March 15, 2022 Climate change, European Union Bellona Europa co-signs NGO statement on CBAM expressing concerns about isolating it from FitFor55 package Ahead of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council Meeting (ECOFIN), Bellona, together with a number of NGOs, signed a statement on […]
March 14, 2022 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia, Ukraine Old Soviet uranium factory in Ukraine in danger of Russian attacks, staff say As Russian rockets hit the eastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro, staff at a former weapons uranium production facility nearby have warned that […]
March 14, 2022 ZECS Letter to EU commission: forthcoming Construction Product Regulation will fail to address climate & environmental impacts of construction Bellona co-signed a letter to the European Commission, warning it that the expected Construction Product Regulation proposal is set to fail […]
March 9, 2022 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia, Ukraine Ukraine warns of possible radiation risk as power to Russian-occupied Chernobyl gets cut In what could be the most serious nuclear incident in the two-week old Russian invasion of Ukraine, the decommissioned Chernobyl has lost […]
March 8, 2022 Electric mobility, Future energy system, Transport Bellona co-signs joint letter on Batteries Regulation Europe is currently working on a new batteries regulation. A regulation that needs to be part of the effort for Europe to cut its emissions […]
March 7, 2022 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia, Ukraine Research reactor in Ukraine attacked by Russian forces, reports say Russia forces have fired rockets at physics institute in Ukraine’s eastern city of Kharkiv that contains nuclear materials and a research […]
March 7, 2022 Air Pollution Bellona co-signs joint statement on enabling Direct Air Capture in the ReFuelEU Aviation Proposal Together with the Negative Emissions Platform, Transport & Environment and the Clean Air Task Force, Bellona Europa calls on the EU to […]
March 4, 2022 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia, Ukraine Europe’s largest nuclear plant hit by invading Russian forces in Ukraine Europe’s largest nuclear power plant caught fire early Friday after Russian forces shelled the site in southeastern Ukraine, Ukrainian […]
March 3, 2022 Nuclear issues, Nuclear issues in ex-soviet republics, Nuclear Russia, Ukraine IAEA concerned for Ukraine’s besieged and fatigued nuclear workers Many nuclear power plant workers in besieged Ukraine have been at their posts around the clock since last Thursday when the Russian invasion […]
March 2, 2022 Climate change, International climate conferences, Nuclear issues War is what happens when language fails War is what happens when language fails. The Bellona Foundation is an international, environmental organisation. Our objective is to achieve […]
March 2, 2022 Nuclear issues, Nuclear issues in ex-soviet republics, Nuclear Russia, Ukraine What we know about the state of Ukraine’s nuclear power plants as Russia invades Ordinary Ukrainians were turning out to defend Europe’s largest nuclear power plant from a Russian takeover on Wednesday as the […]
March 1, 2022 Climate change Circularity in Steel In 2020, the EU 28 was one of the largest crude steel-producing regions in the world. While the steel sector already produces a large […]
February 28, 2022 Climate change Circularity in Cement and Concrete Each year, over 4 billion tons of cement are produced and global cement production accounts for approximately 8% of global emissions. […]
February 14, 2022 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia, Radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel A forgotten Cold War relic in Ukraine still crackles with lethal radiation In November, Bellona was given the unique opportunity to visit what used to be one of the most secret places in the Soviet Union — the […]
February 14, 2022 Carbon Capture and Storage, Climate change, European Union Joint call to action for a strategy on regional CO2 infrastructure in the Netherlands, Belgium and North Rhine-Westphalia This letter, signed by a large group of civil society and private sector stakeholders from the Netherlands, Belgium and North-Rhine […]
February 2, 2022 European Union, Fossil fuels, Gas, Nuclear issues The treatment of fossil gas in EU Taxonomy makes it a tool for greenwashing rather than a solution Brussels, Belgium, February 2, 2022 – Today, the European Commission published the complementary Delegated Act amending the treatment […]
January 21, 2022 Climate change, European Union, Fossil fuels, Gas All eyes on EU Taxonomy discussion: Risks Russia watering down sustainable criteria to meet EU’s new low bar The EU Taxonomy on climate change mitigation has successfully caused international ripple effects, with heavy hitters such as China, South […]
January 11, 2022 Carbon Capture and Storage, Carbon Dioxide Removal, Climate change, European Union French Presidency of the EU Council: What this means for climate action On climate change, the presidency will need to make progress on a large number of legislative proposals tabled last year as part of the […]
January 7, 2022 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia, Ukraine Ukraine to step up efforts to produce a domestic uranium supply Ukraine, facing a lack of fuel for thermal power plants and surging gas prices, aims to increase its uranium production to fully cover the […]
January 5, 2022 Climate change, European Union, Gas, Renewable energy Leaked Taxonomy Proposal: Fossil gas “Sustainable” label relies on promises in bad faith – still risks wasting all our renewable energy The leaked EU Sustainable Finance Taxonomy proposal for a complementary Delegated Act sets out the role of fossil gas, two devastating […]
