February 22, 2021 Climate change, International climate conferences US is officially back in the Paris Agreement. What’s next? As of Friday, the United States has official rejoined the Paris Climate Agreement, lending new vigor to the global struggle against climate […]
February 19, 2021 Climate change Biden administration ditches Obama’s Clean Power Plan to pursue more ambitious regulations The Biden administration said this week it will not try to resurrect the Clean Power Plan, a controversial Obama-era policy that set climate […]
February 17, 2021 Industrial Pollution Russia’s Norilsk Nickel hit with enormous fine over Arctic oil spill Russia’s Norilsk Nickel, the world’s largest producer of palladium and nickel, has been hit with a record $2.1 billion fine over an […]
February 3, 2021 Climate change, Electric mobility, Transport General Motors to start selling only electric vehicles by 2035 General Motors, one of America’s biggest automakers, has announced plans to end the sale of gas- and diesel-powered cars, trucks and SUVs […]
February 2, 2021 Electric mobility, Transport Norway’s EV revolution creeps northward We’re already familiar with good news about electric cars coming out of Norway. The Nordic country already boasts the highest penetration […]
January 27, 2021 Climate change Biden to ‘pause’ fossil fuel leasing on public lands and halt subsidies to oil, coal and gas US President Joe Biden will Wednesday sign a package of executive orders that elevate climate change at every level of the government in a […]
January 26, 2021 Climate change A look at Biden’s ‘climate cabinet’ nominees Joe Biden ran on the most ambitious environmental agenda of any president in US history, promising not only to roll back the damage done by […]
January 21, 2021 Russian human rights issues, Russian NGO law Putin signs new amendments to Russia’s controversial ‘foreign agent’ law As 2020 closed, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a package of controversial new laws expanding the government’s powers to label […]
January 20, 2021 Climate change Biden to rejoin Paris climate accord in one of his first acts as new US President New US President Joe Biden will announce America’s return to the Paris agreement to fight climate change on Wednesday, which is the […]
January 18, 2021 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Belarus’s nuclear plant goes offline after new mishap Belarusian officials say they have taken their new Russian-built nuclear power plant offline after a generator protection system was tripped […]
January 15, 2021 Climate change Control of the US Senate will ease Biden’s climate agenda With Democrats now poised to take control of the US Senate, the prospects for president-elect Joe Biden to pursue his aggressive policies to […]
January 13, 2021 Air Pollution, Climate change, Nuclear Russia, Renewable energy, Russian human rights issues Bellona’s Russian offices sum up the work they did in 2020, a most unusual year The past year has been unusual throughout the world. Restrictions related to holding public events, gathering in offices and taking trips […]
January 11, 2021 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Rosatom to build plant running on small modular reactors in eastern Siberia Rosatom, Russia’s state nuclear corporation, will this month begin work at the future site of a small-scale nuclear power plant in the far […]
January 4, 2021 Industrial Pollution, The Kola Mining and Metallurgy Combine One of the Murmansk Region’s most polluting facilities shuts down after more than seven decades After 74 years of operation, a controversial smelting works at the Kola Mining and Metallurgy Company, a subsidiary of the giant Norilsk […]
December 23, 2020 Carbon Capture and Storage In victory for Bellona, Norway’s parliament approves funding for first complete carbon capture and storage project The Norwegian parliament formally approved on December 15th the budget proposal for 2021 from the conservative coalition government, which […]
December 23, 2020 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia EU visit to Belarus nuclear plant called off, deepening safety concerns A visit by European experts to the controversial and newly-operational Belarusian nuclear plant was cancelled after local officials failed […]
December 22, 2020 Industrial Pollution, The Kola Mining and Metallurgy Combine Major Arctic polluter will shut down harmful smelting works by Christmas Day An industrial facility in Russia long responsible for harmful pollution will shut down on December 23, a move cheered by Bellona, which has […]
December 18, 2020 Nuclear issues, Russian human rights issues Rashid Alimov, who helped sound alarms on Russia’s radiation dangers, succumbs to covid-19 Rashid Alimov, a prominent environmentalist who led vigorous efforts to inform Russians of radiation dangers and campaigned for clean air […]
December 15, 2020 Climate change Biden pledges to hold climate summit in the US shortly after taking office The United State will hold a climate summit within the first 100 days of the Biden administration that will gather the world’s major […]
December 14, 2020 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Rosatom redesigning floating nuclear plant for foreign customers, media reports say Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom has begun offering to build floating nuclear plants for a number of foreign countries, the […]
