January 30, 2019 Arctic, Arctic Transport and Shipping Russian port data show huge increases in Arctic shipping While some in Vladimir Putin’s government may worry that they won’t be able to meet his goal of shipping 80…
January 28, 2019 Industrial Pollution Russian industry causes dangerous pollution spike in neighboring Norway Residents of Northern Norway were warned to stay indoors on Friday after authorities detected a smog of dangerous pollutants emanating…
January 23, 2019 Arctic, Arctic Transport and Shipping, Russian nuclear icebreakers fleet Bellona’s Arctic Frontiers event offers safe fuels for Arctic shipping expansion The Arctic’s icecap is shrinking 12 percent faster than it was a decade ago, and nearly all of its older…
January 23, 2019 Electric mobility, Transport Will green license plates spark an electric car revolution in Russia? It’s worth a shot As Russia works to catch up with a worldwide shift toward electric cars, one influential Moscow think tank says it…
January 21, 2019 Arctic, Arctic Transport and Shipping, Russian nuclear icebreakers fleet Russian Ministers try nervously to fulfill Putin’s Arctic shipping goals Ever since Russian President Vladimir Putin decreed last year that shipping traffic through the Arctic’s Northern Sea Route must increase…
January 17, 2019 Arctic, Arctic Transport and Shipping, Climate change, International climate conferences Moscow’s response to climate change: Bring it on As the Russia ponders a future of warming temperatures throughout the Arctic and much of Siberia, the Kremlin has adopted…
January 15, 2019 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Bellona publishes new report on the Mayak Production Association Some of the biggest firsts in the history of nuclear science came from a place that originally had no name.…
January 14, 2019 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Decommissioning Russia’s RBMK reactors by waiting for better days Recent announcements by Russia that it will decommission the Leningrad nuclear plant’s No 1 reactor have opened a broader discussion…
January 9, 2019 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Russia retires Reactor No 1 at the Leningrad nuclear plant Russian nuclear officials say they have taken a Soviet-built nuclear reactor out of operation after 45 years of service, in…
January 9, 2019 Electric mobility, Transport Norway again sets record for electric car sales Almost one in three cars sold in Norway last year was purely electric, setting a new world record for the…
January 7, 2019 Arctic, Arctic Transport and Shipping, Climate change, Fossil fuels, Gas Yamal LNG project built on a shifting foundation of climate change The polar icecap is retreating under the withering effects of climate change, but if Russian officials with the Yamal LNG…
January 3, 2019 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Visit to Russia’s floating nuclear plant aims to clear up ‘fake news’ about reactor tests Shortly before Christmas, Murmansk’s Public Council for the Safe Use of Atomic Energy convened a meeting aboard the Akademik Lomonosov,…
January 2, 2019 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Russian-built reactor in Finland again delayed The start-up date of a Russian-built Hanhikivi nuclear power plant in Finland has again been delayed over safety concerns, marking…
December 29, 2018 Electric mobility, Transport Rapid electric car charger opens on Norwegian Russian border Despite Norway’s hungry consumption of electric cars, the infrastructure to charge them has been sluggish to appear in the country’s…
December 19, 2018 Arctic, Arctic Transport and Shipping, Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia, Russian nuclear icebreakers fleet Legislation grants Rosatom control of the Russian Arctic Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom, has been granted control over the Arctic Northern Sea Route, advancing its aim of becoming…
December 19, 2018 Climate change, Electric mobility, International climate conferences, Transport Bellona’s COP 24 side event shows how to build buildings with electric cars in mind As United Nations climate talks in Katowice, Poland closed this weekend, negotiators reached fragile late night deal to keep the…
December 7, 2018 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Both reactors on Rosatom’s floating nuclear plant now operational Both reactors on the Akademik Lomonosov, Russia’s controversial floating nuclear power plant, are now operational, and its starboard side reactor…
December 6, 2018 Climate change, Electric mobility, Future energy system, Transport Bellona signals progress toward zero emissions construction sites at COP 24 event Imagine a construction site that doesn’t grate on your nerves with its rattling noise. Or perhaps consider a neighborhood where…
December 3, 2018 Climate change, International climate conferences Americans are at odds with Trump on climate change As negotiators from around the world gather in Katowice, Poland to salvage the Paris Climate Agreement, there are signs that…
November 21, 2018 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Russia is building a nuclear-powered spaceship. Yes, you heard that right The last time Russia brought up the notion of atomically powered space travel, it was to threaten the United States…
