April 16, 2021 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Russia to open new plant for processing depleted uranium An electrochemical plant run by Rosatom, Russia’s state nuclear corporation, has announced the construction of a new uranium hexafluoride […]
April 14, 2021 Nuclear issues, Nuclear issues in ex-soviet republics, Nuclear Russia Estonia mulls building a nuclear plant of its own The government of Estonia, the small Baltic state on Russia’s western border, is investigating the possibility of building nuclear power […]
April 13, 2021 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Meltdown in Japan Fukushima to release wastewater into the ocean, says Japanese government Japan’s government says it will release more than 1 million tons of contaminated water from the stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant […]
April 9, 2021 Electric mobility, Transport Ford to mass produce electric vans in Russia, say reports Ford Motors, one of America’s top three automakers, will move to mass produce electric cars in Russia, local media have reported, making […]
April 7, 2021 Electric mobility, Transport Massive Biden infrastructure plan gives huge boost to electric cars President Joe Biden has made electric vehicle development a priority under a $2 trillion infrastructure bill put forth by his […]
March 31, 2021 Arctic, Arctic Transport and Shipping, Climate change Now-resolved Suez Canal blockage shows value of Arctic shipping route, Russia says While hundreds of ship and tankers were blocked from passing through the Suez Canal by a stranded container ship, Russia’s Energy Ministry […]
March 30, 2021 Climate change Biden administration announces major push for offshore wind energy In a major energy policy shift, America’s offshore wind industry is getting a major boost from the Biden administration as the White House […]
March 25, 2021 Industrial Pollution, The Kola Mining and Metallurgy Combine Murmansk regional polluter shuts down another of its polluting facilities A major Russian metalworks near the Norwegian border has ceased operations in a move meant to reduce emissions of sulfur dioxide that have […]
March 23, 2021 Electric mobility, Transition The trials and tribulations of two Belarusian EV drivers in Russia’s far north This winter, two Tesla-driving Belarusian businessmen named Artur and Viktor decided to take a trip to Murmansk by electric car. It was a […]
March 21, 2021 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Rosatom seeks contractor to dispose of sunken subs reactor cores Rosatom, Russia’s state nuclear corporation, has announced a tender for disposing of reactor cores from the K-27 submarine, which was […]
March 18, 2021 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Imported transformers behind November outage at Belarusian nuclear plant Italian-produced equipment was behind a mishap at the Belarus nuclear power plant late last year, which saw a newly operational […]
March 15, 2021 Electric mobility, Transport Electric car sales see huge annual increases in Russia For another year running, Russia has set records for electric car sales that, shockingly, outpace rates in its EV-hungry Scandinavian […]
March 12, 2021 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Meltdown in Japan 10 years after Fukushima, the nuclear industry still has trouble gaining the public’s trust Ten years ago this week, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake in the Pacific sent an eight story wall of water rolling toward the six reactors of the […]
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 […]
