July 3, 2018 Climate change, European Union, Transport What to expect from the Austrian EU Council Presidency on the climate and energy front As of July 1st 2018, Austria has taken over the six-month presidency of the Council of the European Union for the 3rd time since joining the […]
June 29, 2018 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia, Radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel Russian environmentalists demand transparency from the country’s nuclear waste industry Environmentally significant information about radioactive waste should never be secret and concealing information about the disposition of […]
June 28, 2018 Electric mobility, Transport Bellona’s electric car rally sparks through the Arctic on high-voltage Bold explorers have always heard people call them crazy, and Iya Gordeyeva, an electric car driver from St. Petersburg, Russia and head of […]
June 27, 2018 Nuclear issues, Radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel In victory for the environment, Norway will shut down Halden Reactor In a major victory for radiation safety in Europe, the Norwegian government announced Wednesday that it would be permanently shutting down […]
June 20, 2018 Climate change, Electric mobility, European Union Why construction machinery must be included in the Clean Vehicles Directive Construction site machinery is responsible for a significant amount of air, noise, and climate pollution yet remains remarkably unregulated. […]
June 19, 2018 Russian human rights issues, Russian NGO law Russia’s Justice Ministry Defends ‘foreign agent’ law by saying everybody has one In a case that’s been dragging on for more than two years, Moscow’s Justice Ministry has said its law against so-called “foreign […]
June 18, 2018 Arctic, Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia, Radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel Andreyeva Bay nuclear fuel removal going faster than planned, Rosatom says The pace of cleanup at a major Cold War dump for spent nuclear submarine fuel in Northwest Russia is going faster than planned, officials […]
June 18, 2018 Transport Cooperation for sustainable cruise tourism Climate change and new regulations, both in Norway and elsewhere, require extensive conversion of international shipping to zero emissions. […]
June 18, 2018 Transport Press release: Agreement of cooperation with Carnival The Bellona Foundation and Carnival Corporation & plc sign agreement to continue improving sustainable cruise tourism.
June 14, 2018 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Jordan turns down a Rosatom plant, but dangles possible small reactor collaboration with Russia In a blow to the international business interests of Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom, Jordan has scrapped a plan to build a $10 […]
June 13, 2018 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Kiev bolsters energy independence of from Moscow with US nuclear fuel Ukraine has committed to loading US manufactured Westinghouse nuclear fuel into the reactors of the Zaporozhia nuclear power station, a long […]
June 12, 2018 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Bulgaria moves to revive suspended Russian-built nuclear plant The parliament last week approved by 172 to 14 Prime Minister Boyko Borisov’s proposal to develop a plan to resume construction of the […]
June 11, 2018 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Raging wildfires around Chernobyl finally extinguished A forest fire that had raged for three days last week in the restricted zone around Chernobyl, scene of the world’s worst nuclear […]
June 4, 2018 Arctic, Russian nuclear icebreakers fleet Russia’s big-wigs weigh Arctic development plans As Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom draws closer to gaining nearly exclusive control over the Arctic’s storied Northern Sea […]
May 31, 2018 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia In a drill, fake terrorists take over Arctic radioactive waste storage site Russian officials have said they thwarted a terrorist attack at a facility storing old radioactive components from nuclear vessels located […]
May 30, 2018 Russian human rights issues, Russian NGO law Russian Supreme Court upholds travel ban on Norwegian newspaper editor A Norwegian newspaper editor has lost a Kafkaesque case before Russia’s Supreme Court where he sought to challenge a travel ban imposed on […]
May 30, 2018 Climate change, Electric mobility, European Union Bellona event in European Parliament highlights the need to address construction site emissions within the Clean Vehicles Directive BRUSSELS – Last Thursday, 24th of May 2018, Bellona co-hosted an official EU Greenweek Partner event in the European Parliament with […]
May 29, 2018 Russian human rights issues, Russian NGO law St Petersburg Economic Forum panelists trash Russian environmental movement Discussions at the St Petersburg International Economic Forum included a wide-ranging bash of environmentalism in Russia, with Sergei […]
May 24, 2018 Nuclear issues, Nuclear issues in ex-soviet republics, Nuclear Russia Chernobyl’s stray dogs are bound for new homes in the US If every dog has its day, then for the dogs living in the shadow of Chernobyl’s exploded No. 4 reactor, that day has finally come.
May 23, 2018 Arctic, Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Rosatom legislation to control the Arctic faces more pushback In a legal blow, Russia’s accounts chamber, parliament’s independent financial oversight body, has challenged legislation that would […]
