December 3, 2018 Climate change, International climate conferences Bellona at COP24 COP24 has started in Katowice, Poland. Bellona is presenting important solutions for the world facing potential catastrophic climate […]
October 18, 2018 Renewable energy New management team at Bellona The Bellona foundation has now established the management team that will work with the employees to reach new milestones for the foundation. […]
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.
April 8, 2016 Ukraine “Енергетичний&Кліматичний Діалог. Україна: Декарбонізація і зростання економіки” 3-й Форум “Енергетичний&Кліматичний Діалог. Україна: Декарбонізація і […]
January 12, 2016 Carbon Capture and Storage, Climate change, R&Dialogue Bellona and partners call for more open energy dialogue The R&Dialogue consortium, of which Bellona is a managing partner, has published a vision and action plan for a low-carbon European […]
August 17, 2015 Shipbreaking Norwegian Shipowners to stop beaching In an op-ed in Dagens Næringsliv, the largest daily business paper in Norway, Norwegian Shipowners Association and their CEO Sturla […]
July 16, 2015 Arctic Transport and Shipping, Industrial Pollution Waters of the Barents Sea and Kola Bay remain officially ‘dirty’ thanks to local industrial negligence MURMANSK – The prime fishing waters of the Barents Sea and Kola Bay are being negatively impacted by industry, shipping traffic and other […]
July 15, 2015 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia, Radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel Spent nuclear fuel unloaded from decommissioned icebreaker service ship fills 50 containers MURMANSK – Russia’s icebreaker port Atomflot has unloaded the second most dangerous parcel of spent nuclear fuel from the holds of the […]
July 14, 2015 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia, Radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel, Russian Navy No radioactive contamination from sunken subs in Barents Sea, say experts, but conditions must be monitored MURMANSK – Russian and Norwegian scientists have tallied up 20 years of radiation studies in the Barents Sea, Kola Bay, as well as results […]
July 13, 2015 Russian human rights issues, Sochi Olympic Games Cautious optimism among supporters that Vitishko may be released early A regional court in the Tambov Region of Russia has delayed a hearing on a petition that could free jailed environmentalist Yevgeny Vitishko […]
July 13, 2015 Climate change Climate change: A view from St. Petersburg, Russia ST. PETERSBURG—On June 6, a global citizen consultation day, held in 104 cities in 79 world countries under the World Wide Views on […]
July 2, 2015 Fossil fuels, Gulf of Mexico oil spill BP and Gulf States agree to $18.7 billion damage settlement, but will it make the region ‘whole?’ NEW ORLEANS –The federal government and Gulf Coast states have reached an $18.7 billion settlement agreement with the oil company BP for […]
June 9, 2015 Fossil fuels, Gulf of Mexico oil spill Hurricane season brings fears of massive Deepwater Horizon oiling in Gulf of Mexico MOBILE, Alabama – An Alabama chemist is warning Gulf of Mexico residents that future hurricanes could bring Deepwater Horizon oil and […]
June 8, 2015 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia, Renewable energy Russia’s expensive toy: Huge risks, rising costs, zero sense ST. PETERSBURG – Last October, the St. Petersburg-based shipyard Baltiisky Zavod – Sudostroyeniye officially announced it was planning […]
June 8, 2015 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Is Russia postponing reactor builds over power surpluses or financial deficits? Russia’s Deputy Ministry of Economic Development and state nuclear corporation Rosatom have agreed to postponing the commissioning of […]
December 12, 2013 Radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel Movement on dismantlement of decrepit Lepse nuclear service ship finally on horizon The long delayed dismantling of the Lepse Russian nuclear service ship, brimming with spent nuclear fuel, much of it damaged, has taken a […]
December 11, 2013 International climate conferences, Russian NGO law In self-immolation by Olympic torch, Putin gives NGOs millions and may pardon punkers and activists Russian President Vladimir Putin over the past several days has engaged in a series of moves that appear to be geared toward earning him […]
December 9, 2013 Nuclear Meltdown in Japan Why you shouldn’t care if the IAEA praises Fukushima decommissioning efforts On Friday the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) sent a cohort to the destroyed Fukushima nuclear plant, and headlines trumpeted what […]
December 3, 2013 Nuclear Russia Chernobyl-type reactor survives CPR and goes back online at Leningrad nuclear plant Workers have repaired swelling and cracking of the graphite moderator at the Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant’s No 1 reactor – the […]
