September 17, 2018 Electric mobility, Transport Northern Norway finally catching up with e-car charging mania Despite Norway’s reputation for being the hungriest consumer of electric cars in Europe, the infrastructure for charging them has been […]
September 13, 2018 Climate change, International climate conferences America braces for Hurricane Florence – while Trump doesn’t Yet again, a massive hurricane feeding off unusually warm ocean waters is aiming for US shores and has the potential to stall over heavily […]
September 13, 2018 Climate change, Electric mobility, Transport Bellona and Oslo Taxi team up on Clean Vehicle Day On Tuesday 4th of September, Bellona and Oslo Taxi teamed up for the 4th year in a row to showcase the progress of zero-emission taxis at […]
September 12, 2018 Electric mobility, Transport Northern Norway and Russia need more electric car charging stations, says Tesla-driving explorer Norway’s history is replete with gutsy explorers – Roald Amundsen, Fridtjof Nansen, Ingrid Christensen, Cecilie Skog. But Roger […]
September 10, 2018 Arctic, Nuclear Russia, Russian nuclear icebreakers fleet One of Russia’s new nuclear icebreakers facing delays Another of Russia’s new-line nuclear icebreakers is running afoul of construction deadlines in a delay that will likely force older ones […]
September 10, 2018 Transport The start of a national effort to install shore power Today the Port of Kristiansand opens Norway’s first, and Europe’s largest shore power installation for cruise ships. Now Bellona […]
September 7, 2018 Electric mobility, Transport Kalashnikov, maker of the AK-47, takes a shot at designing a Russian electric car Kalashnikov, maker of the AK-47, the world’s most famous machine gun, has trained its sights Elon Musk, unveiling at a Moscow military […]
September 5, 2018 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia No news on lost missiles – but Russian-Norwegian group reports progress on other nuclear issues When officials from Norway met their counterparts from Rosatom, Russia’s state nuclear corporation, to discuss issues of nuclear saftey […]
September 3, 2018 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Rosatom says it’s hitting schedule targets in prepping its floating nuclear plant All systems are nearly go for the Akademik Lomonosov, Russia’s first floating nuclear power plant – at least according to Valery […]
August 29, 2018 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Kola Nuclear Power Plant’s oldest reactor to run until 2033 The first unit at the Kola Nuclear Power plant near Murmansk has received the nod from Russian regulators to operate until 2033, making it […]
August 27, 2018 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant to shut down its first reactor Officials at the Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant have said they will stop operations at their number one power unit in December in preparation […]
August 27, 2018 Carbon Capture and Storage, Climate change, Future energy system From a ‘waste disposal’ problem to a ‘CO2 industry’ opportunity Politicians, industry, academia and NGOs all gathered for the annual week of discussions and political events in Arendal, Norway earlier […]
August 22, 2018 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Russia said to be searching Arctic for a nuclear powered missile it lost in test Following news that Russia may be searching for a nuclear powered ballistic missile that may have been lost at sea, reported first by the […]
August 21, 2018 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Russian scientists cataloguing radioactive waste dumped in the Arctic Russian scientists have taken to the seas in a research vessel as part of an effort to locate and map radioactive radioactive waste, nuclear […]
August 20, 2018 Climate change Trump administration to unveil plan torpedoing US coal plant emissions cuts In its most damaging blow to to the environment yet, the Trump administration on Tuesday is expected to roll back major portions of the […]
August 15, 2018 Arctic, Nuclear Russia, Russian nuclear icebreakers fleet Russia’s official press touts Rosatom’s eventual control of the Arctic A bill granting Rosatom, Russia’s state nuclear corporation, full control over the storied Northern Sea Route has yet to pass its final […]
August 14, 2018 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia, Radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel Italian vessel assists in removing Russian Navy’s nuclear waste An enormous floating dock given to Russia by Italy has been put to use transferring a radioactive barge from the Zvezdochka Shipyard in […]
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 […]
