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 […]
September 9, 2014 Russian human rights issues, Russian NGO law Ecodefense group says it will appeal fine for not registering as ‘foreign agent’ ST. PETERSBURG – The anti-nuclear environmental group Ecodefense was on Monday fined 300,000 rubles ($8,000) in court for not registering […]
September 9, 2014 Accidents and incidents, Radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel, Russian Navy Russian authorities say sunken nuclear sub poses no contamination danger – for now Russian authorities conducting a joint mission with Norway to assess a nuclear submarine that sank more than a decade ago are saying the […]
September 8, 2014 Fossil fuels, Gulf of Mexico oil spill, Oil US Government complicit in hiding ongoing damages of BP spill – are seafood dangers to humans concealed? NEW ORLEANS/HOUMA, Louisiana – Scott Porter, a scuba diver, marine biologist and self-declared surf-bum from Malibu seems an unlikely […]
September 5, 2014 Fossil fuels, Gulf of Mexico oil spill, Oil BP found guilty of ‘gross negligence’ in Deepwater Horizon spill – victims far from rejoicing NEW ORLEANS – British oil giant BP’s “gross negligence” and “profit-driven decisions” in the Gulf of Mexico was directly […]
September 1, 2014 Accidents and incidents, Nuclear Russia, Radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel Radiological survey of sunken K-159 finally puts to sea after mechanical delays A long planned Russian-Norwegian joint research trip to examine the remains of the derelict K-159 nuclear submarine – which sunk under tow […]
August 29, 2014 Nuclear Russia, Russian NGO law Members of Rosatom’s Public Chamber stand up for NGOs rights to criticize nuclear power in Russia ST. PETERSBURG – Members of the Public Chamber of Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom have expressed their concerns over repeated […]
August 28, 2014 Fossil fuels, Gulf of Mexico oil spill, Oil Crushing oyster harvest in Gulf devastating fishermen as science tries to determine if oil or water is to blame DELACROIX, Louisiana – Stanley Encalade, 54, an out-of-work oysterman doing odd jobs on boats along highway 300 running through what’s […]
August 27, 2014 Fossil fuels, Gulf of Mexico oil spill, Oil Sea monsters and devoured jobs are sinking shrimp harvesters four years after the BP blowout GRAND ISLE, Louisiana – It’s Thursday August 3, the third day of the 2014 shrimping season, and the offices and boatyards of Dean […]
August 26, 2014 Fossil fuels, Gulf of Mexico oil spill, Oil Dispersant illness robbing a once strong local generation of work, economic security NEW ORLEANS/BAYOU LABATRA, Alabama – Lamont Moore’s short dreadlocks and mammoth fists make a shot glass of his coffee mug in the well […]
August 25, 2014 Fossil fuels, Gulf of Mexico oil spill, Oil Are rising cancer rates now a fixture among post-Deepwater Horizon illness? NEW ORLEANS/BAYOU LABATRE, Alabama – The last thing veteran shrimp fisherman Jack Hill expected to catch when he participated in efforts […]
August 20, 2014 Industrial Pollution, Radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel Industrial Pollution is Public Enemy Number One, Russian environmentalists tell Bellona conference ST. PETERSBURG – Environmental activists from across Russia surrounding pollution in their respective regions and what needs to be done in […]
August 8, 2014 Arctic, Fossil fuels, Gas, Oil Norway’s Statoil comes up empty handed at expensive Arctic test well, giving environmentalists hope Norwegian state oil company Statoil’s hopes were dashed as it failed to find commercially viable quantities of oil and gas in the […]
