May 30, 2018 Russian human rights issues, Russian NGO law Russian Supreme Court upholds travel ban on Norwegian newspaper editor A Norwegian newspaper editor has lost a Kafkaesque case before Russia’s Supreme Court where he sought to challenge a travel ban imposed on […]
May 30, 2018 Climate change, Electric mobility, European Union Bellona event in European Parliament highlights the need to address construction site emissions within the Clean Vehicles Directive BRUSSELS – Last Thursday, 24th of May 2018, Bellona co-hosted an official EU Greenweek Partner event in the European Parliament with […]
May 29, 2018 Russian human rights issues, Russian NGO law St Petersburg Economic Forum panelists trash Russian environmental movement Discussions at the St Petersburg International Economic Forum included a wide-ranging bash of environmentalism in Russia, with Sergei […]
May 24, 2018 Nuclear issues, Nuclear issues in ex-soviet republics, Nuclear Russia Chernobyl’s stray dogs are bound for new homes in the US If every dog has its day, then for the dogs living in the shadow of Chernobyl’s exploded No. 4 reactor, that day has finally come.
May 23, 2018 Arctic, Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Rosatom legislation to control the Arctic faces more pushback In a legal blow, Russia’s accounts chamber, parliament’s independent financial oversight body, has challenged legislation that would […]
May 22, 2018 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Meltdown in Japan Japan’s government weighs dumping radioactive Fukushima water into the Pacific As the cleanup of a triple meltdown following an earthquake and tsunami at the Fukushima nuclear power plant drags into its seventh year, […]
May 21, 2018 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Russia’s floating nuclear plant arrives in Murmansk The Akademik Lomonsov, Russia’s floating nuclear power plant – dubbed the “nuclear Titanic” by some environmentalists – arrived in […]
May 18, 2018 European Union, Renewable energy The Renewable Energy Directive: Wasting renewable electricity? To make the most of the steadily growing renewable power and address the urgent need to tackle climate change, renewable electricity sources […]
May 17, 2018 Electric mobility, European Union, Future energy system Bellona welcomes EU Battery Strategy but concrete actions must follow BRUSSELS, 17 May 2018 – The European Commission has today published its third and final mobility package, consisting of a number of key […]
May 16, 2018 Arctic, Arctic Transport and Shipping, Russian nuclear icebreakers fleet Putin decrees an increase in Arctic traffic President Vladimir Putin has issued a demand that the amount of traffic flowing through the Arctic Northern Sea Route reach a towering 80 […]
May 15, 2018 Electric mobility, Transport One in Five Americans Say Their Next Car Will be Electric Demand for electric vehicles is rising in the US with one in five Americans saying their next vehicle will be an electric car, according to […]
May 15, 2018 Carbon Capture and Storage, Climate change Norway Industrial CCS – Budget 2018. Research to continue, Government to proceed with at least one facility but investment decision deferred On Tuesday 15th May the Norwegian Government presented its revised Budget proposal to Parliament. The proposal sees new funding announced […]
May 14, 2018 Nuclear issues, Nuclear USA US representatives vote to revive Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump The US House of Representatives last week approved an election-year bill to revive the mothballed nuclear waste dump at Nevada’s Yucca […]
May 10, 2018 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Ukraine prepares to handle its spent nuclear fuel independent of Moscow Ukraine is preparing to reshuffle how it handles its spent nuclear fuel as the reprocessing contracts Kiev has with Moscow reach their end […]
May 9, 2018 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Bellona visits Russia’s floating nuclear power plant at sea After years of secrecy surrounding the Akademik Lomonosov, Russia’s controversial floating nuclear power plant, Rosatom, Russia’s state […]
May 8, 2018 Climate change EPA emails show huge effort to shield Scott Pruitt from the prying eyes of US taxpayers As corruption allegations swirl around Scott Pruitt, the Trump administration’s head of the Environmental Protection Agency, numerous […]
May 3, 2018 Arctic, Arctic Transport and Shipping, Russian nuclear icebreakers fleet Rosatom’s Northern Sea Route legislation ignites arguments Disagreements are erupting about which agency will control what after Rosatom, Russia’s nuclear corporation, began seeking nearly […]
May 3, 2018 Energy storage, Future energy system, Renewable energy Battery production in Innlandet county, Norway Access to cheap, renewable energy and specialized expertise creates great business opportunities for a large-scale production of high […]
May 2, 2018 Arctic, Climate change Finnish nonprofit group seeks to melt Donald Trump’s face A Finnish environmental group has come up with a novel way of getting the notoriously climate-change denying US President Donald Trump to […]
May 1, 2018 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia A divide Cyprus unites to oppose Russian-built nuclear plant Protestors from across the political divide in Cyprus staged a vocal demonstration last Thursday against a nuclear power plant Russia is […]
