March 26, 2017 Nuclear issues How a Bellona report got swept up in a squall of fake news about a secret nuclear meltdown Early this month, Bellona’s General Director and nuclear physicist Nils Bøhmer wrote a short work-a-day analysis of a small leak of […]
March 23, 2017 Nuclear issues, Nuclear USA, Radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel Trump suggests reviving Yucca Mountain, reopening ancient debates over America’s nuclear trash A proposed national budget from the White House of Donald Trump seeks to greenlight the on-again, off-again nuclear waste repository at […]
March 23, 2017 Electric mobility, European Union The role of public procurement in boosting clean vehicle demand Public authorities are a powerful purchaser on the market and therefore key actors in driving the transition to a zero-emission, electric […]
March 22, 2017 Industrial Pollution, The Kola Mining and Metallurgy Combine Does Norilsk Nickel deserve to be Russia’s environmental gold standard? Norilsk Nickel, the giant Northern Siberian nickel producer and historically one of the country’s biggest polluters, won a prestigious […]
March 21, 2017 Arctic, Nuclear Russia, Radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel Officials in Murmansk work to tie sunken ships to their owners The Murmansk Region has a new message for ship owners that have littered parts of the Kola Peninsula’s coast and waters with the hulks of […]
March 20, 2017 Ukraine Енергетична багатовекторність Вишеградської групи: чи є що обрати Україні? Тетяна Кармелюк Центральноєвропейське політичне партнерство Чехії, […]
March 17, 2017 Arctic, Fossil fuels EU vote on Arctic oil drilling opens debate The European Parliament rejected a total ban on oil and gas drilling in the Arctic, but endorsed a push back against exploration in the […]
March 15, 2017 Russian human rights issues, Russian NGO law The reality in Russia’s fake news attacks on environmentalists With the rise of Donald Trump, fake news hit the West with such surprising ferocity that it’s easy to forget how long Russia has been […]
March 14, 2017 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Russian utility announces plans to fuel arduously delayed floating nuclear power plant Environmentalists and several politicians in Northwest Russia have raised alarm about reports that the Baltic Shipyard will fuel the […]
March 13, 2017 Arctic, European Union, Fossil fuels European Parliament to vote on Arctic drilling This week the European Parliament is set to vote on oil drilling in the Arctic seawaters of the EU and EEA. The EU pursues strict and […]
March 9, 2017 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Meltdown in Japan Six years on, Fukushima rests its hopes on fearless robots As the struggle continues to bring the six-year-old triple nuclear meltdown at Fukushima Daiichi under control, robots are providing a […]
March 9, 2017 Russian human rights issues, Russian NGO law Norwegian editor banned from traveling to Russia Thomas Nilsen, the editor of a Norwegian-Russian news portal and a former member of Bellona’s Russia department, was refused entry to […]
March 7, 2017 Bioenergy, Climate change, Transport New Bellona report explores opportunities and risks of seaweed biofuels in aviation BRUSSELS – Bellona publishes today its new report on the potential and challenges of using seaweed biofuels in aviation. The report […]
March 6, 2017 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia, Russian nuclear icebreakers fleet Nuclear icebreaker roll out delayed by unpaid bills and sanctions over Ukraine It was expected from earlier reports of meetings between Russia’s nuclear icebreaker port Atomflot and shipbuilders that a new line of […]
March 6, 2017 European Union, Transport European Parliament calls for enhanced EU oversight over vehicle type approval BRUSSELS – Last week, the Committee for Emission Measurements in the Automotive Sector (EMIS), founded after the infamous Volkswagen […]
March 3, 2017 Nuclear issues Norway’s Halden Reactor: A poor safety culture and a history of near misses Are those who operate Norway’s only nuclear research reactor taking its safety seriously? A new report raises concerns. October 25th […]
March 1, 2017 Climate change, Fossil fuels, International climate conferences Trump’s speech leaves out the environment his administration hopes to savage Those who trembled while waiting for US President Donald Trump to drop major bombs on the environment during his speech before Congress on […]
March 1, 2017 Ukraine Норвегія розкриває потенціал декарбонізації комунального вантажного транспорту Тетяна Кармелюк Зменшення кліматичного навантаження від вантажного […]
February 28, 2017 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia, Radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel Public gives the nod to new stages at Russia’s first radioactive waste repository Local residents near the town of Novouralsk in Russia have approved the second round of radioactive waste for delivery at the country’s […]
February 28, 2017 Electric mobility, Energy storage, European Union Boosting the European battery industry One of the main issues concerning electric vehicles (EVs), is their higher initial purchase price as compared to their internal combustion […]
