June 14, 2016 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Deputy PM says Russia’s floating nuke plant must be smaller Leonid Rogozin, Russia’s often antic deputy prime minister for defense, weighed in on the Akademik Lomonosov, Russian State nuclear […]
June 13, 2016 Ukraine Чому Європа має докласти зусиль для нарощування виробництва акумуляторних батарей Говорячи про розвиток індустрії електротранспортних засобів, однією з […]
June 8, 2016 Nuclear Agreements, Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Andreyeva Bay spent nuclear fuel site hit by helicopter – in training exercise MURMANSK – Above Andreyeva Bay, the notoriously radioactive storage site for spent submarine fuel in Northwest Russia, a helicopter […]
June 7, 2016 Climate change, Electric mobility, Fossil fuels, Transport Norway reaffirms its leadership position with plans for ‘no fossil cars’ by 2025 In a precedent setting deal, Norway’s political parties have today, 7 June, agreed that all cars sold in the country will be fossil […]
June 6, 2016 Russian human rights issues, Russian NGO law Russia’s Putin finalizes baffling new NGO amendments by signing them into law Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed into law amendments to the country’s NGO legislation, which purport to make the term […]
June 2, 2016 Ukraine Життя після Парижа. Час діяти Понад місяць тому, 22 квітня 2016 р. Україна в числі представників 160 держав, в […]
June 1, 2016 Russian human rights issues, Russian NGO law Walking a mile in a foreign agent’s shoes: What do Russian NGOs have to look forward to? As new, more restrictive amendments to Russia’s NGO law await President Vladimir Putin’s signature, yet more non-profits have found […]
May 30, 2016 Russian human rights issues, Russian NGO law Major rights watchdog says Putin should not sign new NGO law amendments International rights watchdog Human Rights Watch has condemned the Russian Duma’s recent adoption of amendments to the country’s […]
May 30, 2016 Electric mobility, Energy storage, European Union, Future energy system, Transport Why Europe needs to accelerate efforts to build its battery industry When it comes to the deployment of electric vehicles (EV) one of the main remaining hurdles is their higher purchase costs in comparison to […]
May 27, 2016 Ukraine Чи можуть океани давати екологічно безпечну біоенергію? Це питання, на дослідження якого «Біллона» просить Європейську Комісію […]
May 26, 2016 Russian human rights issues, Russian NGO law Russian parliament’s upper chamber approves NGO law amendments in a giant step to making them law Russia’s Federation Council, the upper chamber of Parliament, has approved new amendments defining “political activity” in Russia’s […]
May 23, 2016 Russian human rights issues, Russian NGO law Russian Duma defines ‘political activity’ for NGOs, adding more ambiguous criteria to name ‘foreign agents’ Russia’s Duma passed what it calls a definitive meaning of the term “political activity’ as it relates to the country’s embattled […]
May 19, 2016 Electric mobility, Future energy system, Transport Brussels aims to fully electrify its bus fleet (by 2030) The Brussels government recently announced a strategy for the full electrification of the bus fleet of its Intercommunal Transport Company, […]
May 18, 2016 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Murmansk not ready to lose power from Kola Nuclear Power Station, officials say MURMANSK – The Murmansk Regional government says that decommission the elderly No1 and No 2 reactors at the Kola Nuclear Power Plant would […]
May 18, 2016 Ukraine Консультації ЄС з питань політики сталої біоенергетики на період після 2020 року: пропозиції фундації Біллона-Європа У відповідь на потреби ЄС та поставлену мету щодо вдосконалення політики […]
May 17, 2016 Bio-CCS, Bioenergy Can the oceans provide sustainable bioenergy? This is the question Bellona is asking the European Commission to dedicate more attention to finding out. On the back of the EU’s need and […]
May 16, 2016 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia, Radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel Rolling back Northwest Russia’s Cold War legacy running on schedule MURMANSK – Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom says its satisfied with projects to contain and revitalize some of the Arctic’s […]
May 13, 2016 Russian human rights issues, Russian NGO law Criticizing Russia’s NGO law is punishable ‘political activity’ leading to ‘foreign agent’ label, says Justice Ministry In its mounting campaign against NGOs, Russian’s Ministry of Justice has suggested that criticizing the country’s notorious “foreign […]
May 12, 2016 Arctic, Nuclear Russia, Oil, Russian nuclear icebreakers fleet Russia’s new nuclear icebreaker line crucial to national programs – especially Arctic oil MURMANSK – As Atomflot, Russia’s nuclear icebreaker port awaits the launch of its newest vessel the Arktika, the company’s head has […]
May 10, 2016 Industrial Pollution, The Kola Mining and Metallurgy Combine Russian environmental watchdog predictably restores license to polluting factory MURMANSK – No sooner had chimneys pumping sulfur dioxide into Northwest Russian and Scandinavia been stifled last month than they were […]
