April 12, 2016 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Russia setting up for new radioactive batteries months after Norway helped shut down the old ones Just six months after the Norwegian government announced it had helped rid the Russian coast of 1000 orphaned radioactive power sources […]
April 11, 2016 Carbon Capture and Storage, Gas How Norway witlessly runs Russia’s errands and passes its gas BRUSSELS – Norway had record gas production in 2015 – supplying 25 percent of Europe’s consumption, with 115 billion cubic meters […]
April 8, 2016 Ukraine “Енергетичний&Кліматичний Діалог. Україна: Декарбонізація і зростання економіки” 3-й Форум “Енергетичний&Кліматичний Діалог. Україна: Декарбонізація і […]
April 6, 2016 Climate change, Nuclear Russia, Russian nuclear icebreakers fleet Reactor extensions for Russian nuclear icebreaker gets mixed environmental reviews The Russian nuclear icebreaker Vaigach has received a 200,000-hour engineered lifespan extension on its reactor, meaning the vessel could […]
April 5, 2016 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia, Radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel Lepse dismantlement on schedule and 1000 times safer MURMANSK – The Lepse nuclear fuel storage ship, for decades one of the most poignant radiation hazards in Northwest Russia, no longer […]
March 31, 2016 Nuclear Agreements, Nuclear Russia, Nuclear USA Russia shuns major Obama-hosted nuclear safety summit Dozens of world leaders have descended on Washington for a major summit hosted by President Barack Obama to discuss protecting nuclear […]
March 29, 2016 Russian human rights issues, Russian NGO law Russia promises good things for obedient NGOs Russia’s president and Prosecutor General have offered a stick and carrot approach to dealing with NGOs that the government views as pesky […]
March 27, 2016 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Russia’s Kola Nuclear Plant to run its oldest reactor even longer MURMANSK – Despite the fact that the Kola nuclear power plant produces 500 megawatts of unneeded energy per year, Russia’s nuclear […]
March 15, 2016 Arctic, Fossil fuels, Oil In major environmental upset, Arctic oil drilling begins off Norway MURMANSK – Despite vociferous environmental protest and safety concerns, Norway’s Goliat oil platform, the world’s northernmost rig, […]
March 10, 2016 Nuclear Meltdown in Japan Five years after Fukushima, unlearned lessons spell ongoing catastrophes On the morning of March 11, 2011, a magnitude-9.0 earthquake in the Pacific sent a massive wall of water rolling towards Japan’s Northeast […]
March 9, 2016 Arctic, Bio-CCS, Climate change, International climate conferences New temperature records reached in the Arctic This week scientists voiced the alarming news of abnormally high temperatures in the Artic region. – I fear that the […]
March 7, 2016 Climate change, Electric mobility, European Union, Future energy system, Transport Ambiguous EU directive risks unintentionally retarding EV uptake 2016 is set to be a busy year for the European Union, with a number of legislative processes currently underway on the climate and energy […]
March 3, 2016 Russian human rights issues, Russian NGO law Russian legislators and human rights officials come out swinging over NGO law amendments Russian human rights officials are slugging it out on the floor of parliament with the country’s Justice Ministry over Moscow’s foreign […]
March 2, 2016 Russian human rights issues, Russian NGO law Russian environmental NGO sues state TV for accusing it of espionage A Russian environmental NGO targeted by Moscow’s foreign agent law and dogged by treason charges against its leader, is pushing a slander […]
March 1, 2016 Climate change, Gas, Nuclear Russia, Oil, Russian nuclear icebreakers fleet New nuclear icebreaker brings flashy tech – and climate worries The race to complete the Arktika Russian nuclear icebreaker, the first in a line of new generation vessels for use along the Northern Sea […]
February 29, 2016 European Union, International climate conferences What does the Paris Agreement mean for the EU? The EU’s climate and energy targets are based on an objective to limit temperature rise to 2°C rather than the newly agreed pursuit of […]
February 24, 2016 Bioenergy, European Union, Renewable energy, Transport Bioenergy in Europe’s ‘year of delivery’ Bioenergy policy in the EU is currently guided by the 2020 targets, which sets a 20% renewable energy target and a sub-target of 10% […]
February 19, 2016 Nuclear Russia, Radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel, Russian Navy Italy sending Russia a new nuclear waste transport vessel to haul submarine reactors An Italian barge and floating dock designed for Russia to further assist in transporting Soviet legacy nuclear waste to safe storage will […]
February 17, 2016 Carbon Capture and Storage, Climate change, Renewable energy ANALYSIS: A Supreme Court death could mean Obama’s Clean Power Plan Survives President Barack Obama’s Clean Power Plan – a lynchpin in the Paris agreement reached at the city’s UN Climate Summit in December – […]
February 16, 2016 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Another reactor at Russia’s Kola nuclear plant gets a run-time extension The No 3 reactor at Russia’s Kola Nuclear Power Plant has received a renewed license to operate until December 2026, adding more time to a […]
