July 21, 2021 Climate change Russian officials blame fires ravaging Siberia on climate change Smoke covered the capital of Yakutia and residents were urged to stay indoors and close windows as a series of unprecedented wildfires […]
June 30, 2021 Climate change Russian summer brings sneak peek at climate change Russia’s unique vulnerability to climate change has been confirmed this summer by a record-breaking heatwave that has lingered brutally […]
June 29, 2021 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Officials say a second Kola nuclear plant will begin construction in 2028 Construction on a second nuclear power plant in the Murmansk area will begin in 2028, Russian nuclear authorities have said, finally making […]
June 25, 2021 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Russia and Norway meet on issues of nuclear safety Through years of political tremors and mutual suspicion between West and East, the one area where Russian and Norwegian officials could shed […]
June 23, 2021 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia How did Bellona help rid Russia of its most radioactive ship? It started over lunch In order to clean up one of the most dangerous radioactive hazards in northwest Russia, Bellona took the European Union out for what ended […]
June 17, 2021 Climate change Russian parliament adopts law aimed at limiting greenhouse gasses Russia’s lower house of parliament this week adopted a law that would limit greenhouse gas emissions via an initiative that officials […]
June 10, 2021 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia New report details Bellona’s first 20 years in Russia A little more than 20 years ago, in Murmansk, Russia, the relics of the Cold War were still close at hand. Nealy 200 nuclear submarines, the […]
June 8, 2021 Climate change What is the Biden Administration’s ’30 by 30′ climate plan? Shortly after his inauguration., US President Joe Biden signed a number of executive orders aimed at tackling climate change. Among them was […]
June 3, 2021 Arctic, Climate change Permafrost melt caused by climate change could cost Russia billions, environmental minister says The Russian economy stands to lose more than $67 billion by 2050 thanks to melting permafrost due to climate change, which threatens the […]
June 2, 2021 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia, Radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel In a landmark moment, all spent nuclear fuel has left Russia’s most radioactive ship The Lepse nuclear service ship, long one of the most radioactive heirlooms of the Soviet Era, has finally been emptied of all 639 spent […]
May 25, 2021 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Russia launches mission to the sunken Komsomolets nuclear submarine Russian scientists have embarked on a mission to the Komsomolets, a Soviet nuclear submarine that sank 32 years ago during an onboard fire […]
May 21, 2021 Arctic, Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Bellona urges the Arctic Council to tackle sunken radiation hazards As Russia begins its two-year chairmanship of the Arctic Council, Bellona supports an international response to raising nuclear submarines […]
May 18, 2021 Arctic, Industrial Pollution Russia’s Northwest Komi Republic hit by 100-ton oil spill A ruptured pipeline in Russia’s northwestern region of Komi has leaked 100 tons of oil last week, including nine tons that flowed into […]
May 18, 2021 Carbon Dioxide Removal, Climate change, International climate conferences How should the world’s nations account for the carbon absorbed by their forests? We better figure it out In the Kremlin’s telling, Russia’s biggest contribution to slowing climate change lies within the vast forests of Eastern Siberia, which […]
May 4, 2021 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Russia eyes building five more floating nuclear plants: report Russia’s president Vladimir Putin has reportedly approved a plan to power a far eastern copper mining venture by building as many as five […]
April 28, 2021 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia On Chernobyl’s 35th anniversary, Ukraine opens a new nuclear waste repository at the stricken plant Ukraine’s president has unveiled plans for a new nuclear waste repository at Chernobyl, which 35 years ago this week became the site of […]
April 26, 2021 Climate change, International climate conferences Putin promises to join climate action, but Moscow’s targets are still weak Speaking at a White House-convened international summit last week, President Vladimir Putin promised that his country, the world’s […]
April 22, 2021 Climate change, International climate conferences Biden commits to cutting US greenhouse emissions by half by 2030 President Biden on Thursday committed the United States to slashing its greenhouse gas emissions by as much as 52 percent by 2030, a pledge […]
April 21, 2021 Climate change, International climate conferences Biden, Putin and other world leaders to convene for virtual White House climate summit Russian President Vladimir Putin will join dozens of world leaders at an online climate summit hosted by US President Joe Biden set to begin […]
April 20, 2021 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Russian nuclear officials offer new promises to build ‘optimized’ floating nuclear plants The technical design bureau of Rosatom, Russia’s state nuclear corporation, has begun drawing up blueprints for a scaled-down version of […]
