May 1, 2016 Accidents and incidents, Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia, Russian Navy Nuclear submarine fire in Russia Far East again raises questions surrounding safe dismantlement A decommissioned Russian nuclear submarine moored off a naval base on the Kamchatka peninsula caught fire on Friday, but there was no […]
April 26, 2016 Accidents and incidents, Nuclear issues, Nuclear issues in ex-soviet republics, Nuclear Russia Bellona warns the real work at Chernobyl starts now – but there’s no one to fund it KIEV–Today’s 30th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster brings a silver lining with a cloud: The wreck of the No. 4 reactor that blew up […]
April 25, 2016 Climate change, International climate conferences Renewed vows to the Paris Accord can’t be derailed by a new US president, say analysts More than 170 governments including the United States and China boldly declared an end to fossil fuels on Friday as they gathered at the […]
April 21, 2016 Nuclear issues, Nuclear issues in ex-soviet republics Chernobyl snap-shots: A history frozen in radiation 30 years ago This year has brought some sobering anniversaries. Everyone likes a round number and 2016 has handed down a straight flush of elegiac […]
April 21, 2016 Electric mobility, Future energy system Bellona Brief: Attaining an interoperable EV recharging infrastructure in Europe BRUSSELS – The year 2016 will be a decisive year in terms of EU Member States’ preparatory process for the implementation of the […]
April 20, 2016 Gulf of Mexico oil spill Debates over Gulf of Mexico dolphin deaths end as federal reports single out BP as the culprit NEW ORLEANS – On this, the sixth anniversary of BP’s Deepwater Horizon blowout in the Gulf of Mexico, the body count among sea mammals […]
April 18, 2016 Carbon Capture and Storage, Climate change Ukrainian economics and the potential for decarbonization and growth KIEV – Deep decarbonization could present economic opportunity to Ukrainian business in the heavily coal dependent and politically wobbly […]
April 14, 2016 Arctic, Arctic Transport and Shipping, Gas, Oil Experts heap criticism on suggestions for making the Northern Sea Route competitive MURMANSK – The Russian government in 2015 undertook the development of a program to develop the Northern Sea Route across its Arctic […]
April 12, 2016 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Russia setting up for new radioactive batteries months after Norway helped shut down the old ones Just six months after the Norwegian government announced it had helped rid the Russian coast of 1000 orphaned radioactive power sources […]
April 11, 2016 Carbon Capture and Storage, Gas How Norway witlessly runs Russia’s errands and passes its gas BRUSSELS – Norway had record gas production in 2015 – supplying 25 percent of Europe’s consumption, with 115 billion cubic meters […]
April 6, 2016 Climate change, Nuclear Russia, Russian nuclear icebreakers fleet Reactor extensions for Russian nuclear icebreaker gets mixed environmental reviews The Russian nuclear icebreaker Vaigach has received a 200,000-hour engineered lifespan extension on its reactor, meaning the vessel could […]
April 5, 2016 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia, Radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel Lepse dismantlement on schedule and 1000 times safer MURMANSK – The Lepse nuclear fuel storage ship, for decades one of the most poignant radiation hazards in Northwest Russia, no longer […]
March 31, 2016 Nuclear Agreements, Nuclear Russia, Nuclear USA Russia shuns major Obama-hosted nuclear safety summit Dozens of world leaders have descended on Washington for a major summit hosted by President Barack Obama to discuss protecting nuclear […]
March 29, 2016 Russian human rights issues, Russian NGO law Russia promises good things for obedient NGOs Russia’s president and Prosecutor General have offered a stick and carrot approach to dealing with NGOs that the government views as pesky […]
March 27, 2016 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Russia’s Kola Nuclear Plant to run its oldest reactor even longer MURMANSK – Despite the fact that the Kola nuclear power plant produces 500 megawatts of unneeded energy per year, Russia’s nuclear […]
March 15, 2016 Arctic, Fossil fuels, Oil In major environmental upset, Arctic oil drilling begins off Norway MURMANSK – Despite vociferous environmental protest and safety concerns, Norway’s Goliat oil platform, the world’s northernmost rig, […]
March 10, 2016 Nuclear Meltdown in Japan Five years after Fukushima, unlearned lessons spell ongoing catastrophes On the morning of March 11, 2011, a magnitude-9.0 earthquake in the Pacific sent a massive wall of water rolling towards Japan’s Northeast […]
March 3, 2016 Russian human rights issues, Russian NGO law Russian legislators and human rights officials come out swinging over NGO law amendments Russian human rights officials are slugging it out on the floor of parliament with the country’s Justice Ministry over Moscow’s foreign […]
March 2, 2016 Russian human rights issues, Russian NGO law Russian environmental NGO sues state TV for accusing it of espionage A Russian environmental NGO targeted by Moscow’s foreign agent law and dogged by treason charges against its leader, is pushing a slander […]
March 1, 2016 Climate change, Gas, Nuclear Russia, Oil, Russian nuclear icebreakers fleet New nuclear icebreaker brings flashy tech – and climate worries The race to complete the Arktika Russian nuclear icebreaker, the first in a line of new generation vessels for use along the Northern Sea […]
