October 7, 2020 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Ukraine’s president embraces nuclear energy while relying on elderly reactors On a visit to Ukraine’s Rivne nuclear plant, President Volodomyr Zelensky issue full throated support for the development of his […]
October 7, 2020 European Union European Parliament votes to defend honest accounting within the EU Climate Law The European Parliament brings back clear emissions reduction obligations to the table and upholds the environmental integrity of the EU […]
October 6, 2020 Carbon Dioxide Removal Now is the time for an honest conversation about carbon dioxide removal The European Commission’s new climate plan for 2030 increases uncertainties and gives us a rude awakening on carbon removal.
October 5, 2020 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Cracked coolant system pipe causes downtime for reactor at Russia’s Rostov plant The fourth reactor at the Rostov nuclear power plant, 1000 kilometers to Moscow’s southwest, has been shut down due to a crack in a pipe […]
October 2, 2020 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Ukraine inks deal to fuel older reactors with Westinghouse fuel Ukraine’s nuclear corporation has signed on to have Westinghouse Electric Co fuel the Soviet-era reactors at its Rivne plant in the […]
September 30, 2020 Climate change The brawling US presidential debate surprisingly yields responses on questions of climate change After a caustic, chaotic, and nearly unwatchable 80 minutes of the televised US presidential debate, the question finally came up.
September 28, 2020 Electric mobility, Transport From Norway to Moscow in an electric car, an improbable journey made possible When a smattering charge stations began popping up along the Russian border a few years ago, they drew a small but devoted class of electric […]
September 24, 2020 Arctic, Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia, Russian nuclear icebreakers fleet Russia’s new nuclear icebreaker sets sail for Arctic at half steam Russia’s new flagship icebreaker, billed as the world’s largest and most powerful, left St Petersburg’s Baltic Shipyard this week, […]
September 23, 2020 Climate change Death of US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg makes environmental law vulnerable The passing of US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg could have profound implications for America’s fundamental environmental laws […]
September 22, 2020 Carbon Capture and Storage As Norway takes first step towards European CO2 transport and storage network, EU should match ambition The Norwegian government will be providing funding for full-scale low-carbon cement production with Carbon Capture and […]
September 17, 2020 Climate change Hurricanes and fires lash two US coasts, heralding the arrival of climate change Hurricane Sally, a slow-moving system pregnant with rain, finally made landfall on Wednesday, battering America’s Gulf Coast with floods […]
September 16, 2020 European Union, Gas As Von der Leyen Boasts Climate Action, EP publishes vote to make gas eligible for funding through Just Transition Fund As Von der Leyen took the stage to hold the much anticipated State Of The European Union (SOTEU) address for 2020, the EP made public the […]
September 16, 2020 European Union SOTEU : EU Commission must pursue the sustainability of the economic recovery. Aligning the COVID-19 recovery and other EU public funding with its own Sustainable Finance Taxonomy is key. Anything else would, by its own […]
September 15, 2020 Arctic, Climate change Arctic cargo may fall short of Kremlin goal, reports say In a surprising retreat, Russia’s main Arctic infrastructure developer has urged the Kremlin to scale back sweeping goals for the Northern […]
September 10, 2020 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia The second reactor at Russia’s Leningrad II nuclear plan reaches controlled minimum power Reactor No 2 at the Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant II has achieved criticality and was brough to the minimum controlled power level late last […]
September 10, 2020 European Union The new EU Climate Law proposal gets more ambitious New climate targets: a majority of the European Parliament Environmental committee voted to cut our GHG emission by 60% in 2030. The ball is […]
September 9, 2020 Climate change Fires in Russian Arctic release record quantities of carbon dioxide, studies say Unprecedented fires battering the Arctic have released more carbon dioxide this year than forest blazes over the entirety of 2019, new […]
September 7, 2020 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Baltic states form energy pact against Belarusian nuclear plant The Baltic states have issued a joint boycott of energy produced by the Belarusian nuclear power plant and will require proof that […]
September 4, 2020 Air Pollution, Climate change Will it be hard or easy to reverse Trump’s anti-environmental legacy if he loses in November? Both Donald Trump’s administration has undertaken a series of aggressive rollbacks to US environmental protection policy that has broad […]
September 2, 2020 European Union What’s in a target? Our savings for the future and the credibility of the EU’s net-zero by 2050 goal As we are now approaching the much-awaited moment of a decision on a EU 2050 target, a question need to be answered: What’s in this […]
