November 29, 2016 Bio-CCS, Carbon Capture and Storage, Climate change Bellona Co-Hosts Bio-CCS Workshop in Lausanne During the 13th Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies Conference (GHGT-13) in Lausanne, Switzerland, Bellona Europa and the International […]
November 29, 2016 Fossil fuels, Oil What’s behind the oil pipeline standoff in North Dakota: a short guide MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota – For months, tensions have mounted between protesters and law enforcement officials over the fate of crude oil […]
November 28, 2016 Climate change, International climate conferences Marrakech overcomes the Trump effect to offer hope Despite the shocking result of the US presidential elections, the COP22 climate summit in Marrakech went better than originally feared.
November 28, 2016 Electric mobility, European Union Bellona, along with 24 members of Electro-Mobility Platform, calls on EU to accelerate electric recharging infrastructure deployment BRUSSELS – The Platform for Electro-mobility, of which Bellona is a founding member, has today, 28 November 2016, launched a new paper […]
November 24, 2016 Carbon Capture and Storage, Electric mobility, European Union How Bellona came to be at the heart of the EU policy making arena: The story of Bellona Europa The independent non-profit organisation Bellona, founded in 1986, aims to meet and fight climate challenges through identifying and […]
November 23, 2016 Accidents and incidents, Climate change, International climate conferences On climate change pivot, it’s too early to know if Trump believes what Trump says US president-elect Donald Trump seemed to have softened his pledge to step out of the Paris Climate Agreement which – would limit the rise […]
November 23, 2016 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Environmentalist split on what constitutes ‘constructive’ cooperative at Rosatom forum MOSCOW – As an industry forum dedicated to constructive cooperation between state nuclear corporation Rosatom and the public wrapped up […]
November 22, 2016 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Bellona addresses US congressional staff on nuclear cleanup cooperation in Arctic US congressional staff in a briefing last week considered approaches to continue cooperation with Russia on nuclear cleanup in the Arctic […]
November 21, 2016 Industrial Pollution, The Kola Mining and Metallurgy Combine Kola Peninsula nickel giant promises to cut sulfur dioxide emissions in half MURMANSK –The notoriously polluting Kola Mining and Metallurgy Combine (KMMC) has said it plans to reduce annual emissions of sulfur […]
November 17, 2016 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Scram at Russia’s new flagship reactor goes unmentioned for six days, stoking speculation MOSCOW –The No 6 reactor at the Novovoronezh nuclear power plant in Russia – the first of the country’s flagship AES-2006 series – […]
November 16, 2016 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Kola NPP director wants to run reactors for a total of 60 years Vasily Omelchuk, director of the Kola Nuclear Power Plant near Murmansk yesterday told an energy conference his plant wants to extended the […]
November 16, 2016 Industrial Pollution, The Kola Mining and Metallurgy Combine Norilsk Nickel aims to reduce pollution in Siberian city of Norilsk by 75% by 2020. A major Canadian-Russian project signed last week is due to be completed by 2020, The goal of 75% emission reduction will be reached by […]
November 16, 2016 Ukraine Декарбонізація промисловості: зберегти клімат та майбутнє Тетяна Кармелюк Обмеження зростання глобальної температури у рамках 2 °С в […]
November 15, 2016 Accidents and incidents, Nuclear issues, Nuclear issues in ex-soviet republics Enormous containment arch finally moving into place over exploded Chernobyl reactor Over the next five days, engineers at Chernobyl, the Ukrainian site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster, will be moving an enormous roof […]
November 15, 2016 Climate change, Energy Efficiency, Transport Putting an end to European truck industry’s exemption from the low-carbon transition The EU has long enjoyed a reputation as a global leader in climate diplomacy. This is, however, increasingly put into question, in light of […]
November 14, 2016 Nuclear Russia, Russian nuclear icebreakers fleet Russia prepares to dismantle first nuclear icebreaker ever MURMANSK – Russia is set to begin dismantling the nuclear icebreaker Sibir at the Nerpa Shipyard north of Murmansk in 2017, representing […]
November 9, 2016 Climate change, International climate conferences Trump victory casts pall over US climate leadership The election of a US president who has called global warming “bullsh*t” and a Chinese orchestrated “hoax” raised dark […]
November 8, 2016 Electric mobility, Transport Obama administration leaves behind incentives for electric car owners The Obama administration is leaving behind a little bit of cure for the range anxiety electric car owners in the United States experience […]
November 8, 2016 Climate change, European Union, Fossil fuels Big oil and gas pledge $1 billion for climate action over next decade: Here’s why this is just not enough Last Friday, 4 November 2016, the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI) announced an investment of $1 billion in low carbon technologies […]
November 8, 2016 Ukraine Робоча група проекту Біллони зустрілась напередодні СОР22 4 листопада відбулась чергова зустріч Робочої групи Біллони на тему […]
