January 22, 2018 Accidents and incidents, Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia French reporters fined for trying to track Mayak’s ruthenium leak to its source A group of French journalists in Russia were fined for trying to track down the source of a radioactive cloud that European regulators have […]
January 22, 2018 Electric mobility, Transport From vision to reality: Norway to fly fully electric by 2040 It may sound like something out of a science fiction movie, however, Norway’s newly announced pledge to electrify all planes in the next […]
January 19, 2018 Electric mobility, European Union, Transport Rapid technological progress paves way for electric freight While the EU is slowly undertaking first legislative steps towards decarbonisation of heavy duty transport, the progress is already well […]
January 18, 2018 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Official vote of confidence for Russia’s floating nuclear plant fails to reassure Russia’s first floating nuclear power plant, the Akademik Lomonosov, has received its approval for operation from the country’s State […]
January 18, 2018 Carbon Capture and Storage, Industrial Pollution Norwegian-Swedish climate cooperation on carbon capture and storage (CCS) and ‘green’ construction materials Norway and Sweden, Oslo and Gothenburg, must join forces for CO2 management; it is key for important emission cuts. In addition, the public […]
January 18, 2018 Climate change, European Union EU Parliament concludes synthetic low carbon fuels should indeed be low carbon Yesterday, the European Parliament voted on the growth of renewable energy in the coming decade. Of all the big issues on the radar, the […]
January 17, 2018 Electric mobility, Transport Electric car owners in Vladivostok unite to mount Russia’s newest protest movement An environmentally minded protest for the rights of electric car owners is coming from an unlikely place: Vladivostok, Russia. The […]
January 16, 2018 Russian human rights issues, Russian NGO law Russian lawmakers take a giant step toward blacklisting individuals as ‘foreign agents’ Russia’s parliament, the Duma, has passed in the first reading amendments that would allow the government to name individuals as […]
January 15, 2018 Russian human rights issues, Sochi Olympic Games Attack on Russian environmentalist linked to lavish mansion for Putin’s prime minister In an explosive allegation, Russian investigative journalists have reported that a prominent environmental activist may have been beaten […]
January 11, 2018 Electric mobility, European Union, Transport Newly agreed EU buildings law to require buildings’ “readiness” for electric vehicles BRUSSELS- After lengthy negotiations the European Parliament and EU Member States late last month came to an agreement over new rules […]
January 11, 2018 European Union, Fossil fuels, Transport Synthetic fossil fuels: A dieselgate 2.0 in the making? Audi, the German car manufacturer, is pitching ‘e-fuels’ as a clean alternative to produce petrol, diesel or gas, without having to […]
January 10, 2018 Russian human rights issues, Russian NGO law, Sochi Olympic Games Russian group that highlighted Olympic environmental graft cleared from ‘foreign agent’ list A Russian environmental non-profit that made its name revealing luxury vacation homes and corrupt construction deals connected to Kremlin […]
January 9, 2018 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Ukraine announces its dependence on Russian made nuclear fuel is waning Igor Nasalyk, Ukraine’s Minister of Energy and Coal took the step of saying his country can survive without nuclear fuel imports from […]
January 9, 2018 Electric mobility, Industrial Pollution, The Kola Mining and Metallurgy Combine Consumers demand transparency on the origin of heavy metals used in batteries Bellona believes Norway should be pushing to establish an international system for tracking materials used in batteries. Nickel, which is […]
January 8, 2018 Electric mobility, Transport A small spark from Bellona fuels Norway’s eco-friendly car explosion Norway has come a long way since 1987, when Bellona’s president, Frederic Hauge, plugged the organization’s first electric car into an […]
January 4, 2018 Russian human rights issues, Russian NGO law Russia lawmakers push to punish individuals, not just organizations, with ‘foreign agent’ label A group of Russian legislators have suggested expanding the country’s law on NGOs so that individuals, not just organizations, can be […]
January 3, 2018 Arctic, Nuclear Russia, Russian nuclear icebreakers fleet Russia official announces plans to build space age nuclear icebreakers Dmitry Rogozin, Russia’s colorful deputy prime minister, has again made headlines by claiming the country will build a series of advanced […]
January 2, 2018 Russian human rights issues, Russian NGO law, Sochi Olympic Games Russian environmental activist who exposed illegal mansions for Putin cronies beaten and hospitalized The leader of a crusading Russian environmental group that has worked to expose corrupt land grabs in the country’s Black Sea region, was […]
December 21, 2017 Ukraine Якою має бути політика сталого розвитку міст? Олег Савицький Глобальна трансформація транспорту та енергетики в бік […]
December 20, 2017 Industrial Pollution, The Kola Mining and Metallurgy Combine Norilsk Nickel offers a sketch of how it will reduce its sulfur dioxide pollution Norilsk Nickel, which has time and again made its hometown one of the most polluted places on earth, has announced plans to slash dirty […]
