December 6, 2017 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Kola plant director stumps for new nuclear capacity that no one needs At current, all four reactors at the Kola Nuclear Power Plant near Murmansk are expected to run fully twice as long as their originally […]
December 5, 2017 Russian human rights issues, Russian NGO law Norwegian editor banned by Moscow vows to fight his case in Russia’s Supreme Court Moscow’s City Court has refused to say Russia’s Federal Security Service acted illegally when it banned Norwegian newspaper editor […]
December 4, 2017 Arctic, Nuclear Russia, Russian nuclear icebreakers fleet Drifting oil tanker prompts Arctic icebreaker rescue A tanker carrying tons of oil through Russia’s fragile arctic could have become an icebound environmental disaster had it not been for a […]
December 1, 2017 Arctic Transport and Shipping, Climate change, Fossil fuels MEPs call for dirty fuel ban in the Arctic and global action on shipping CO2 Tuesday 28 November, Members of the Environment Committee of the European Parliament called for a ban on the use of heavy fuel oil (HFO) in […]
November 30, 2017 European Union, Transport Bellona debate in European Parliament puts spotlight on cities’ role in tackling air pollution crisis through clean mobility BRUSSELS – Last Thursday, 23 November 2017, Bellona hosted a conference on air pollution and clean mobility ‘Going Electric Towards […]
November 29, 2017 Transport Low carbon transport takes the backseat in new Renewable Energy Directive BRUSSELS – Members of the European Parliament’s Industry, Transport and Energy Committee (ITRE) voted yesterday, 28 November 2017, […]
November 27, 2017 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia With Ruthenium release, Moscow repeats its bumbling success with radioactive lies In a year when it’s celebrating the 60-year anniversary of giving the world its first nuclear disaster – which took place in secrecy, […]
November 22, 2017 Arctic, Arctic Transport and Shipping, Nuclear Russia Rosatom drafts law giving itself control of the Russian Arctic Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom has crafted a bill that would give it total control over infrastructure and navigation along […]
November 21, 2017 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Russian weather service confirms ‘extremely high’ radiation release Russia’s meteorological service said on Tuesday it had measured pollution by a radioactive isotope at nearly 1,000 times normal levels in […]
November 21, 2017 Electric mobility, International climate conferences COP 23: Bellona gathers industry and policy makers to discuss plug in solutions on land and sea Infrastructure needs, synergies between land and sea transport infrastructure, as well as the need for policy coherence were at the core of […]
November 20, 2017 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Mystery persists over where Rosatom will fuel its floating nuclear plant Four months ago, responding a pressure campaign from environmentalist and foreign governments, Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom […]
November 20, 2017 Electric mobility, International climate conferences Bellona COP23 event puts electric shipping in the spotlight: the technology is here, what we need now is regulation “A quiet revolution is taking place” highlighted Bellona at one of its COP23 side events on electrification of maritime transport in […]
November 16, 2017 Arctic, Nuclear Russia, Russian nuclear icebreakers fleet Report says Rosatom will take over Arctic development – vastly increasing role of icebreakers Russia’s president Vladimir Putin wants to turn infrastructure development for the Northern Sea Route – Russia’s fabled east-west […]
November 15, 2017 Electric mobility, Transport Bellona and Murmansk look to build an e-car charging bridge between east and west Bellona and the city government of Murmansk are trying to pave the way for a future where Russia’s northernmost capital and Norway are […]
November 10, 2017 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia French institute says radioactive cloud came from Russia or Kazakhstan A cloud of radioactivity detected over Europe during a period of several weeks could have resulted from an accident at a nuclear facility in […]
November 9, 2017 Electric mobility Bellona warns against premature EV incentive cuts in Norway Today, Bellona sent a recommendations letter to ESA (EFTA Surveillance Authority), highlighting the importance of keeping Norwegian electric […]
November 8, 2017 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia, Radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel Rosatom preps to unload fuel rods from Lepse service vessel Officials in Russia have set a beginning date for removing hundreds of spent nuclear fuel assemblies from the bowels of the Lepse nuclear […]
November 8, 2017 Electric mobility, European Union, Transport Commission’s transport package fudge fails to back its ‘electric ambitions’ with convincing enforcement design Today, 8 November, the European Commission published its long-awaited, though hollow transport package, containing a number of (un)decisive […]
November 6, 2017 Russian human rights issues, Russian NGO law Putin boasts about dwindling number of ‘foreign agent’ NGOs in Russia Russian President Vladimir Putin last week noted that non-profits blacklisted on the government’s foreign agent list are turning down […]
November 1, 2017 Ukraine Технологія уловлювання вуглецю повинна передбачатися в політиках зі зменшення вуглецевоємності – дослідження Тетяна Кармелюк У новому звіті, співавторами якого стали HeidelbergCement та Bellona […]
