February 6, 2018 Arctic Russia’s Arctic regions chase government funding to raise Soviet era shipwrecks Despite the international funding that has poured into the Murmansk area to remove nuclear hazards, other kinds of accumulated environmental […]
February 6, 2018 Carbon Capture and Storage Unlocking learning potential and wider applications in emission reducing solutions Alexander Bell, the founding father of the American telephone, once noted that “great discoveries and improvements invariably involve the […]
February 5, 2018 Accidents and incidents, Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Experts say ‘large uncertainties’ still loom around possible radioactive leak at Russia’s Mayak An international commission of nuclear experts has said it cannot determine if the Mayak Chemical Combine was the source of a radioactive […]
February 1, 2018 Arctic, Russian nuclear icebreakers fleet With new nuclear icebreaker, Moscow hopes to plant a flag in Crimea Rumors continue to swirl around Russia’s newest nuclear icebreaker extravaganza, the Leader, an unlikely space age vessel of massive […]
January 31, 2018 Arctic, Russian human rights issues Norway says radiation levels around sunken Russian sub safe for now A new report published by the Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority has said that radiation levels near a Russian nuclear submarine that […]
January 30, 2018 Arctic, Nuclear issues, Russian nuclear icebreakers fleet Arctic Frontiers forum totes up Russia’s northern nuclear hazards When Norway assesses potential nuclear risks in Northern Russia, it counts among them not just decades of intentionally scuttled radioactive […]
January 29, 2018 Arctic, Fossil fuels, Gas, Oil Norway’s new oil leases offer a peek at Oslo’s environmental hypocrisy Norway’s coalition government handed down a four year reprieve on oil drilling in the Lofoten Islands, but hedged that with defeat by […]
January 24, 2018 Nuclear issues Bellona publishes groundbreaking report on the state of Ukraine’s nuclear industry It won’t come as a surprise that safety would be a critical challenge still facing the nuclear industry in Ukraine, which inherited the […]
January 23, 2018 Arctic, Climate change, International climate conferences Arctic Forum seeks evasive balance between economic development and environmental preservation The Arctic is a huge, sparsely populated region with a complex climatic conditions and containing large energy and bio-resources. It’s […]
January 22, 2018 Accidents and incidents, Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia French reporters fined for trying to track Mayak’s ruthenium leak to its source A group of French journalists in Russia were fined for trying to track down the source of a radioactive cloud that European regulators have […]
January 22, 2018 Electric mobility, Transport From vision to reality: Norway to fly fully electric by 2040 It may sound like something out of a science fiction movie, however, Norway’s newly announced pledge to electrify all planes in the next […]
January 19, 2018 Electric mobility, European Union, Transport Rapid technological progress paves way for electric freight While the EU is slowly undertaking first legislative steps towards decarbonisation of heavy duty transport, the progress is already well […]
January 18, 2018 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Official vote of confidence for Russia’s floating nuclear plant fails to reassure Russia’s first floating nuclear power plant, the Akademik Lomonosov, has received its approval for operation from the country’s State […]
January 18, 2018 Carbon Capture and Storage, Industrial Pollution Norwegian-Swedish climate cooperation on carbon capture and storage (CCS) and ‘green’ construction materials Norway and Sweden, Oslo and Gothenburg, must join forces for CO2 management; it is key for important emission cuts. In addition, the public […]
January 18, 2018 Climate change, European Union EU Parliament concludes synthetic low carbon fuels should indeed be low carbon Yesterday, the European Parliament voted on the growth of renewable energy in the coming decade. Of all the big issues on the radar, the […]
January 17, 2018 Electric mobility, Transport Electric car owners in Vladivostok unite to mount Russia’s newest protest movement An environmentally minded protest for the rights of electric car owners is coming from an unlikely place: Vladivostok, Russia. The […]
January 16, 2018 Russian human rights issues, Russian NGO law Russian lawmakers take a giant step toward blacklisting individuals as ‘foreign agents’ Russia’s parliament, the Duma, has passed in the first reading amendments that would allow the government to name individuals as […]
January 15, 2018 Russian human rights issues, Sochi Olympic Games Attack on Russian environmentalist linked to lavish mansion for Putin’s prime minister In an explosive allegation, Russian investigative journalists have reported that a prominent environmental activist may have been beaten […]
January 11, 2018 Electric mobility, European Union, Transport Newly agreed EU buildings law to require buildings’ “readiness” for electric vehicles BRUSSELS- After lengthy negotiations the European Parliament and EU Member States late last month came to an agreement over new rules […]
January 11, 2018 European Union, Fossil fuels, Transport Synthetic fossil fuels: A dieselgate 2.0 in the making? Audi, the German car manufacturer, is pitching ‘e-fuels’ as a clean alternative to produce petrol, diesel or gas, without having to […]
