May 11, 2017 Electric mobility, Future energy system, Renewable energy Zero-subsidy bids in Germany a breakthrough for offshore wind and renewable energy production Subsidies are an important tool in the transition towards new and cleaner technologies; however, they are no long term solution. Although […]
May 10, 2017 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Is Rosatom selling debt and dependence to its overseas customers? When a court in South Africa torpedoed a $76 billion deal to build 10 nuclear reactors with Russia’s Rosatom because the arrangement […]
May 9, 2017 Nuclear issues, Nuclear USA Workers at Washington nuclear waste plant take cover after apparent tunnel damage A tunnel was damaged on Tuesday at a plutonium handling facility at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington state, leading authorities […]
May 8, 2017 Climate change, International climate conferences International businesses appeal to Trump not to ditch the Paris Climate Accord A group of international investors managing more than $15 trillion in assets has sent a letter urging the administration of Donald Trump to […]
May 5, 2017 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Meltdown in Japan, Nuclear Russia Wildfires near Fukushima reignite Chernobyl-like fears of contamination Wildfires that broke out in a mountain forest near the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant last weekend are causing worries that […]
May 5, 2017 Ukraine Довгий шлях до торгівлі викидами Тетяна Кармелюк Міністерство екології обіцяє запровадження в Україні […]
May 3, 2017 Russian human rights issues, Russian NGO law In troubling déjà vu, Russian government says foreign agent nonprofits are getting millions Russia’s Justice Ministry reported that nonprofit civil society groups in the country received more than a billion dollars in funding from […]
May 2, 2017 Nuclear issues, Nuclear issues in ex-soviet republics, Nuclear Russia Rosatom replaces reactor vessel that technicians dropped at its Belarusian plant Belarus and Russia have agreed to shuffle a 330-ton reactor pressure vessel originally built for Moscow’s flagging nuclear project in the […]
May 1, 2017 Climate change, International climate conferences Historic marches show Americans aren’t ready to help Trump trash the climate Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators, alarmed by the Trump Administration’s assault on the environment, poured into streets in US cities […]
April 28, 2017 Arctic Transport and Shipping, Transport Norway’s efforts to decarbonise marine transport Norway’s position as a global leader on road transport electrification is now taking a step forwards, as the country emerges as a pioneer […]
April 27, 2017 European Union, Future energy system, Renewable energy, Transport Press Release: Bellona reality checks proposed EU ‘Power to Liquids’ policy With its Clean Energy Package, the EU is on the verge of repeating costly energy and climate policy failures of the recent past. Attempting […]
April 26, 2017 Industrial Pollution Russian government offers stark vision of the country’s embattled environment A shocking government report released this week says fully 74 percent of Russians live in environmental degradation, that 40 percent […]
April 26, 2017 Ukraine ЕЛЕКТРОТРАНСПОРТНИЙ ПРОРИВ Тетяна Кармелюк Після довгих дискусій навколо питання «захисту […]
April 25, 2017 Accidents and incidents, Nuclear issues, Nuclear issues in ex-soviet republics Thirty-one years on, Chernobyl takes a place among humanity’s darkest passages This year, April 26, the 31st anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster, will mark the first year the United Nations observes the date as an […]
April 21, 2017 Russian human rights issues, Russian NGO law Another Russian non-profit tarred as a foreign agent for little more than existing In a continuing crusade against environmental groups, Russia’s Justice Ministry on Thursday named the Murmansk area Kola Ecological Center […]
April 20, 2017 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Russia’s first floating nuclear power plant begins tests, but when will it get its uranium? St Petersburg’s Baltic Shipyard has announced it will begin a series of tests on Russia’s first floating nuclear power plant in a move […]
April 18, 2017 Russian human rights issues, Russian NGO law The European Court of Human Rights demands answers on Russia’s foreign agent law The European Court of Human Rights wants some answers on how Russian determines which non-profits are “foreign agents” and how it […]
April 17, 2017 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia, Radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel Russia plans large nuclear transport vessel with an unclear mission Russia has announced plans to build an enormous ice-class ship to ferry nuclear waste and spent nuclear fuel from points along the Northern […]
April 13, 2017 Arctic Transport and Shipping, Electric mobility, Transport Norway’s Transport Plan 2018 – 2029: Ambitious targets, lack of concrete measures On 5 April Norway published its National Transport Plan (NTP) for the period 2018-2029. This long anticipated plan was intended to provide a […]
April 12, 2017 Industrial Pollution, The Kola Mining and Metallurgy Combine Northwest Russia polluter posts impressive cuts in harmful emissions In a surprising development, the Kola Mining and Metallurgy Company –which for decades has stubbornly fouled air over Northwest Russia and […]
