April 28, 2015 Carbon Capture and Storage DECC decarbonisation roadmaps for heavy industry – the case of chemicals On 25 March 2015 the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), together with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills […]
April 24, 2015 Carbon Capture and Storage, Climate change, Fossil fuels BP commits to more climate-related information, but promises nothing on concrete action 98% of BP shareholders have voted for a resolution on climate change at the BP annual general meeting held on 16 April 2015. The resolution […]
April 24, 2015 Industrial Pollution A tale of how the West is polluting Murmansk: a day in the life of a ‘foreign agent’ MURMANSK – How to state environmentalists explain the complex environmental conditions of the Murmansk region while ignoring a spike in […]
April 23, 2015 Carbon Capture and Storage, International climate conferences What the post-2015 climate deal should look like 17 of the world’s top scientists and academics have today launched a joint statement, the ‘Earth Statement’, outlining eight […]
April 22, 2015 Nuclear Russia, Radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel, Russian Navy Raising sunken nuclear subs finally taking center stage MURMANSK─ Two nuclear submarines lost or sunk by the Russian and Soviet Navies still lay at the bottom of the sea posing a possible source […]
April 20, 2015 Fossil fuels, Gulf of Mexico oil spill The Gulf of Mexico disaster five years later: A Bellona seminar Today marks five years since the BP disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. Eleven lives were lost when the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded and the […]
April 20, 2015 Climate change, Electric mobility 100 mayors adopt Seoul Declaration for sustainable cities 100 mayors gathered in Seoul, South Korea, on 9 April 2015, for the ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability, World Congress 2015 […]
April 15, 2015 Bio-CCS, Carbon Capture and Storage European politicians back compromise biofuels deal During a meeting of the European Parliament’s Environment Committee (ENVI) this week, agreement was reached on a compromise deal to […]
April 15, 2015 Carbon Capture and Storage Norway and Czech Republic establish cooperation on CCS Norway and the Czech Republic have agreed to enhance cooperation in promoting Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) as a crucial climate […]
April 14, 2015 Carbon Capture and Storage, Climate change CCS recognised as “climate mitigation finance” by global financial institutions Major financial institutions have recently published a list of guiding principles for future investments in clean energy in a document […]
April 14, 2015 Carbon Capture and Storage, Climate change DECC releases decarbonisation roadmaps for heavy industry – the case of iron and steel On 25 March 2015 the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), together with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills […]
April 9, 2015 Carbon Capture and Storage, Climate change Australian ‘business as usual’ approach poses risk of disastrous climate change The Australian government has recently released an issues paper entitled ‘Setting Australia’s post-2020 target for greenhouse gas […]
April 7, 2015 Accidents and incidents, Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Russian nuclear submarine still smoldering after serious fire in dry-dock MURMANSK – The Orel, a Russian nuclear submarine undergoing repairs at the Zvezdochka shipyard in the Arkhangelsk Region caught fire […]
April 1, 2015 Carbon Capture and Storage A CCS Roadmap for Portugal Bellona has been an active contributor in a year-long project which has resulted in the publication of a CCS Roadmap for Portugal. A key […]
April 1, 2015 Carbon Capture and Storage UK takes steps to commercial CCS deployment The UK and Scottish governments have announced plans to dedicate more than €5 million for engineering and feasibility studies for a Carbon […]
March 31, 2015 Carbon Capture and Storage, Climate change, Fossil fuels UN Green Climate Fund fails to prohibit funding to coal plants Following last week’s (24-26 March 2015) meeting of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board in Songdo, Republic of Korea, Bellona is […]
March 31, 2015 Carbon Capture and Storage, Climate change DECC releases decarbonisation roadmaps for heavy industry – the case of cement On 25 March 2015 the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), together with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills […]
March 30, 2015 Carbon Capture and Storage, Climate change, Electric mobility, Energy Efficiency European cities pledge to boost climate action Representatives of 30 European cities gathered in Paris on 26 March 2015 to declare their commitment to undertaking ambitious climate […]
March 27, 2015 Carbon Capture and Storage, Climate change Norway approves new climate change law On 25 March 2015 Norwegian law-makers backed plans for new climate change legislation to be introduced by 2017. This comes just two months […]
March 19, 2015 Carbon Capture and Storage, Climate change, Fossil fuels RWE and E.On face self-inflicted existential crises German power giants RWE and E.On, two of Europe’s biggest CO2 emitters, last week released their 2014 Annual Earnings Statements, […]