April 16, 2020 Electric mobility, Transport Russia cancels import tax for electric cars in hopes of enticing drivers Russia has canceled import taxes for electric cars for the remainder of the year in an effort to stimulate purchases of zero-emissions […]
April 14, 2020 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Days long wildfires near Chernobyl said to be under control Massive fires raging within the radioactive exclusion zone around the ruined Chernobyl nuclear power plant have largely been contained, […]
April 9, 2020 Air Pollution, Fossil fuels New study links air pollution to higher Covid-19 death rates A nationwide US study says that coronavirus patients residing in areas that had high air pollution before the pandemic are more likely to […]
April 8, 2020 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia One of Russia’s fast neutron reactors granted a runtime extension Russia’s nuclear regulator has agreed to extend the operational lifetime of 39-year-old experimental reactor as part of a wide-ranging […]
April 6, 2020 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Radiation near Chernobyl spikes as firefighters battle area wildfires Radiation levels near the site of the Chernobyl nuclear accident have spiked as firefighters battles to contain two forest blazes in the […]
April 3, 2020 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Russia’s nuclear workers isolated onsite as coronavirus spreads Workers at Russia’s nuclear power plants will be isolated from the general public and required to live in onsite clinics at their […]
April 1, 2020 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Four nuclear workers test positive for coronavirus as Rosatom steps up pandemic response The staff of at least one nuclear power plant in Russia has been put into isolation due to concerns over the spread of Covid-19, as Rosatom, […]
March 30, 2020 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Nuclear plant lifetime extension: A creeping catastrophe Any discussion of nuclear disasters brings events like Chernobyl and Fukushima to mind. But the civilian nuclear industry could be facing a […]
March 27, 2020 Climate change Russia publishes baby-steps plan toward a low carbon future After years of international pressure and increasing internal anxieties, fossil fuel-rich Russia for the first time set out a long-term, low […]
March 24, 2020 Air Pollution, Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Belarus to swap gas dependence on Moscow for nuclear dependence on Moscow A nuclear power plant built to lessen Belarus’s dependence on Moscow for natural gas – but constructed and lavishly financed by […]
March 20, 2020 Nuclear issues Covid-19 could cause staff shortages in the nuclear power industry As the Covid-19 virus grinds world economies to a halt, several national nuclear operators are weighing how to keep sensitive and vulnerable […]
March 18, 2020 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Major European bank could help Russia lift its sunken nuclear submarines The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has signaled its readiness to help Russia raise Soviet-era radioactive debris, […]
March 13, 2020 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Meltdown in Japan Fukushima cleanup struggle focuses on what to do with contaminated water Nine years after the Fukushima disaster shook the world, one of the biggest impediments to cleaning up the site in Northeastern Japan is […]
March 10, 2020 Arctic, Climate change, Fossil fuels Russia pushes major tax breaks for drilling Arctic oil and gas Russia says it will slash taxes for oil and gas companies willing to do business in the Arctic as part of a massive polar development plan […]
March 6, 2020 Arctic, Arctic Transport and Shipping, Climate change Russia’s Arctic shipments grow, despite warnings about climate change Cargo shipments passing through the Northern Sea Route, Russia’s remote Arctic sea artery, topped 30 million tons during the past year, […]
March 4, 2020 Nuclear issues France begins winding down its reliance on nuclear power France began shutting down its oldest nuclear plant last month after 43 years of operation, the first in a series of closures the government […]
March 3, 2020 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Bellona’s working group aims to keep depleted uranium imports honest Over the past several months, there has been alarm in Russian about the import of depleted uranium, a possibly dangerous substance that some […]
February 26, 2020 Electric mobility, Transport Russia weighs slashing import taxes for electric cars The Eurasian Economic Union, whose biggest member is Russia, says it is considering scrapping import taxes on electric cars until the end of […]
February 19, 2020 Fossil fuels, Gulf of Mexico oil spill New study says Deepwater Horizon spill was worse than previously thought The environmental impact of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico was much worse that previously thought, according to a new […]
February 17, 2020 Arctic, Nuclear Russia, Russian nuclear icebreakers fleet Russian icebreaker delivery delayed by electrical failure A motor breakdown during sea trials aboard the Arktika, one of the world’s biggest nuclear icebreakers, has thrown into doubt that the […]
