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” […]
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 […]
