July 30, 2018 European Union, Fossil fuels, Industrial Pollution Bellona response to EC consultation on the fitness check of the Ambient Air Quality Directives Around 500,000 Europeans die each year due to air pollution. In response to this, the European Commission has launched a…
January 29, 2018 Arctic, Fossil fuels, Gas, Oil Norway’s new oil leases offer a peek at Oslo’s environmental hypocrisy Norway’s coalition government handed down a four year reprieve on oil drilling in the Lofoten Islands, but hedged that with…
January 11, 2018 European Union, Fossil fuels, Transport Synthetic fossil fuels: A dieselgate 2.0 in the making? Audi, the German car manufacturer, is pitching ‘e-fuels’ as a clean alternative to produce petrol, diesel or gas, without having…
December 1, 2017 Arctic Transport and Shipping, Climate change, Fossil fuels MEPs call for dirty fuel ban in the Arctic and global action on shipping CO2 Tuesday 28 November, Members of the Environment Committee of the European Parliament called for a ban on the use of…
September 28, 2017 Climate change, Fossil fuels Press release: EFTA Surveillance Authority starts looking into Norwegian oil and gas exploration subsidies BRUSSELS - Following the Bellona Foundation’s complaint in August 2017, the EFTA Surveillance Authority (ESA) starts looking into the legality…