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Publish date: July 16, 2009
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This goal applies to both, plants currently under construction and any future plants. It is defined for the period after the large-scale CCS demonstration projects are completed. Yet it is unclear how the Dutch government plans to achieve it.
“It is welcome that the Dutch government wants to be in the vanguard on CCS, but they are currently being outpaced by the US, UK and other countries that have clearer ideas for how to make CCS mandatory for coal-fired power plants,” Eivind Hoff from Bellona Europa says.
An accident aboard numerous Volgoneft oil tankers in the Kerch in mid December clearly show what can happen to aged ships when they are operated in bad weather—and when economic and military objectives are prioritized over the lives of crews and environmental safety.
In this news digest, we monitor events that impact the environment in the Russian Arctic. Our focus lies in identifying the factors that contribute to pollution and climate change.
A survey of events in the field of nuclear and radiation safety relating to Russia and Ukraine.
A visit last week by Vladimir Putin and a Kremlin entourage to Astana, Kazakhstan sought in part to put Rosatom, Russia’s state nuclear corporation, on good footing with local officials.