August 28, 2017 Industrial Pollution How to get rid of the coal dust choking Murmansk? Call Putin! A few weeks ago, Russia’s northern port of Murmansk, which spends much of the year swathed in a choking coal haze from its commercial […]
August 25, 2017 Russian human rights issues, Russian NGO law In rare twist, eco-group taken off ‘foreign agent’ list In an unexpected ease of hostilities toward environmental groups, the Kola Ecological Center was peeled off the Ministry of Justice’s list […]
August 25, 2017 Ukraine Нові європейські вимоги можуть прискорити завершення вугільної епохи Тетяна Кармелюк Європейський Союз серйозно взявся за вирішення проблеми […]
August 24, 2017 Arctic, Arctic Transport and Shipping, Russian nuclear icebreakers fleet Russian politicos say the Arctic is too pretty to smoke in – but not too pretty to drill On August 17, 1977, the Russian nuclear icebreaker the Arktika sailed to the geographic North Pole. Forty years later, its younger brother, […]
August 23, 2017 Electric mobility, Transport Mysterious e-car tourist brings excitement to Murmansk In what one hopes might be the beginning of an invasion, the month of August brought the city of Murmansk its first tourist arriving in an […]
August 22, 2017 Climate change, European Union, Fossil fuels Bellona tries to pull the plug on vast Norwegian oil and gas exploration subsidies Today, Bellona made a complaint about the Norwegian state to ESA (EFTA Surveillance Authority), in order to put an end to favorable […]
August 17, 2017 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia, Radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel First of Andreyeva Bay fuel reaches Mayak The first of 22,000 spent nuclear submarine fuel rods arrived Wednesday at the Mayak reprocessing facility in the Ural Mountains after […]
August 16, 2017 Climate change, International climate conferences John Podesta tells Bellona Trump can slow the climate fight, but not stop it John Podesta, who managed Hillary Clinton’s unsuccessful campaign against Donald Trump, arrived with Bellona in Arendal, Norway yesterday […]
August 15, 2017 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Kursk anniversary marks 17th birthday for Kremlin’s age of deception As Russia begins a new season of naval drills and buzzes Norway with its biggest nuclear hardware, many of its sailors this week are […]
August 15, 2017 Arctic Transport and Shipping, Climate change, Electric mobility Bringing emissions reductions to the political agenda What do construction machinery and fishing vessels have in common? They can be electrified, hence reduce emissions of air pollutants (PM, […]
August 14, 2017 Climate change, International climate conferences John Podesta to be featured Bellona guest at Arendalsluka John Podesta, who helmed Hillary Clinton’s harrowing bid against Donald Trump in a roiling presidential election tainted by Russian cyber […]
August 10, 2017 Climate change Climate poll shows Russians are smarter than Trump A recent poll has shown that a majority of Russians believe climate change is happening and that more than half of them think humans are to […]
August 9, 2017 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Poland speaks out harshly against Belarusian nuclear plant Poland has lent its voice to a growing chorus of countries that won’t buy power from the Belarusian Nuclear Power Plant that Moscow is […]
August 9, 2017 Ukraine RE100: Великий бізнес створює попит на зелену енергію Тетяна Кармелюк Слід за низкою міст та штатів у США, які вирішили […]
August 8, 2017 Russian human rights issues, Sochi Olympic Games Post Olympic construction again threatens water in Sochi Post Olympic ski resort expansion around Sochi is again threatening drinking water supplies for hundreds and thousands of Black Sea coastal […]
August 7, 2017 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Rosatom agrees not to fuel floating nuclear plant in Russia’s second biggest city Bowing to a campaign of pressure from Bellona and the Norwegian government, builders of Russia’s first floating nuclear power plant this […]
August 2, 2017 Transport The German Auto Industry’s plan to make diesel green again To get themselves out of a dirty diesel scandal, some manufacturers plan to turn electricity into dirty diesel and other fossil fuels.
August 1, 2017 Electric mobility, European Union, Transport Transport policies of today should reflect technologies of tomorrow: Is Europe falling behind? While some may confuse major European countries’ recent announcements to ban sales of new fossil cars by 2040 with ‘ambition’, in […]
July 12, 2017 Ukraine 100 компаній спричиняють 71% глобальних викидів – дослідження Тетяна Кармелюк Компанії, які будують свій бізнес на виснаженні природних […]
July 7, 2017 Carbon Capture and Storage First ever climate neutral power plant The Norwegian oil company Statoil will cooperate closely with the Dutch gas infrastructure company Gasunie and the Swedish-owned energy […]
