September 17, 2018 Electric mobility, Transport Northern Norway finally catching up with e-car charging mania Despite Norway’s reputation for being the hungriest consumer of electric cars in Europe, the infrastructure for charging them has been […]
September 13, 2018 Climate change, International climate conferences America braces for Hurricane Florence – while Trump doesn’t Yet again, a massive hurricane feeding off unusually warm ocean waters is aiming for US shores and has the potential to stall over heavily […]
September 12, 2018 Electric mobility, Transport Northern Norway and Russia need more electric car charging stations, says Tesla-driving explorer Norway’s history is replete with gutsy explorers – Roald Amundsen, Fridtjof Nansen, Ingrid Christensen, Cecilie Skog. But Roger […]
September 10, 2018 Arctic, Nuclear Russia, Russian nuclear icebreakers fleet One of Russia’s new nuclear icebreakers facing delays Another of Russia’s new-line nuclear icebreakers is running afoul of construction deadlines in a delay that will likely force older ones […]
September 7, 2018 Electric mobility, Transport Kalashnikov, maker of the AK-47, takes a shot at designing a Russian electric car Kalashnikov, maker of the AK-47, the world’s most famous machine gun, has trained its sights Elon Musk, unveiling at a Moscow military […]
September 5, 2018 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia No news on lost missiles – but Russian-Norwegian group reports progress on other nuclear issues When officials from Norway met their counterparts from Rosatom, Russia’s state nuclear corporation, to discuss issues of nuclear saftey […]
September 3, 2018 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Rosatom says it’s hitting schedule targets in prepping its floating nuclear plant All systems are nearly go for the Akademik Lomonosov, Russia’s first floating nuclear power plant – at least according to Valery […]
August 29, 2018 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Kola Nuclear Power Plant’s oldest reactor to run until 2033 The first unit at the Kola Nuclear Power plant near Murmansk has received the nod from Russian regulators to operate until 2033, making it […]
August 27, 2018 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant to shut down its first reactor Officials at the Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant have said they will stop operations at their number one power unit in December in preparation […]
August 22, 2018 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Russia said to be searching Arctic for a nuclear powered missile it lost in test Following news that Russia may be searching for a nuclear powered ballistic missile that may have been lost at sea, reported first by the […]
August 21, 2018 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Russian scientists cataloguing radioactive waste dumped in the Arctic Russian scientists have taken to the seas in a research vessel as part of an effort to locate and map radioactive radioactive waste, nuclear […]
August 20, 2018 Climate change Trump administration to unveil plan torpedoing US coal plant emissions cuts In its most damaging blow to to the environment yet, the Trump administration on Tuesday is expected to roll back major portions of the […]
August 15, 2018 Arctic, Nuclear Russia, Russian nuclear icebreakers fleet Russia’s official press touts Rosatom’s eventual control of the Arctic A bill granting Rosatom, Russia’s state nuclear corporation, full control over the storied Northern Sea Route has yet to pass its final […]
August 14, 2018 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia, Radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel Italian vessel assists in removing Russian Navy’s nuclear waste An enormous floating dock given to Russia by Italy has been put to use transferring a radioactive barge from the Zvezdochka Shipyard in […]
August 9, 2018 Nikitin Case, Russian human rights issues, Russian NGO law From modest beginnings, ERC Bellona reaches 20 – against long odds Twenty years ago this summer, a small environmental agency founded by an accused spy opened its doors in St. Petersburg Russia. Alexander […]
August 7, 2018 Arctic, Nuclear Russia, Russian nuclear icebreakers fleet Putin slated to announce construction of enormous sci-fi nuclear icebreaker An advanced nuclear icebreaker more befitting a science fiction movie than the high seas will be built in Vladivostok, Russia’s Far […]
August 6, 2018 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Ukraine takes major steps toward swearing off Russian nuclear fuel In a major step toward declaring energy independence from Moscow, officials in Ukraine have announced that they have loaded a unit at one of […]
August 2, 2018 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Russia begins fueling its floating nuclear power plant under the world’s curious gaze Technicians in Northwest Russia have begun to load the reactors of the Akademik Lomonosov, Russia’s first waterborne nuclear power plant, […]
August 1, 2018 Arctic, Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia, Russian nuclear icebreakers fleet Russia to start breaking down one of its most radioactive ships next month The Lepse service vessel, Russia’s waterborne atomic graveyard, has inched a step closer to complete dismantlement as officials say they […]
July 31, 2018 Industrial Pollution, The Kola Mining and Metallurgy Combine Dangerous sulfur dioxide levels at Kola nickel plant are dropping, cheering environmentalists Dangerous emissions from the Kola Mining and Metallurgy Company dropped by nearly 9 percent during 2017, says data from the company, […]
