October 22, 2020 Hazardous chemicals, Industrial Pollution A toxic stew that’s threatened St Petersburg, Russia is finally getting mopped up Acid from old car batteries. Industrial chemicals. Bleaches and solvents. Mercury from thermometers. Cyanide. Lead paint. Pesticides. Old […]
October 20, 2020 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Meltdown in Japan Tenth reactor to restart in Japan following Fukushima disaster shutdown A nuclear power plant damaged in the 2011 Japanese tsunami that caused a meltdown at three reactors at Fukushima is slated to come back […]
October 15, 2020 Carbon Capture and Storage, Carbon Dioxide Removal Bellona lauds Microsoft for climate ambition In a major breakthrough for corporate climate accountability, Microsoft has signed a memorandum of understanding with Norway’s Equinor to […]
October 14, 2020 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Russian officials hold virtual public discussion on radioactive waste storage A recent online discussion inched Russia’s first longterm nuclear storage facility toward being realized near Novouralsk in central […]
October 14, 2020 Carbon Capture and Storage Microsoft and Norway join forces to pave the way for CO2 storage Microsoft has said it wants to remove all of its historical CO2 emissions. One of the few reliable methods that can be used already […]
October 12, 2020 Nuclear issues, Nuclear issues in ex-soviet republics, Nuclear Russia Belarusian reactor reaches minimum controlled power, last step before connecting to the grid Technicians have achieved a chain reaction in the No 1 reactor of the controversial Belarusian nuclear power plant in Ostrovets, the last […]
October 9, 2020 Access to information, Industrial Pollution, Russian human rights issues A toxic brew off Kamchatka’s beaches is killing marine life and puzzling environmentalists The first to fall sick were the surfers.
October 7, 2020 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Ukraine’s president embraces nuclear energy while relying on elderly reactors On a visit to Ukraine’s Rivne nuclear plant, President Volodomyr Zelensky issue full throated support for the development of his […]
October 7, 2020 European Union European Parliament votes to defend honest accounting within the EU Climate Law The European Parliament brings back clear emissions reduction obligations to the table and upholds the environmental integrity of the EU […]
October 6, 2020 Carbon Dioxide Removal Now is the time for an honest conversation about carbon dioxide removal The European Commission’s new climate plan for 2030 increases uncertainties and gives us a rude awakening on carbon removal.
October 5, 2020 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Cracked coolant system pipe causes downtime for reactor at Russia’s Rostov plant The fourth reactor at the Rostov nuclear power plant, 1000 kilometers to Moscow’s southwest, has been shut down due to a crack in a pipe […]
October 2, 2020 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Ukraine inks deal to fuel older reactors with Westinghouse fuel Ukraine’s nuclear corporation has signed on to have Westinghouse Electric Co fuel the Soviet-era reactors at its Rivne plant in the […]
September 30, 2020 Climate change The brawling US presidential debate surprisingly yields responses on questions of climate change After a caustic, chaotic, and nearly unwatchable 80 minutes of the televised US presidential debate, the question finally came up.
September 28, 2020 Electric mobility, Transport From Norway to Moscow in an electric car, an improbable journey made possible When a smattering charge stations began popping up along the Russian border a few years ago, they drew a small but devoted class of electric […]
September 24, 2020 Arctic, Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia, Russian nuclear icebreakers fleet Russia’s new nuclear icebreaker sets sail for Arctic at half steam Russia’s new flagship icebreaker, billed as the world’s largest and most powerful, left St Petersburg’s Baltic Shipyard this week, […]
September 23, 2020 Climate change Death of US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg makes environmental law vulnerable The passing of US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg could have profound implications for America’s fundamental environmental laws […]
September 22, 2020 Carbon Capture and Storage As Norway takes first step towards European CO2 transport and storage network, EU should match ambition The Norwegian government will be providing funding for full-scale low-carbon cement production with Carbon Capture and […]
September 17, 2020 Climate change Hurricanes and fires lash two US coasts, heralding the arrival of climate change Hurricane Sally, a slow-moving system pregnant with rain, finally made landfall on Wednesday, battering America’s Gulf Coast with floods […]
September 16, 2020 European Union, Gas As Von der Leyen Boasts Climate Action, EP publishes vote to make gas eligible for funding through Just Transition Fund As Von der Leyen took the stage to hold the much anticipated State Of The European Union (SOTEU) address for 2020, the EP made public the […]
September 16, 2020 European Union SOTEU : EU Commission must pursue the sustainability of the economic recovery. Aligning the COVID-19 recovery and other EU public funding with its own Sustainable Finance Taxonomy is key. Anything else would, by its own […]
