June 20, 2014 Industrial Pollution Infamously polluting Kola smelting works undergo first planned inspection since 2010 MURMANSK – Russia’s federal environmental and resource use watchdog, RosPrirodNadzor, is carrying out its first so-called “planned […]
June 16, 2014 Accidents and incidents, Nuclear Russia Emergency shut-off at Leningrad nuclear plant picks scabs of environmental concern ST. PETERSBURG – The Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant’s beleaguered No 1 Chernobyl-type RBMK reactor experienced another hiccup – it […]
June 13, 2014 Nuclear Russia, Russian human rights issues Activist slapped with administrative sentence for drum beats protesting Tatarstan nuclear plant ST. PETERSBURG –A sanctioned protest against the renewed construction of the Tartar Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) in Russia coinciding with […]
June 11, 2014 Energy Efficiency, Fossil fuels, Renewable energy Energy efficiency could release Europe from its reliance on imported gas VILNIUS – Europe is close to exhausting its fossil fuel reserves, new studies warn, and, as a result, each year the so-called Energy […]
June 10, 2014 Carbon Capture and Storage Mandatory CCS as the solution to climate change? Making Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) mandatory is the only solution to climate change, believes Myles Allen, professor of geosystem […]
June 10, 2014 Carbon Capture and Storage Wyoming site could offer great CO2 storage potential According to a study, sponsored by the Department of Energy (DOE), the Wyoming Rock Springs Uplift could potentially store 14 to 17 billion […]
June 10, 2014 Carbon Capture and Storage Major breakthrough for CO2 capture at natural gas sites Scientists have developed an innovative technique for separating CO2 from natural gas at wellheads. The sequestration material could replace […]
June 4, 2014 Access to information, Russian human rights issues Bellona wraps up successful fourth annual seminar on defending environmental rights in Russia ST. PETERSBURG – Bellona’s conference near St. Petersburg in the town of Pushkin, which drew together over 150 environmentalists, NGO […]
May 30, 2014 Access to information, Russian human rights issues, Russian NGO law Bellona’s St. Petersburg conference seeks renewal and fortification of Russia’s environmental movement ST.PETERSBURG – Some 150 environmentalists from around Russia have gathered at a Bellona-hosted conference in the town of Pushkin to […]
May 30, 2014 Carbon Capture and Storage, Climate change European Commission agrees with Bellona that CCS is critical to securing both energy and climate The European Commission has put forward its strategy to secure European energy supplies in the face of growing tension with Russia. Bellona […]
May 28, 2014 Industrial Pollution Bellona Murmansk roundtable takes on region’s most pressing environmental issues MURMANSK – Legislative and executive representatives acknowledge the important role of environmental organizations in solving […]
May 27, 2014 Carbon Capture and Storage CCS research partnership formed between Scottish and Cypriot scientists Scientists from Scotland and Cyprus have formed a research partnership to study the viability of CO2 storage to support a more sustainable […]
May 27, 2014 Carbon Capture and Storage Reducing the cost of CCS The 2nd Guangdong International Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage (CCUS) Conference took place on May 15, 2014. Experts presented their […]
May 27, 2014 Carbon Capture and Storage The International Energy Agency calls for CCS deployment The report Tracking Clean Energy Progress 2014 examines global progress in the development and deployment of key clean energy technologies. […]
May 27, 2014 Carbon Capture and Storage Norwegian government elaborates strategy for CCS The revised national budget for 2014 states that the government will focus broadly on developing a technology for CO2 capture and storage […]
May 27, 2014 Fossil fuels, Nuclear Russia, Renewable energy Putin tells St. Petersburg economic forum that Russia to pursue same old nuclear and fossil fuel energy projects ST. PETERSBURG – Russian authorities will continue to rely on a bright atomic future for the country as well as environmental and […]
May 26, 2014 Accidents and incidents, Nuclear issues, Russian Navy Murmansk conference concludes sunken Russian subs must immediately be raised MURMANSK – It is of critical importance that two sunken derelict Russian nuclear submarines, one of which was scuttled as radioactive […]
May 26, 2014 Carbon Capture and Storage, Climate change A new European Parliament has been elected PRESS RELEASE. The citizens of the European Union have chosen their representatives for the new European Parliament. The elected members […]
May 23, 2014 Carbon Capture and Storage, Climate change Bellona Europa joined by friends in anniversary celebrations On May 21st over fifty friends attended a reception at Bellona Europa’s new office, marking nearly two decades of advocating climate […]
May 22, 2014 Bio-CCS, Carbon Capture and Storage, Climate change Solving the climate puzzle with CCS Citizens of Europe will from 22 to 25 May 2014 choose their representatives for the next five years. With 751 newly elected Members of the […]
