February 19, 2020 Fossil fuels, Gulf of Mexico oil spill New study says Deepwater Horizon spill was worse than previously thought The environmental impact of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico was much worse that previously thought, according to a new […]
February 17, 2020 Arctic, Nuclear Russia, Russian nuclear icebreakers fleet Russian icebreaker delivery delayed by electrical failure A motor breakdown during sea trials aboard the Arktika, one of the world’s biggest nuclear icebreakers, has thrown into doubt that the […]
February 13, 2020 Arctic, Carbon Capture and Storage, Climate change Bellona: A green energy transition is necessary in the Arctic Climate change is one of the biggest threats to the Arctic and therefore the entire plant. And while numerous nations speak of the […]
February 12, 2020 Electric mobility, Transport While the number of electric cars in Russia is on the upswing, they remain a rare sight With each passing year, the number of electric cars sold in Russia is growing exponentially, but it is still to early to suggest the country […]
February 10, 2020 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Bellona’s Russian nuclear project celebrates its 25th anniversary Bellona’s nuclear project is a tale of how a Norwegian organization and the world community helped Russia dispose of Soviet radioactive […]
February 4, 2020 Climate change, Electric mobility, Fossil fuels, Renewable energy, Transport The fossil fuel industries are under attack on four fronts – and they’re losing The fossil fuel industries of coal, oil and natural gas are now under attack on four separate fronts. They are unlikely to survive this for […]
February 3, 2020 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia, Radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel Russia eyes raising thousands of radioactive relics from watery Arctic graves It should have been an easy job. Instead, towing a rust-bucket nuclear submarine known as the k-159 to scrapping ended in a headache Russia […]
January 30, 2020 Arctic, Arctic Transport and Shipping Bellona’s Arctic Frontiers side-event takes aim at dirty maritime fuel As climate change warms the Arctic, it’s not just rising temperatures that are melting the ice. Another culprit is soot spewed by vessels […]
January 29, 2020 Arctic, Climate change Russia’s ranking officials take a miss on important Arctic conference The Arctic Frontiers conference convened in Tromsø, Norway this week, offering an important annual forum for politicians of Arctic […]
January 27, 2020 Arctic, Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia, Russian nuclear icebreakers fleet Russian government bankrolls Leader nuclear icebreaker project The Russian government has allocated $2 billion to build a goliath high-tech nuclear icebreaker it claims will keep the Arctic ice free for […]
January 23, 2020 Climate change What it means when climate change finally spooks the world’s biggest asset manager Last week, Laurence Fink, the founder and chief executive of the massive BlackRock group, made an announcement that shook the financial […]
January 21, 2020 Arctic, Industrial Pollution The Shies camp: How Moscow’s trash became treasure for a group of environmental protestors Early this month, Irina Andrianova, one of Bellona’s writers, spent three days with a camp of environmental protesters who were blocking […]
January 17, 2020 Climate change Kremlin’s economic goals could make climate change worse, Russian government agency says In another stunning report from an agency in its own government, Russia’s audit chamber has warned the Kremlin that failure to address the […]
January 15, 2020 Arctic, Industrial Pollution, Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia, Renewable energy, Russian human rights issues, Transport What Bellona Russia accomplished in 2019 To Bellona’s Russian office, 2019 was a year of waste – household waste, hazardous waste and radioactive waste. Nearly all of the […]
January 15, 2020 Electric mobility, Transport In a world rolling on electric wheels, how long can oil survive? Over the past year, the Bellona Foundation celebrated two anniversaries. Thirty years ago Bellona and close supporters registered the first […]
January 10, 2020 Electric mobility, Transport Tesla pledges to bring more electric car chargers to the far North Norway, a country known for its warm embrace of electric cars, has had a bit of a dark secret: Despite record-breaking sales of the […]
January 9, 2020 Arctic, Arctic Transport and Shipping Russia releases massive official plans for the Northern Sea Route The Russian government has published a massive new plan outlining its intentions for the Northern Sea Route, the icy shipping artery joining […]
January 7, 2020 Climate change Russia releases plan to ‘use the advantages’ of climate change and urges agencies to adapt Russia has published a plan to adapt its economy and population to climate change, hoping to mitigate damages while also seeking to “use […]
January 6, 2020 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia In change of plan, remote Arctic nuclear plant gets lifespan extension Rosatom, Russia’s state nuclear corporation, has prolonged the lifespan of a reactor it has long said it will shut down, pointing to a […]
January 2, 2020 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia One of Russia’s oldest nuclear reactors set to run until 2034 The second reactor unit at the Kola Nuclear Power plant near Murmansk has received the nod from Russian regulators to operate until 2034, […]
