June 27, 2014 Nuclear Russia Kola Nuclear Power Plant to give 15 more years of life to its oldest reactors MURMANSK – The director of the Kola Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) announced that the station’s aged two first reactors are up to […]
June 26, 2014 Carbon Capture and Storage Norway commits funding to ROAD Bellona welcomes the news of Norwegian Petroleum Minister Tord Lien that Norway commits €12 million (NOK 100 million) to assist in meeting […]
June 25, 2014 Carbon Capture and Storage New Agreement signed to test Advanced Carbon-Capture and Gasification Technologies The US Department of Energy (DOE) has signed a new 5-year cooperative agreement with Southern Company to evaluate advanced carbon-capture […]
June 25, 2014 Carbon Capture and Storage, Climate change EU Funding towards CO2-Capture may spur Agreement on the 2030 Climate and Energy Package “Europe-backed finance for CO2 capture and storage (CCS) technologies may help seal a European Union climate-protection deal by October” […]
June 25, 2014 Carbon Capture and Storage What lies in store for CCS? A new publication by the International Energy Agency (IEA) takes hold of the current state of CCS in 2014 and looks at what can be done to […]
June 25, 2014 Carbon Capture and Storage White Rose funding confirmed The White Rose CCS project in Yorkshire will receive €300 million funding through the NER300 programme. What has been a rumour for some […]
June 25, 2014 Carbon Capture and Storage CO2 Solutions partners with Neumann Systems for CO2 capture pilot CO2 Solutions and Neumann Systems will demonstrate a combination of their two proprietary technologies at pilot scale in what is expected to […]
June 24, 2014 Accidents and incidents, Russian nuclear icebreakers fleet This is only a test: Russia’s nuclear icebreaker fleet gets training on handling nuclear emergency information MURMANSK–Depressurization of the the first reactor compartment aboard the Sovietsky Soyuz nuclear icebreaker – moored in Murmansk harbor […]
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 […]
