September 23, 2014 Nuclear Russia, Radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel, Russian Navy Work at Gremikha naval waste site continues on schedule, says Bellona’s Andrei Zolotkov MURMANSK – On September 17th, a group from the Murmansk Region’s Public Council on Nuclear Safety were allowed a trip to the Gremikha […]
September 22, 2014 Carbon Capture and Storage, Climate change Draft IPCC report urges timely climate mitigation action A draft report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), also called the “Synthesis Report”, highlights that ruling out […]
September 17, 2014 Nuclear Russia, Radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel, Radwaste storage at nuclear fuel cycle plants in Russia Russian nuke industry lies in official documents to build new reactors in Smolensk SMOLENSK, Russia – In the course of public hearings on equipping the new Smolensk Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) with the experimental VVER-TOI […]
September 17, 2014 Access to information, Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia, Radwaste storage at nuclear fuel cycle plants in Russia, Russian human rights issues Siberian nuclear installation to conduct new uranium experiments – but you didn’t hear it from them TOMSK, Russia – Earlier this month, the closed nuclear city of Seversk near Tomsk conducted public hearings on building a new uranium […]
September 3, 2014 Accidents and incidents, Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Successful safety drills conducted at Kola Nuclear Power Plant, though environmentalists are worried about elderly reactors MURMANSK – The Kola Nuclear Power Plant last week held a large-scale two-day long accident drill modeled on the conditions of the […]
August 12, 2014 Accidents and incidents, Nuclear Russia Fourteen years since Kursk sank environmentalists watch the seas for next catastrophe MURMANSK–Today, August 14, marks the 14 year anniversary of the sinking of the Kursk nuclear submarine, which went down after an explosion […]
August 8, 2014 Bio-CCS, Carbon Capture and Storage The UK seeks further CCS advancement Having already taken the CCS lead in Europe through supportive policies and two commercial scale projects under active development, the UK […]
August 8, 2014 Bio-CCS, Carbon Capture and Storage Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research comes out in favour of CCS A recently published study from the renowned German research institute affirms that combining the production of energy from fossil fuels and […]
July 30, 2014 Climate change, International climate conferences Bellona calls for a more comprehensive ETS reform BRUSSELS – During the first two trading periods of the European Union Emission Trading Scheme (EU ETS) we have observed a low and volatile […]
July 26, 2014 Russian human rights issues, Russian NGO law Ecodefense brings suit against Justice Ministry for unlawful forcible inclusion on ‘foreign agent’ list ST. PETERSBURG – The Russian ecological group Ecodefense on Friday filed a petition in Zamoskvoretsky District Court in Moscow asking that […]
July 23, 2014 Russian human rights issues, Russian NGO law BREAKING: Russian authorities officially brand four leading human rights organizations, Ecodefense as ‘foreign agents’ ahead of court decisions ST. PETERSBURG—Four of Russia’s most authoritative human rights groups and the environmental organization Ecodefense were on Monday […]
July 22, 2014 Oil, Russian human rights issues Vessel involved in Barents Sea oil protest finally returning home MURMANSK – Greenpeace’s Dutch-flagged Arctic Sunrise ship, arrested by maritime border officials in last September’s attempt […]
July 14, 2014 Carbon Capture and Storage, Climate change New report highlights importance of CCS in combating climate change The Deep Decarbonisation Pathways Project (DDPP) released its interim 2014 report which shows what actions the major CO2-emitting economies […]
July 9, 2014 Bio-CCS, Carbon Capture and Storage Significant step forward for CCS as White Rose receives NER300 funding Bellona Europa welcomes the European Commission’s announcement of 8 July 2014 to award the UK-based White Rose CCS Project up to EUR 300 […]
July 4, 2014 Russian NGO law Not a “foreign agent”: Who wants to slap the label on Ecodefense and why resisting it matters MOSCOW–In 2012, Russia adopted the notorious law that forces to register as “foreign agents” non-governmental organizations that […]
June 30, 2014 R&Dialogue EUSEW 2014: The crucial role of dialogue towards a low-carbon future The workshop ‘A dialogue on low-carbon future: developing a common vision to support EU’s energy related decision making’ took place […]
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” […]
