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www.state.gov

[ 03.07.2008 ]
Prime Minister Putin slaps tax on foreign NGOs in effort to purge Russia of foreign influence
In yet another severe blow to civil society and non-governmental organisations in Russia, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin yesterday signed a decree that slashes the number of international organizations allowed to issue tax-free grants for work inside the country from 101 to just 12.
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www.global-greenhouse-warming.com

[ 02.07.2008 ]
Consequences of climate change for Russia are ‘here and now’ says international report
MOSCOW - Oxfam, one of the world’s leading humanitarian organizations, and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) a heavy-hitting environmental group, have teamed up to produce the first report on the impact of climate change in Russia on the well-being of Russian society.
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www.bundesregierung.de

[ 01.07.2008 ]
Coalition urges EU ministers to stimulate CCS
BRUSSELS - In an open letter to EU energy and environment ministers ahead of their meeting in Paris from July 3rd to 5th, a broad coalition of major companies and environmental organisations, including The Bellona Foundation, is calling for EU incentives to help finance full-scale demonstration of CO2 capture and storage (CCS).
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Bellona Archive

[ 30.06.2008 ]
In new AMEC twist, Russia offering to scrap aged British nuke subs
In a new twist for the Arctic Military Environmental Cooperation (AMEC) group, Russia' biggest ship repair and scrapping yard has offered to decommission 11 laid up nuclear submarines from Great Britain, a member nation of AMEC.
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Nedelya.ru

[ 26.06.2008 ]
St. Petersburg ranks as one of Russia’s most polluted cities
MOSCOW – The results of the first independent environmental ratings of Russian cities conducted earlier this month revealed St. Petersburg – Russia’s window on Europe – to be in 85th place among cities studied in this notoriously polluted country, making it one of the more polluted cities on the planet.
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NEWS
[ 27.06.2008 ]
Arbitration court refuses to hear Bellona’s case against local authorities over Second Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant

ST. PETERSBURG – The St. Petersburg Arbitration Court refused to review a dispute between Bellona’s St. Petersburg offices and the administration of the Smolninskoye District, which had refused Bellona the right to review engineering documents relative to the construction of a second Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant.

[ 27.06.2008 ]
Russian-Norwegian commission on nuclear safety meeting in Murmansk

MURMANSK – Murmansk is hosting the 11th working meeting of the Russian-Norwegian commission on nuclear safety.

[ 25.06.2008 ]
Russia opens door to foreign investment in its nuclear power sector

Russia's nuclear industry is open to both domestic and foreign investors, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov told an international nuclear forum on Wednesday, insisting that nuclear powers is both “unlimited” guaranteed to be safe by modern technology.
[ 25.06.2008 ]
Lukoil spills 4 tons of crude in Northeast Russia

About four tons of oil has spilled from an underground pipeline in the Komi Republic in Russia’s far northeast, The Barent’s Observer reported.

[ 04.06.2008 ]
European Commission warns of radiation leak at Krsko nuclear power plant in Slovenia

The European Commission has issued a warning for all 27 nations of the European Union about possible radiation dangers after an incident at the Krsko nuclear power plant in Slovenia
[ 30.05.2008 ]
Russian sub rescue team couples with Norwegian sub in unprecedented rescue drill

A Russian rescue system coupled with a NATO submarine for the first time on Wednesday in a joint exercise off Norway in an unprecedented act of cooperation for Russia, Reuters reported.
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BLOGS

Hush little baby, don’t you cry, Papa’s gonna buy you a …nuclear plant

[ Posted 28.04.2008 13:19 in Galina Raguzina's blog by Galina Raguzina ]
It just so happened the other night that I had a dream – and I remembered it. It’s an extraordinary event, basically, because for the most part, either I don’t dream at all or I don’t remember what I’ve just dreamt about. Shortly after that, another event occurred, and a truly extraordinary one this time: A bunch of complete strangers chose our city – the city I was born in and where I live, and where my mother and my children live – they chose our city for nothing else than building a new nuclear power plant.
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The Duma has no ecology committee - the only war we are fighting is against ourselves

[ Posted 14.01.2008 14:59 in Vladimir Slivyak's blog by Vladimir Slivyak ]
MOSCOW - In 2000 the Russian state organ for dealing with the environment was abolished, and late last month, the Ecological Committee of the Duma was scratched. They actually waited some time before closing the doors.

The climate summit Bali: A comparative cultural study

[ Posted 10.12.2007 11:58 in Eivind Hoff's blog ]
I know it may sound dubious, but the last time I attended an international summit was also in tropical East Asia, also in December (I did not get any tan then, though, and neither will I get it here in Bali). It was when the World Trade Organization (WTO) held its last ministerial conference in Hong Kong. But those are about the only apparent commonalities between the two summits.

Among scooters and SUVs in Bali

[ Posted 07.12.2007 17:32 in Eivind Hoff's blog by Eivind Hoff ]
As my muscles tense by my taxi’s slalom-driving on busy Bali roads on the way to my first UNFCCC climate summit, I am struck by the odd mix of vehicles on the road. Actually, I would go as far as saying that this mix epitomises the international climate debate between rich and poor.
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BELLONA IN MEDIA
[ 30.04.2008 i Taipei Times ]
Mega-markets’ movable global feast levies high pollution cost

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