December 5, 2019 Climate change, Fossil fuels Russian energy giant looks to shed coal assets, reports say In a grudgingly climate-friendly gesture, IrkutskEnergo, a major Siberian energy company, is moving to shed its coal assets – a sign that […]
November 28, 2019 European Union, Fossil fuels EU Industries’ Masterplan: To use “avoided” emissions as justification for inaction Europe’s Energy-Intensive Industries are trying to change how we account for their climate impact. They are setting themselves up for […]
November 27, 2019 Carbon Capture and Storage, Climate change, Electric mobility, Industrial Pollution, International climate conferences, Transport Bellona at COP25 This year we will be once again contributing to the UN Climate Change Conference which will be held in Madrid. Here is an overview of our […]
November 26, 2019 Arctic, Arctic Transport and Shipping, Russian nuclear icebreakers fleet Rosatom says shipping is up on the Arctic – despite environmental concerns Shipping through Russia’s remote arctic artery, the Northern Sea Route, has increased by 63 percent over last year’s figures, signaling […]
November 26, 2019 Climate change, Fossil fuels, Oil No Oil Discovery in Toutatis The oil company Wintershall DEA has sent its exploration rig south, away from the oil platform sooner than planned. Bellona’s founder and […]
November 22, 2019 Industrial Pollution, The Kola Mining and Metallurgy Combine Major Russia polluter begins shutting down harmful smelting works near Murmansk An industrial facility in Northwestern Russia long responsible for harmful pollution will shut down by the end of next year and its […]
November 19, 2019 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Meltdown in Japan, Renewable energy, Solar, Wind Fukushima joins Chernobyl in renewable revival Japan’s northeastern prefecture of Fukushima, devastated during the 2011 earthquake and nuclear power plant disaster, is looking to […]
November 18, 2019 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Russia ponders a floating nuclear plant for India Rosatom, Russia’s nuclear corporation, has publicly expressed interest in jointly developing a floating nuclear power plant with India, […]
November 15, 2019 Arctic, Renewable energy, Wind SevTek conference pushes a green agenda for Russia’s Arctic If authorities in Moscow are half-hearted in their efforts to bring down Russia’s harmful emissions, the local government in Murmansk sure […]
November 13, 2019 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Rosatom issues a public response to Bellona’s concerns over depleted uranium imports Rosatom, Russia’s state nuclear corporation, has publically responded to criticism from Bellona over the company’s renewed policy of […]
November 7, 2019 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Bellona’s position on the import of depleted uranium to Russia At the end of last month, Russian media reported that containers of depleted uranium hexafluoride, owned by the Western European company […]
November 7, 2019 Russian human rights issues, Russian NGO law Two prominent rights groups liquidated by Russia’s ‘foreign agent’ law In a recent clamp down on so-called “foreign agents,” Russian courts have disbanded two prominent decades old rights groups after the […]
November 5, 2019 Climate change, International climate conferences Trump’s formal withdrawal from the Paris Accord puts the climate on next year’s presidential ballot The Trump administration on Monday formally notified the United Nations of its intention to withdraw from the Paris Agreement, a move that […]
November 4, 2019 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Dispatch from Zheleznogorsk: How Russia injects radioactive waste into the ground In early September, experts from Rosatom’s Public Council for civil society visited the Severny Landfill – a site created for the deep […]
November 1, 2019 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Russia resumes importing depleted uranium from Germany, breaching old promises Environmental groups have voiced concern that Russia is again accepting shipments of uranium tails, a byproduct formed when uranium is […]
November 1, 2019 Arctic, Oil Bellonas arrives at drilling rig on Toutatis Bellona’s ship, Kallinika, is now located in the area around the drilling rig West Hercules at Toutatis. – We’re met with a […]
October 17, 2019 Arctic, Oil Bellona is fighting the sneaky attempt to get exploration drilling under-the-radar in Lofoten In July, the German oil company Wintershall DEA got a green light from the environmental agency to begin drilling at the exploration well […]
October 16, 2019 Air Pollution, Electric mobility, Transport City Industry Dialogue on Clean Construction moves forward during C40 Summit During the C40 Summit in Copenhagen, Bellona has joined and contributed to the first Pan-European Master Class on Clean Construction and […]
October 14, 2019 Renewable energy, Wind Russia’s largest wind park opens near Murmansk The chill winds lashing the Arctic coasts near Murmansk will soon provide a new sort of warming effect – a wind energy farm that will be […]
October 9, 2019 Air Pollution, Electric mobility, European Union Bellona launches Report on Zero Emissions Construction Sites at C40 Cities Summit During the first Pan-European market dialogue on ‘Clean Construction’ between public buyers and market players at the C40 Mayor Summit, […]
