October 28, 2014 Nuclear Russia Russia announces yet newer delivery date for first floating nuclear power plant The shipyard responsible for developing Russia’s ongoing fantasy of mass producing floating nuclear power plants said last week the first […]
October 21, 2014 Nuclear Russia, Radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel, Radwaste storage at nuclear fuel cycle plants in Russia As Russia starts studies for geologic nuclear waste repository, locals demand absolute transparency NO RAO, the Russian state’s national operator for dealing with radioactive waste, has announced it will build an underground research […]
October 20, 2014 Bioenergy, Climate change, Energy Efficiency, Renewable energy, Solar, Wind Bellona presents its roster of renewable energy sources on the Kola Peninsula, partners with Karelia to do the same PETROZAVODSK, Russia – Bellona presented its complete roster of power installations on the Kola Peninsula that are producing electricity […]
October 17, 2014 Nuclear Russia Finnish demonstrators gather to block construction of Russian-funded nuclear power plant An early morning protest of the of Fennovoima nuclear power plant’s construction the Hanhiviki nuclear reactor in Pyhäjoki, Finland – […]
October 16, 2014 Climate change Pentagon throws its weight behind crafting an international climate agreement The Pentagon Monday released a decisive report asserting climate change poses an immediate and palpable threat to US national security by […]
October 15, 2014 Fossil fuels, Gas, Oil Statoil Chief Lund resigns for post at BG energy, ending an era of environmental mismanagement The UK-based energy giant BG Group has tapped Helge Lund, the Norwegian state’s oil and gas giant Statoil’s CEO, as its new chief […]
October 14, 2014 Russian human rights issues, Sochi Olympic Games Transfer of eco-prisoner Vitishko called off amid public outcry for his freedom Yevgeny Vitishko, the environmental prisoner and anti-Olympic campaigner who was recently threatened with a transfer to a harsher prison, is […]
October 9, 2014 Carbon Capture and Storage, Climate change Norway again to scuttle its own CCS initiatives, and partner with Dutch efforts to environmental dismay The Norwegian government has for the second time in two years put its first large scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) project at Mongstad […]
October 8, 2014 Russian human rights issues, Sochi Olympic Games Eco-prisoner Vitishko to be transferred to harsher prison colony, say penal officials and supporters Prison officials have confirmed to Bellona they intend to move jailed anti-Olympic activist Yevgeny Vitishko to a penal colony with harsher […]
October 7, 2014 Nuclear Russia, Russian NGO law Ecodefense, slammed tarred as a foreign agent for nuke plant protest, finds unwitting support of government Ecodefense, the only Russian environmental group that has been listed by Russian Ministry of Justice as a “foreign agent” for its […]
October 2, 2014 Carbon Capture and Storage, Climate change, Fossil fuels UPDATE: World’s first industrial-scale CCS coal plant opens in Canada SASKATCHEWAN, Canada – Canada has switched on the world’s first commercial-scale CO2 capture and storage (CCS) coal burning plant, which […]
October 2, 2014 Nuclear issues, Renewable energy Sweden’s incoming government edging out nuclear power Sweden may soon turn its back on nuclear power as the incoming Social Democrats and Green Party announced a coalition agreement to phase out […]
September 30, 2014 Renewable energy, Solar, Wind Bellona Murmansk’s work on encouraging renewable energy in Northwest Russia hailed by regional government MURMANSK – Bellona’s Murmansk office is one of the winners of the regional state of the All-Russian Competition of projects completed in […]
September 29, 2014 Nuclear issues, Radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel, Radwaste storage at nuclear fuel cycle plants in Russia Russia reveals burgeoning amounts of damaged spent nuke fuel – and plans to reprocess it at faltering Mayak facility Russian nuclear oversight officials announced in Vienna they would pursue a strategy of reprocessing the country’s damaged spent nuclear […]
September 24, 2014 Russian human rights issues, Sochi Olympic Games Prosecutors’ appeal to free Vitishko denied as activist faces possible transfer to harsher prison camp In a major and surprising legal upset, an appeal to free vocal anti-Olympic activist Yevgeny Vitishko – brought before the Krasnodar […]
September 22, 2014 Nuclear Russia Russian-Finnish reactor approved as threat of further sanctions loom Finland’s ruling government coalition is on the brink of crumbling after as the head of the country’s Green League left the cabinet over […]
September 18, 2014 Russian human rights issues, Sochi Olympic Games Sochi Olympic eco-prisoner could walk free on appeal, but lawyers and activists urge cautious optimism A week of Russia-wide protests in support of Yevgeny Vitishko, who is serving a three-year prison sentence for his outspoken ecological […]
September 15, 2014 Nuclear issues in ex-soviet republics, Nuclear Russia Ukraine wants to turn away from Russian nuke fuel and build new plants, but Westinghouse plans stumble In the face of escalating hostilities between Russia and Ukraine – which have reached documented bloodshed and troop losses on both sides […]
September 12, 2014 Nuclear issues, Russian Navy Russian Navy’s most expensive sub sets to sea as Putin vows to defend the Arctic The newest of Russia’s multi-purpose nuclear submarines, the Severodvinsk, has finally been commissioned for full service after completing […]
September 10, 2014 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Meltdown in Japan Japan’s regulator approves reactor restarts pending public approval – how far will industry go to buy smiles? Japanese media said Wednesday the country’s nuclear watchdog has green-lighted the restart of two reactors – the first step to reopening […]
