June 3, 2021 Arctic, Climate change Permafrost melt caused by climate change could cost Russia billions, environmental minister says The Russian economy stands to lose more than $67 billion by 2050 thanks to melting permafrost due to climate change, which threatens the […]
June 2, 2021 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia, Radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel In a landmark moment, all spent nuclear fuel has left Russia’s most radioactive ship The Lepse nuclear service ship, long one of the most radioactive heirlooms of the Soviet Era, has finally been emptied of all 639 spent […]
June 2, 2021 Carbon Capture and Storage, Climate change The world’s first climate-neutral cement plant in Gotland, Sweden The HeidelbergCement Group, which includes Norwegian Norcem and Swedish Cementa, announced that they plan to develop the world’s first […]
June 1, 2021 Carbon Dioxide Removal, Climate change, European Union Making a case for a sustainable and effective carbon dioxide removal policy in the Netherlands Over the past few months, Bellona Europa has been working closely with Dutch NGO Natuur & Milieu, Amsterdam-based Waste-to-Energy […]
May 26, 2021 European Union, Industrial Pollution Hydrogen in steel production: what is happening in Europe – part two It is clear that we need more action to increase the share of renewables and call out “hydrogen-ready” plants that are using grey […]
May 25, 2021 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Russia launches mission to the sunken Komsomolets nuclear submarine Russian scientists have embarked on a mission to the Komsomolets, a Soviet nuclear submarine that sank 32 years ago during an onboard fire […]
May 21, 2021 Arctic, Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Bellona urges the Arctic Council to tackle sunken radiation hazards As Russia begins its two-year chairmanship of the Arctic Council, Bellona supports an international response to raising nuclear submarines […]
May 18, 2021 Arctic, Industrial Pollution Russia’s Northwest Komi Republic hit by 100-ton oil spill A ruptured pipeline in Russia’s northwestern region of Komi has leaked 100 tons of oil last week, including nine tons that flowed into […]
May 18, 2021 Carbon Dioxide Removal, Climate change, International climate conferences How should the world’s nations account for the carbon absorbed by their forests? We better figure it out In the Kremlin’s telling, Russia’s biggest contribution to slowing climate change lies within the vast forests of Eastern Siberia, which […]
May 6, 2021 Climate change, European Union, Fossil fuels EU Climate Law is a good start for a healthy debate on negative emissions – despite the lack of ambition Under the revised European Climate Law, the EU has set an unambitious 2030 climate target. In a recent article, Mark Preston Aragonès, […]
May 4, 2021 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Russia eyes building five more floating nuclear plants: report Russia’s president Vladimir Putin has reportedly approved a plan to power a far eastern copper mining venture by building as many as five […]
April 28, 2021 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia On Chernobyl’s 35th anniversary, Ukraine opens a new nuclear waste repository at the stricken plant Ukraine’s president has unveiled plans for a new nuclear waste repository at Chernobyl, which 35 years ago this week became the site of […]
April 26, 2021 Climate change, International climate conferences Putin promises to join climate action, but Moscow’s targets are still weak Speaking at a White House-convened international summit last week, President Vladimir Putin promised that his country, the world’s […]
April 22, 2021 Climate change, International climate conferences Biden commits to cutting US greenhouse emissions by half by 2030 President Biden on Thursday committed the United States to slashing its greenhouse gas emissions by as much as 52 percent by 2030, a pledge […]
April 21, 2021 Climate change, International climate conferences Biden, Putin and other world leaders to convene for virtual White House climate summit Russian President Vladimir Putin will join dozens of world leaders at an online climate summit hosted by US President Joe Biden set to begin […]
April 21, 2021 Climate change, European Union, Industrial Pollution The EU Climate Law delivers the world’s largest climate framework law but falls short of delivering climate ambition At Bellona Europa, we welcome the separation between removals and emissions reductions, which was a key ask we made. In reality each of […]
April 20, 2021 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Russian nuclear officials offer new promises to build ‘optimized’ floating nuclear plants The technical design bureau of Rosatom, Russia’s state nuclear corporation, has begun drawing up blueprints for a scaled-down version of […]
April 19, 2021 Climate change, European Union, Industrial Pollution Leading academics and climate experts urge European legislators to adopt separate targets for carbon removals, and ensure GHG reductions and carbon removals each progress in a manner commensurate with the climate crisis This is a watershed moment for the EU Climate Law. The current efforts to mitigate climate change are expected to fall short of the […]
April 16, 2021 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Russia to open new plant for processing depleted uranium An electrochemical plant run by Rosatom, Russia’s state nuclear corporation, has announced the construction of a new uranium hexafluoride […]
April 14, 2021 Nuclear issues, Nuclear issues in ex-soviet republics, Nuclear Russia Estonia mulls building a nuclear plant of its own The government of Estonia, the small Baltic state on Russia’s western border, is investigating the possibility of building nuclear power […]
