Russia eyes raising thousands of radioactive relics from watery Arctic graves
byIt should have been an easy job. Instead, towing a rust-bucket nuclear submarine known as the k-159 to scrapping ended in a headache Russia…
Environment
Evgeniya Chirikova: The real cost of Russian gas
byFew in the West think about the ethics of buying hydrocarbons from Putin’s Russia and the real price of such a deal. Let’s look…
The Reality in Russia’s Fake News Attacks on Environmentalists
byWith the rise of Donald Trump, fake news hit the West with such surprising ferocity that it’s easy to forget how long Russia has…
US Congress Briefed on Russian Arctic Nuclear Cleanup
byNorwegian based Bellona briefs members of the US congress about efforts to clean up Russian nuclear waste in the Arctic US congressional staff in…
Allangorpoq: Documenting Greenland’s Transformation
byPhotographer Sébastien Tixier grew up hearing tales of the Inuits in the polar regions from his father. Three years ago, and inspired by those…
Norwegian MPs push for all cars to be electric in 10 years
byNorway’s Liberal Party has suggested that the country make a full switch to electric cars by the year 2025, ridding its roads entirely of…
Russian environmental group continues battle to clear its name under ‘foreign agent’ law
byST. PETERSBURG – Ecodefense, the first Russian environmental group designated a “foreign agent” by the Justice Ministry, continued its court battle to appeal the…
Finnish Parliament Stakes Energy Future on Controversial Russian Nuclear Plant
byFinnish lawmakers voted in 115-74 in favour of granting a permit to the Finnish energy consortium, Fennovoima, to build a controversial nuclear power plant…
The slow, imperceptible shifts of life behind bars for a Russian environmental activist
byCharles Diggs of environmental NGO Bellona visits Russian environmental activist, Yevgeny Vitishko in a Russian prison colony. SADOVAYA PRISON COLONY, Sadovaya, Russia – The…
Finnish demonstrators gather to block construction of Russian-funded nuclear power plant
by“The thing that has annoyed me most in this discussion is a certain attitude, even Russophobia, that has been evident in several speeches,” Stubb…