September 24, 2013 Oil UPDATE: As activist vessel arrives in Russian port under Coast Guard tow, all on board threatened with piracy charges As the Greenpeace vessel Arctic Sunrise arrived in the northern Russian port of Severomorsk near Murmansk, authorities said that 30 […]
September 23, 2013 Oil Murmansk awaiting return of arrested activists from Arctic oil rig – Russian officials say piracy charges loom Officials from Russian law enforcement agencies and environmentalists have gathered in Murmansk to await the expected arrival of a ship of […]
September 20, 2013 Carbon Capture and Storage Mongstad CCS demonstration plant wrecked by incompetence and big oil shenanigans Norway today dropped plans for a full-scale Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) facility at the Mongstad refinery in a decision that could be […]
September 20, 2013 Gas, Oil The Arctic hosts a week of worried discussion and environmental protest MURMANSK – The Arctic, a unique region with a fragile ecosystem that has enormous significance for many countries, has again become the […]
September 18, 2013 Ukategorisert Russian investigators admit to 15 injuries after nuclear sub fire in Vladivostok, contradicting earlier reports Russian investigators of the fire that broke out aboard the Tomsk nuclear submarine Monday morning near Vladivostok have now admitted that […]
September 18, 2013 Arctic, Oil Foundering vessel in Arctic finally rescued by icebreakers, Russian maritime authorities not pleased by incident The beleaguered Norvik tanker, left adrift and taking on water for over a week after hitting an ice floe on the Northern Sea route – where […]
September 17, 2013 Radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel Another stagnate year in the fate of the Russian nuclear service ship Lepse MURMANSK – A year has passed since the hazardous Lepse floating spent nuclear fuel and radioactive waste service ship was towed from the […]
September 16, 2013 Nuclear Meltdown in Japan Japan_Shut_Downs_TyphoonJapan halts last two reactors for tech inspections while Fukushima braces against typhoons Japan early Monday shut down its last functioning nuclear reactor for stringent new checks by the country’s new regulatory body, with no […]
September 16, 2013 Accidents and incidents UPDATE: Fire on Russian Pacific Fleet nuclear submarine said to be extinguished with no casualties or radiation leaks A fire that broke out Monday morning aboard the K-150 Tomsk nuclear-powered submarine of Russia’s Pacific Fleet, which was undergoing […]
September 13, 2013 Gas Arctic gas ambitions to cost Russian tax payers a pretty penny MURMANSK – Russian oil and gas monopolists have announced they are ready to independently tackle deposits on the Arctic continental shelf, […]
September 12, 2013 Arctic, Oil Rescue plans for damaged tanker in Arctic unclear as Russian military flotilla steams by A Russian tanker loaded with diesel fuel, which last week was crippled on the Northern Sea Route after colliding with an ice floe, remains […]
September 11, 2013 Renewable energy UPDATE: Biofuel vote in the European Parliament The European Parliament today (11 September) voted in favour of the draft report by liberal MEP Corinne Lepage on updating the EU’s […]
September 11, 2013 Nuclear issues Norway’s Halden reactor institute skirting law by sharing nuclear research for potential military use A major Norwegian nuclear technology institute has, as the result of Bellona legal pressure, admitted it has carelessly shared nuclear fuel […]
September 9, 2013 Climate change Russian press attacks over alleged Norwegian pollution distracting and ill-informed, say observers A steady drum beat of reports in the Russian media based on poorly understood pollution data that cast Norway as a villain in Murmansk’s […]
September 6, 2013 Russian NGO law UPDATE: Obama meeting with Russian NGOs proves his single success after two-day showdown at economic forum Fresh from a two-day long ear-boxing from nearly every nation in the world over his unilateral support of going to war with Syria, US […]
September 6, 2013 Renewable energy Biofuel debate draws crowds in the European Parliament Wednesday 4 September saw Members of the European Parliament (MEP) hosting ‘The big debate: Biofuels’, with a panel of experts from […]
September 5, 2013 Nuclear Meltdown in Japan New radiation spikes at Fukushima as technicians engage in ‘whack-a-mole’ problem solving methods Radiation levels around tanks storing contaminated water at Japan’s tsunami-stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant have jumped to a […]
September 3, 2013 Climate change Bellona challenges Statoil in environmental high-level meeting in Oslo Eleven ministers of environment, leaders of several UN organizations and companies heads are meeting in Oslo today to discuss short-lived […]
September 2, 2013 Nuclear Meltdown in Japan Ocean dumps of leaking water at Fukushima ‘unavoidable’ says Japanese nuclear regulator Japan’s nuclear regulator Monday announced that highly radioactively contaminated water from the tsunami-stricken Fukushima Daiichi […]
September 2, 2013 Climate change FEATURE: Future success of new agricultural burning ban in Russia’s Kuban region hampered by scant enforcement options ST. PETERSBURG–Legislators in the vast Black Sea region of Kuban in Russia’s South have amended the regional air quality protection law […]
