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 […]
April 13, 2021 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Meltdown in Japan Fukushima to release wastewater into the ocean, says Japanese government Japan’s government says it will release more than 1 million tons of contaminated water from the stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant […]
April 13, 2021 Bio-CCS, Carbon Capture and Storage, Climate change, European Union, TEN-E A determining factor of any carbon dioxide network project, CO2 storage must be recognised in the revised TEN-E Regulation With the revision of the Trans-European Networks for Energy (TEN-E) Regulation firmly on the climate agenda, Mark Driessen from Porthos had […]
April 9, 2021 Electric mobility, Transport Ford to mass produce electric vans in Russia, say reports Ford Motors, one of America’s top three automakers, will move to mass produce electric cars in Russia, local media have reported, making […]
April 7, 2021 Electric mobility, Transport Massive Biden infrastructure plan gives huge boost to electric cars President Joe Biden has made electric vehicle development a priority under a $2 trillion infrastructure bill put forth by his […]
April 6, 2021 European Union, Future energy system, TEN-E The role of shipping in CCS – developing carbon capture and storage requires flexible solutions The role of shipping in CCS – developing carbon capture and storage requires flexible solutions Recognizing that we are running late […]
April 1, 2021 Climate change, Electric mobility, Transport EV sales skyrocketed in 2020; petrol, diesel car sales in steep decline European sales of fossil fuel vehicles took a massive hit last year, dropping by 5 million vehicles or more than a third compared to 2019. […]
March 31, 2021 Arctic, Arctic Transport and Shipping, Climate change Now-resolved Suez Canal blockage shows value of Arctic shipping route, Russia says While hundreds of ship and tankers were blocked from passing through the Suez Canal by a stranded container ship, Russia’s Energy Ministry […]
March 30, 2021 Climate change Biden administration announces major push for offshore wind energy In a major energy policy shift, America’s offshore wind industry is getting a major boost from the Biden administration as the White House […]
