December 13, 2017 Arctic, Nuclear issues, Russian nuclear icebreakers fleet Atomflot floats possibility of building yet more newline icebreakers Atomflot, Russia’s nuclear icebreaker port, is reportedly in talks with government ministries in an effort to secure two more multibillion […]
December 13, 2017 Ukraine Біллона має рішення для сталої аквакультури Тетяна Кармелюк Морські жителі – риба, молюски та водорості – не повинні […]
December 12, 2017 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Donors pledge more funding to remove broken nuclear fuel at Andreyeva Bay Donor nations backing the cleanup of Andreyeva Bay, one of Russia’s most deviling Cold War legacy projects, have agreed to put more […]
December 12, 2017 Carbon Capture and Storage, Future energy system, Ukraine New Bellona report presents opportunities for Ukraine in a low-carbon future Ukraine has in recent years dealt with many more challenges than opportunities. The economic situation in the country has fluctuated over […]
December 11, 2017 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Moscow issues suspiciously repetitive denials about radioactive leak Moscow has again insisted that a spike in the radioactive isotope ruthenium 106 detected over Europe as well as by Russia’s own weather […]
December 11, 2017 Ukraine Основа кліматичної політики України Тетяна Кармелюк У листопаді Міністерство екології та природних ресурсів […]
December 8, 2017 Carbon Capture and Storage, Climate change, Industrial Pollution Press release: Bellona seminar on Nordic CCS cooperation – CO2 capture and storage (CCS) is essential for reaching Europe’s climate targets – Cooperation between Sweden and Norway on […]
December 7, 2017 Renewable energy, Solar Chernobyl’s nuclear wasteland primed for solar power explosion Some would be rightly spooked by the idea of electricity produced by a glowing source emanating from Chernobyl, but thanks to a €100 […]
December 6, 2017 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Kola plant director stumps for new nuclear capacity that no one needs At current, all four reactors at the Kola Nuclear Power Plant near Murmansk are expected to run fully twice as long as their originally […]
December 5, 2017 Russian human rights issues, Russian NGO law Norwegian editor banned by Moscow vows to fight his case in Russia’s Supreme Court Moscow’s City Court has refused to say Russia’s Federal Security Service acted illegally when it banned Norwegian newspaper editor […]
December 4, 2017 Arctic, Nuclear Russia, Russian nuclear icebreakers fleet Drifting oil tanker prompts Arctic icebreaker rescue A tanker carrying tons of oil through Russia’s fragile arctic could have become an icebound environmental disaster had it not been for a […]
December 1, 2017 Arctic Transport and Shipping, Climate change, Fossil fuels MEPs call for dirty fuel ban in the Arctic and global action on shipping CO2 Tuesday 28 November, Members of the Environment Committee of the European Parliament called for a ban on the use of heavy fuel oil (HFO) in […]
November 30, 2017 European Union, Transport Bellona debate in European Parliament puts spotlight on cities’ role in tackling air pollution crisis through clean mobility BRUSSELS – Last Thursday, 23 November 2017, Bellona hosted a conference on air pollution and clean mobility ‘Going Electric Towards […]
November 29, 2017 Transport Low carbon transport takes the backseat in new Renewable Energy Directive BRUSSELS – Members of the European Parliament’s Industry, Transport and Energy Committee (ITRE) voted yesterday, 28 November 2017, […]
November 27, 2017 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia With Ruthenium release, Moscow repeats its bumbling success with radioactive lies In a year when it’s celebrating the 60-year anniversary of giving the world its first nuclear disaster – which took place in secrecy, […]
November 22, 2017 Arctic, Arctic Transport and Shipping, Nuclear Russia Rosatom drafts law giving itself control of the Russian Arctic Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom has crafted a bill that would give it total control over infrastructure and navigation along […]
November 21, 2017 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Russian weather service confirms ‘extremely high’ radiation release Russia’s meteorological service said on Tuesday it had measured pollution by a radioactive isotope at nearly 1,000 times normal levels in […]
November 21, 2017 Electric mobility, International climate conferences COP 23: Bellona gathers industry and policy makers to discuss plug in solutions on land and sea Infrastructure needs, synergies between land and sea transport infrastructure, as well as the need for policy coherence were at the core of […]
November 20, 2017 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Mystery persists over where Rosatom will fuel its floating nuclear plant Four months ago, responding a pressure campaign from environmentalist and foreign governments, Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom […]
November 20, 2017 Electric mobility, International climate conferences Bellona COP23 event puts electric shipping in the spotlight: the technology is here, what we need now is regulation “A quiet revolution is taking place” highlighted Bellona at one of its COP23 side events on electrification of maritime transport in […]
