March 4, 2021 Climate change, European Union, Industrial Pollution, Renewable energy Hydrogen in steel production: what is happening in Europe – part one The steel industry accounts for 4% of all the CO2 emissions in Europe and 22% of the industrial carbon emissions in Europe. Several […]
March 1, 2021 Carbon Capture and Storage, TEN-E Interview: TEN-E Recognition of CO2 Storage: Spark to light the flame of large-scale CO2 sequestration in Europe As part of the ongoing revision of the guidelines for Trans-European Energy Infrastructure (TEN-E) Regulation, Bellona Europa has together […]
February 22, 2021 Climate change, International climate conferences US is officially back in the Paris Agreement. What’s next? As of Friday, the United States has official rejoined the Paris Climate Agreement, lending new vigor to the global struggle against climate […]
February 19, 2021 Climate change Biden administration ditches Obama’s Clean Power Plan to pursue more ambitious regulations The Biden administration said this week it will not try to resurrect the Clean Power Plan, a controversial Obama-era policy that set climate […]
February 18, 2021 Climate change, European Union, Fossil fuels, Future energy system, Gas EU RRF ‘Do No Harm’ criteria fail to safeguard the resilience of the recovery Last week the EU Commission published a note on the “Technical guidance on the application of ‘do no significant harm’ (DNSH)” under […]
February 17, 2021 Industrial Pollution Russia’s Norilsk Nickel hit with enormous fine over Arctic oil spill Russia’s Norilsk Nickel, the world’s largest producer of palladium and nickel, has been hit with a record $2.1 billion fine over an […]
February 10, 2021 Carbon Capture and Storage Norway proposes €200 per ton CO2 tax by 2030 Released on January 8, the white paper outlines how Norway will achieve a 45% reduction in emissions not falling under the Emissions Trading […]
February 3, 2021 Climate change, Electric mobility, Transport General Motors to start selling only electric vehicles by 2035 General Motors, one of America’s biggest automakers, has announced plans to end the sale of gas- and diesel-powered cars, trucks and SUVs […]
February 2, 2021 Electric mobility, Transport Norway’s EV revolution creeps northward We’re already familiar with good news about electric cars coming out of Norway. The Nordic country already boasts the highest penetration […]
February 2, 2021 Carbon Capture and Storage, Industrial Pollution EU’s CCS decarbonisation efforts recognized across the Atlantic, EU must build on it Last week, the B20 took place in Italy where, in his first speech as the U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, John Kerry highlighted […]
January 27, 2021 Climate change Biden to ‘pause’ fossil fuel leasing on public lands and halt subsidies to oil, coal and gas US President Joe Biden will Wednesday sign a package of executive orders that elevate climate change at every level of the government in a […]
January 27, 2021 European Union, Plastic Pollution EP calls for waste prevention and a low-carbon circular economy The ENVI Committee within the European Parliament adopted today a report welcoming the Circular Economy Action Plan released in March 2020. […]
January 27, 2021 Climate change, Transport How policies can prevent the SUV uptake SUVs emission have increased by 0,5% the past year while a drastic emission fall was registered across all the other sectors of the economy. […]
January 26, 2021 Climate change A look at Biden’s ‘climate cabinet’ nominees Joe Biden ran on the most ambitious environmental agenda of any president in US history, promising not only to roll back the damage done by […]
January 22, 2021 Carbon Capture and Storage, European Union The future of CCS in the Central and Eastern European Region CCS is now moving up on the climate agenda of many countries, as net-zero targets require a deep decarbonisation of the wider economy within […]
January 21, 2021 Russian human rights issues, Russian NGO law Putin signs new amendments to Russia’s controversial ‘foreign agent’ law As 2020 closed, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a package of controversial new laws expanding the government’s powers to label […]
January 20, 2021 Climate change Biden to rejoin Paris climate accord in one of his first acts as new US President New US President Joe Biden will announce America’s return to the Paris agreement to fight climate change on Wednesday, which is the […]
January 20, 2021 Carbon Capture and Storage, Climate change How can recycling in the cement and concrete sector contribute to climate change mitigation? Cement production accounts for 8% of global emissions. It is the second-largest industrial emitter of CO2 after iron and steel. While the […]
January 19, 2021 European Union Climate change and sustainability in the Portuguese EU Council presidency agenda We took a look at the Portuguese EU presidency agenda. According to their programme, the three priorities driving their action will be: […]
January 18, 2021 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Belarus’s nuclear plant goes offline after new mishap Belarusian officials say they have taken their new Russian-built nuclear power plant offline after a generator protection system was tripped […]
