July 2, 2015 Carbon Capture and Storage, International climate conferences China unveils climate pledge toward COP 21 China, the world’s largest emitter of CO2, announced its climate pledge towards COP 21, at a bi-lateral meeting with the EU on 29 June […]
July 1, 2015 Nuclear issues in ex-soviet republics Spent nuclear fuel and radioactive waste management in Ukraine KIEV – On Tuesday June 23 the two NGO’s Nature & Youth and the Bellona Foundation arranged a roundtable discussion […]
June 30, 2015 International climate conferences Report reveals insufficiency of submitted country pledges towards COP21 With the decisive UN Climate Summit only a few months away, it is important to take stock of the adequacy and ambition of countries’ […]
June 24, 2015 Carbon Capture and Storage Alabama and Mississippi blog: The South as climate technology frontrunners “Almost two weeks in the Southern US states confirmed that the North American CCS train has left the station, while Europe is still […]
June 23, 2015 Electric mobility, Energy storage Bellona’s vision for attaining an electromobile Europe Currently, passenger cars alone are responsible for over 15% of total CO2 emissions in the EU. The global car fleet is predicted to double […]
June 10, 2015 Carbon Capture and Storage, Climate change Energy Council concludes on Energy Union and sets agenda for next EU Presidency On 8 June 2015 the EU Energy Council met in Brussels to discuss the Energy Security Strategy and adopt conclusions on the implementation of […]
June 9, 2015 Fossil fuels, Gulf of Mexico oil spill Hurricane season brings fears of massive Deepwater Horizon oiling in Gulf of Mexico MOBILE, Alabama – An Alabama chemist is warning Gulf of Mexico residents that future hurricanes could bring Deepwater Horizon oil and […]
June 9, 2015 International climate conferences Bonn talks: clock to Paris COP21 counts down as pressure rises Representatives from over 190 nations are gathered in Bonn, Germany from 1 to 11 June 2015 to progress negotiations on the text of the UN […]
June 8, 2015 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia, Renewable energy Russia’s expensive toy: Huge risks, rising costs, zero sense ST. PETERSBURG – Last October, the St. Petersburg-based shipyard Baltiisky Zavod – Sudostroyeniye officially announced it was planning […]
June 8, 2015 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Is Russia postponing reactor builds over power surpluses or financial deficits? Russia’s Deputy Ministry of Economic Development and state nuclear corporation Rosatom have agreed to postponing the commissioning of […]
June 4, 2015 Bio-CCS, Carbon Capture and Storage Green light for carbon capture in Oslo Late yesterday evening, Oslo City Council concluded that they want to establish carbon capture facility at Oslo’s Energy Recovery […]
June 1, 2015 Nuclear Russia Southern Urals ecological victims’ defense group fined for not registering as foreign agent ST. PETERSBURG – Planet of Hopes, an advocacy group for South Urals residents affected by radioactive contamination from the Mayak […]
May 28, 2015 Russian human rights issues, Sochi Olympic Games Russian Eco-Prisoner’s foreign visitors illegally rejected An attempt by an American environmental campaigner and her colleague to visit Russia’s imprisoned anti-Olympic activist Yevgeny Vitishko […]
May 28, 2015 Carbon Capture and Storage, Climate change, Future energy system «If it didn’t have a title, I wouldn’t know it was the Energy Union report» These were the words of a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) speaking on the morning of 28 May 2015 in the Industry, Research and […]
May 27, 2015 Carbon Capture and Storage, Climate change Businesses talk climate action More than 6.5 million companies were represented at the Business and Climate Summit in Paris last week where they called on policy makers to […]
May 26, 2015 Russian human rights issues, Russian NGO law New crackdown on ‘undesirable’ foreign organizations becomes law with Putin’s signature Tensions between Russia and the West reached a higher pitch over the weekend when President Vladimir Putin signed into law a vice-like new […]
May 26, 2015 Carbon Capture and Storage, Climate change UK government to develop crucial CO2 storage capacity for CCS The UK consultancy Pale Blue Dot has been awarded €3.5 million for a year-long project to deliver a portfolio of offshore geological CO2 […]
May 25, 2015 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia New documents show cost of Russian floating nuclear power plant skyrockets The new cost of building Russia’s floating nuclear power plant (FNPP) the Akademik Lomonosov, has spiked from an original estimate of 9 […]
May 22, 2015 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Bellona’s experts oppose building a second nuclear power plant in Russia’s Kursk Region KURCHATOV, Russia – Bellona representative spoke out against building a second Kursk Nuclear Power Plant at a public hearing held in the […]
May 22, 2015 Carbon Capture and Storage, Climate change World Bank report highlights necessity of CCS The World Bank this month released a decarbonisation guide laying out three steps for countries to follow in order for the planet to produce […]
