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Publish date: December 7, 2001
Written by: Runar Forseth
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“The action has been a sucsess,” concludes Thomas Nilsen on the phone from Trafalgar Square, while the Santas are still descending.
“The Norwegian Christmas tree was officially lit by Norwegian Crown Princess Mette-Marit yesterday. Today we have kept the tree in darkness for one evenging, as a symbol of the dark prospects the radioactive discharges from the Sellafield plant creates for Northen fisheries,” continues Nilsen.
The activists have had a fruitfull dialog with Her Majesty’s Police and gentlemen from the Scotland Yard. The police do not intend to press charges in any way.
“To the contrary, the tone was very friendly for the duration. Now both parties will go to get a cup of coffee”, a content Nilsen ends his report.
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You’ll find several photos from the action in the “Read more”-article below.
Recent attacks on Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant "mark the beginning of a new and gravely dangerous front of the war," the UN atomic agency's director general said last week.
After years of inaction, Germany is working on its Carbon Management Strategy to resolve how CCS can play a role in climate action in industry. At the end of February, the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action published first key points and a proposal to amend the law Kohlenstoffdioxid Speicherungsgesetz (KSpG). Bellona Deutschland, who was actively involved in the previous stakeholder dialogue submitted a statement in the association hearing.
In the midst of a global discussion on whether natural gas should be used as a transitional fuel and whether emissions from its extraction, production, transport and use are significantly less than those from other fossil fuels, Russia has developed ambitious plans to increase its own production of liquified natural gas (LNG) in the Arctic – a region with 75% of proven gas reserves in Russia – to raise its share in the international gas trade.
In this news digest, we monitor events that impact the environment in the Russian Arctic. Our main focus lies in identifying the factors that contribute to pollution risks and climate change.