew and expand its fleet of ice-class vessels in order […]
May 24, 2019 Arctic, Arctic Transport and Shipping Russian-Chinese relations are warming the Arctic If the Kremlin meets its goal of transforming the Arctic’s Northern Sea Route into a bustling commercial shipping passage, it may end up […]
May 22, 2019 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia, Radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel Russia begins removing spent nuclear fuel rods from its most radioactive ship Officials at the Nerpa Shipyard near Murmansk said they have begun removing hundreds of spent nuclear assemblies, many of them damaged from […]
May 20, 2019 Arctic, Nuclear issues, Russian nuclear icebreakers fleet Russia dismantles one of it nuclear icebreaking legends Officials at the Nerpa shipyard near Murmansk have said they plan to offload the reactor of the retired Arktika nuclear icebreaker by […]
May 20, 2019 Electric mobility, Transport 4 Easy Steps to Spot Greenwashing Reality Check – “Electric Vehicles emit more CO2 than diesel cars” – Part II
May 15, 2019 Arctic, Climate change Murmansk school kids have big ambitions to tackle environmental problems Household garbage, coal dust, the pollution floating in the waters of Kola Bay and smogs of industrial emissions — these are just a few of […]
May 14, 2019 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Turkey’s official media has a bone to pick with Rosatom, but it might be more about money than safety The Turkish nuclear regulator has repeatedly found cracks in the foundation of the Russian-built Akkuyu nuclear power plant, a report in a […]
May 13, 2019 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Rosatom claims its foreign business will double over the next five years Rosatom, Russia’s state nuclear corporation, expects to double its annual revenue from foreign projects to some $15 billion by 2024, […]
May 9, 2019 Climate change Climate change finally the most important issue to US Democratic voters. Will it last until Election Day? For the past few American presidential election cycles, climate change has been the issue candidates can be counted on to steer clear of. […]
May 9, 2019 Air Pollution, European Union, Transport Bellona at the first “États Généraux de l’Air” of Brussels On Saturday 27th of April, Bellona Europa director Jonas Helseth contributed to a roundtable discussion on the air quality of the city of […]
May 8, 2019 Electric mobility, Fossil fuels, Transport 4 Easy Steps to Spot Greenwashing Reality Check – “Electric Vehicles emit more CO2 than diesel cars” – Part I
May 7, 2019 Arctic, Arctic Transport and Shipping US Secretary of State calls Russia’s Arctic ambitions ‘illegal’ US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Monday that Russia’s efforts to control an Arctic shipping lane were illegal, marking the first […]
May 6, 2019 Bioenergy, Renewable energy, Solar, Wind America’s renewable energy output is surpassing coal for the first time ever Green energy sources like solar, wind, biomass and hydroelectric surpassed coal for the first time ever in the United States last month, and […]
May 2, 2019 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Russia launches the world’s longest nuclear submarine Russia has launched what it bills as the longest nuclear submarine ever built at a ceremony last month in the Arctic port of Severodvinsk […]
May 2, 2019 Arctic, Arctic Transport and Shipping What is the real price of Russia’s Arctic dream? The Kremlin is approaching the Northern Sea Route on an almost war-like footing. New ice-class ships are under construction to help bear out […]
April 29, 2019 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Meltdown in Japan Fukushima cleanup hits a milestone as worker remove nuclear fuel rods Tokyo Electric Power Co, or Tepco, owner of Japan’s ruined Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant, began removing radioactive fuel rods earlier […]
April 26, 2019 Nuclear issues, Radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel Norway shutters its last nuclear research reactor, cheering environmentalists Norway has announced that it will close its last nuclear research reactor after 50 years of operation and a checkered past characterized by […]
April 25, 2019 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Reactors on Russia’s floating nuclear plant reach full capacity The reactors aboard the Akademik Lomonosov, Russia’s floating nuclear power plant, have been brought to 100 percent capacity and is ready […]
April 25, 2019 Carbon Capture and Storage, Climate change, European Union Europe Launches CCUS Knowledge Exchange Network to Support Industry´s Climate Action A Europe-wide knowledge sharing network has received fresh funding from the European Commission to support and inspire major carbon capture, […]
April 24, 2019 Arctic, Fossil fuels, Gas, Oil For all of Russia’s talk about oil drilling in the Arctic, most Arctic oil will likely go untouched Despite owning some 80 percent of the oil and gas resources tucked under the Arctic shelf, as well as a bulk of explored reserves, Russia […]
