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 […]
December 11, 2020 Accidents and incidents, Nuclear issues Finnish nuclear officials report ‘serious’ incident at Olkiluoto reactor, but no radiation leak Finland’s nuclear safety authority said Thursday that radiation levels had risen following an incident at the Olkiluoto 2 nuclear unit in […]
December 10, 2020 Climate change, Renewable energy What is Russia’s climate future as the EU moves toward a low carbon economy? Just how ambitious are Russia’s goals to rein in greenhouse gas emissions? Is the country ready to take steps toward a low carbon economy? […]
December 8, 2020 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Bellona’s new report maps a course of action for neglected Ukrainian uranium processor It won’t come as a surprise that radioactive contamination is a major problem facing the government of Ukraine, the country that inherited […]
December 3, 2020 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia A five-year review of Russia’s efforts to address its radiation hazards One of Russia’s most pivotal programs for addressing radiation hazards turned 5 years old last month, marking a time for scientists, […]
November 30, 2020 Electric mobility, Transport Major Russian Auto Magazine says e-cars aren’t worth it: We Respond As the sale of electric cars in Russia experiences a modest but steady uptick, Russia’s most influential automotive magazine, Auto.ru […]
November 19, 2020 Arctic, Industrial Pollution Russia’s technical agency says melting permafrost did not cause summer oil spill in Arctic Russia’s technical oversight agency has said that last summer’s massive spill of diesel fuel into the waters of northern Siberia, which […]
November 17, 2020 Fossil fuels, Gas Hammerfest LNG fire caused by negligent maintenance practices, major Bellona investigation finds A fire that broke out at the Melkoeya liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant in Norway in September was caused by an oil leak brought about by […]
November 12, 2020 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Leningrad nuclear power plant shuts down its No 2 reactor for decommissioning Russian nuclear officials say they have shut down the second of the original reactors at the Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant, paving the way […]
November 10, 2020 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Electricity production at Belarusian nuclear plant ceases in wake of mishap The controversial Belarusian nuclear power plant has halted electricity production only three days after launching its first Russian-built […]
November 9, 2020 Climate change How far can President-elect Joe Biden go to salvage US climate efforts? Joe Biden, the projected winner of the US presidency, plans to restore dozens of environmental rollbacks enacted by the administration of […]
