October 9, 2017 Industrial Pollution, The Kola Mining and Metallurgy Combine Russia and Norway make progress on cross-border environmental problems Russian and Norwegian environmentalists and politicians gathering in the industrial town of Nikel to tote up advances in cross-border […]
October 6, 2017 Electric mobility, Transport Bellona’s Murmansk e-car charger scoops up Russian government award What started as a small gesture to help a few electric car owners North of Russia’s Arctic Circle juice up their rides has blossomed into […]
October 5, 2017 Russian human rights issues, Russian NGO law Russia to answer for its ‘foreign agent’ law in European Court of Human Rights Russia’s Justice Ministry is finally ready to offer a defense of its “foreign agent” law which says the 2012 legislation has actually […]
October 4, 2017 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Rosatom announces new fueling dates for its floating nuclear plant Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom now says it will fuel its first floating nuclear power plant by October 2018 after it has been […]
October 3, 2017 Carbon Capture and Storage, Climate change What to do with (industrial) CO2? Policies tailored to potentials BRUSSELS – A new report co-authored by HeidelbergCement and Bellona Europa, on behalf of the Zero Emissions Platform, delves into the […]
October 3, 2017 Bioenergy, Climate change The great blue – Bellona solutions for sustainable aquaculture Fish, shellfish and algae live in the sea and do not have to depend on scarce resources such as land area and freshwater. The climate […]
October 2, 2017 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia, Radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel The worst nuclear disaster you’ve never heard of celebrates its 60th birthday In the history of nuclear disasters, it’s easy to forget that a radioactive explosion back in 1957 near an obscure village with an […]
September 28, 2017 Arctic, Nuclear Russia, Russian nuclear icebreakers fleet What can Russia learn from its flashy new nuclear icebreaker push? Russia last week held a launching ceremony for a powerful nuclear icebreaker, called the Sibir, as part of its drive to cobble together a […]
September 28, 2017 Climate change, Fossil fuels Press release: EFTA Surveillance Authority starts looking into Norwegian oil and gas exploration subsidies BRUSSELS – Following the Bellona Foundation’s complaint in August 2017, the EFTA Surveillance Authority (ESA) starts looking into […]
September 26, 2017 Industrial Pollution, Russian human rights issues, Russian NGO law New Russian pollution report long on scary data, short on solutions In another surprisingly frank pronouncement on Russia’s health, the country’s environmental oversight agency has said 16 million of its […]
September 25, 2017 Fossil fuels, Gulf of Mexico oil spill Chemicals used in Deepwater Horizon spill are harmful to people, study proves – finally Last week, the National Institutes of Health in the United States released a report that confirmed people living along the Gulf of Mexico […]
September 25, 2017 Electric mobility, Energy Efficiency Will new EU buildings law help pave the way for an electro-mobile future? The ongoing reform of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) offers a once-in-a-decade opportunity to make European buildings […]
September 25, 2017 Ukraine Енергетичний дороговказ Тетяна Кармелюк Нова Енергетична стратегія України до 2035 року, нещодавно […]
September 21, 2017 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia, Radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel Officials still house hunting in Northwest Russia for a place to store nuclear waste Russia’s uncertain search for a place to store its low level radioactive waste has again focused on areas surrounding Murmansk, […]
September 20, 2017 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Controversial Rosatom reactor build in Finland gets delayed Difficulties Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom is having keeping up with Finnish safety standards has once again delayed […]
September 20, 2017 European Union, Fossil fuels, Transport Europe’s auto industry greenwashing diesel in attempt to save its dying technology Two years after the Dieselgate scandal, a new report reveals that diesel vehicles are even worse for human health and the environment, than […]
September 18, 2017 Climate change, International climate conferences Reports of Trump sticking with Paris not as inaccurate as the White House says The weekend brought swirling reports that the Trump administration was rethinking its rowdy withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement, […]
September 15, 2017 Ukraine Світ у 2050: 50% відновлювальних джерел, людство вперше споживає менше енергії Тетяна Кармелюк Нове дослідження, опубліковане 4 вересня консалтинговим […]
September 14, 2017 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Feisty mayor in Russia’s Far East wants his nuclear trash collected While lighthouses run on atomic batteries in Russia have become rare, especially along the coasts of the Baltic and Barents Seas, they still […]
September 13, 2017 Industrial Pollution, The Kola Mining and Metallurgy Combine Prosecutors reveal reluctance of Russian officials to enforce environmental fines Russian prosecutors say the country’s environmental oversight agency has failed to chase down $70 million in fines from polluters in the […]
