August 10, 2018 Carbon Capture and Storage, Climate change Bellona applauds Norwegian government decision to support CO2 capture The Norwegian government has given the green light for the detailed engineering design of a CO2 capture project at the waste incineration […]
August 9, 2018 Nikitin Case, Russian human rights issues, Russian NGO law From modest beginnings, ERC Bellona reaches 20 – against long odds Twenty years ago this summer, a small environmental agency founded by an accused spy opened its doors in St. Petersburg Russia. Alexander […]
August 7, 2018 Arctic, Nuclear Russia, Russian nuclear icebreakers fleet Putin slated to announce construction of enormous sci-fi nuclear icebreaker An advanced nuclear icebreaker more befitting a science fiction movie than the high seas will be built in Vladivostok, Russia’s Far […]
August 6, 2018 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Ukraine takes major steps toward swearing off Russian nuclear fuel In a major step toward declaring energy independence from Moscow, officials in Ukraine have announced that they have loaded a unit at one of […]
August 2, 2018 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Russia begins fueling its floating nuclear power plant under the world’s curious gaze Technicians in Northwest Russia have begun to load the reactors of the Akademik Lomonosov, Russia’s first waterborne nuclear power plant, […]
August 1, 2018 Arctic, Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia, Russian nuclear icebreakers fleet Russia to start breaking down one of its most radioactive ships next month The Lepse service vessel, Russia’s waterborne atomic graveyard, has inched a step closer to complete dismantlement as officials say they […]
July 31, 2018 Industrial Pollution, The Kola Mining and Metallurgy Combine Dangerous sulfur dioxide levels at Kola nickel plant are dropping, cheering environmentalists Dangerous emissions from the Kola Mining and Metallurgy Company dropped by nearly 9 percent during 2017, says data from the company, […]
July 30, 2018 European Union, Fossil fuels, Industrial Pollution Bellona response to EC consultation on the fitness check of the Ambient Air Quality Directives Around 500,000 Europeans die each year due to air pollution. In response to this, the European Commission has launched a ‘Fitness Check’ […]
July 7, 2018 Climate change, International climate conferences Good Riddance: Trump’s EPA administrator Scott Pruitt resigns in scandal On Thursday, America said good riddance to Scott Pruitt, whose oily reign as head of the Environmental Protection Agency is finally over. […]
July 3, 2018 Climate change, European Union, Transport What to expect from the Austrian EU Council Presidency on the climate and energy front As of July 1st 2018, Austria has taken over the six-month presidency of the Council of the European Union for the 3rd time since joining the […]
June 29, 2018 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia, Radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel Russian environmentalists demand transparency from the country’s nuclear waste industry Environmentally significant information about radioactive waste should never be secret and concealing information about the disposition of […]
June 28, 2018 Electric mobility, Transport Bellona’s electric car rally sparks through the Arctic on high-voltage Bold explorers have always heard people call them crazy, and Iya Gordeyeva, an electric car driver from St. Petersburg, Russia and head of […]
June 27, 2018 Nuclear issues, Radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel In victory for the environment, Norway will shut down Halden Reactor In a major victory for radiation safety in Europe, the Norwegian government announced Wednesday that it would be permanently shutting down […]
June 20, 2018 Climate change, Electric mobility, European Union Why construction machinery must be included in the Clean Vehicles Directive Construction site machinery is responsible for a significant amount of air, noise, and climate pollution yet remains remarkably unregulated. […]
June 19, 2018 Russian human rights issues, Russian NGO law Russia’s Justice Ministry Defends ‘foreign agent’ law by saying everybody has one In a case that’s been dragging on for more than two years, Moscow’s Justice Ministry has said its law against so-called “foreign […]
June 18, 2018 Arctic, Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia, Radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel Andreyeva Bay nuclear fuel removal going faster than planned, Rosatom says The pace of cleanup at a major Cold War dump for spent nuclear submarine fuel in Northwest Russia is going faster than planned, officials […]
June 18, 2018 Transport Cooperation for sustainable cruise tourism Climate change and new regulations, both in Norway and elsewhere, require extensive conversion of international shipping to zero emissions. […]
June 18, 2018 Transport Press release: Agreement of cooperation with Carnival The Bellona Foundation and Carnival Corporation & plc sign agreement to continue improving sustainable cruise tourism.
June 14, 2018 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Jordan turns down a Rosatom plant, but dangles possible small reactor collaboration with Russia In a blow to the international business interests of Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom, Jordan has scrapped a plan to build a $10 […]
June 13, 2018 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Kiev bolsters energy independence of from Moscow with US nuclear fuel Ukraine has committed to loading US manufactured Westinghouse nuclear fuel into the reactors of the Zaporozhia nuclear power station, a long […]
