Tatyana Novikova has been fighting an unsafe nuclear power plant right on the country's border with Lithuania. She spoke to Chris Garrard about her campaign, the official persecution of anti-nuclear activists, and her invocation of the Aarhus Convention to the anti-nuclear cause.
… Belarus - fighting nuclear power in the shadow … | 28th July 2014 Comment Nuclear Power Belarus Russia EU Human Rights Lithuania … environmental campaigner and journalist from Belarus. Her home lies a short distance from …
Belarus may have taken the brunt of the fallout from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in Ukraine, writes Kieran Cooke. But now it's pushing ahead with its own nuclear power station at Ostrovets - just 50km from Lithuania's capital, Vilnius, where the project is causing widespread public concern.
… Thirty years after Chernobyl, Belarus goes nuclear Kieran Cooke | 25th April 2016 News Nuclear Russia Belarus Lithuania Energy … novovoronezh_nuclear_power_plant_ii-cut.png Belarus may have taken the brunt of the …
Barys Piatrovich recalls the tension of unknowing during the days that followed the Chernobyl disaster. Today, barely any of the evacuees are still alive. Dispersed throughout the country, they died alone and unnoticed, statistically insignificant.
… 2014 Comment Nuclear Power Health Ukraine Belarus Radiation chernobyl-zone75.jpg Barys … got up, blowing the sand from Ukraine into Belarus and from Belarus towards Moscow? A silent scream I …
The Chernobyl nuclear catastrophe may have scared most of the world off nuclear power, write Jan Haverkamp & Iryna Holovko. But mysteriously, not Ukraine, where the reactor meltdown actually took place. Thirty years on more than half of Ukraine's electricity is still nuclear, while the power sector is dominated by powerful oligarchs. So what are the chances of a post-nuclear Ukraine?
… Nuclear Energy Renewables Solar Russia Belarus Corporations … fleet for its electricity provision. Indeed, Belarus, Russia and Ukraine continue to face … continues to promote nuclear power, and Belarus is trying to introduce nuclear …
As the warring parties fight for control for Donetsk, the country's biggest chemical plant has come under fire, with missiles landing close to pipelines and storage tanks. If released, toxic nitrochlorobenzene could cause widespread death.
… | 11th August 2014 News War Ukraine Russia Belarus Health Toxics stirol-shell-cut.jpg As … set at 1mg per cubic meter. Ukraine, Russia, Belarus all at risk In the event of a release … army, citizens of Ukraine, Russia, and Belarus are exposed to a deadly threat from an …
Thirty years since the 1986 nuclear disaster at Chernobyl the impacts are still being felt, writes Ian Fairlie, and they will persist long into the future. Some 40,000 cancer deaths can be expected across Europe over the next 50 years, and 5 million people still living in areas highly contaminated with radiation. Yet the nuclear madness continues, with even Belarus building new nuclear reactors.
… Nuclear Energy Radiation Health Ukraine Belarus chernobyl-toys-cut.jpg Thirty years … Yet the nuclear madness continues, with even Belarus building new nuclear reactors. In … 16,000 more expected 5 million people in Belarus, Ukraine and Russia still live in …
From birds to whales, Europe has plenty for wildlife watchers to love. William McLennan rounds up some of the best
… Ethical Living Wildlife Travel Europe Norway Belarus UK Spain France Society Green Living … . Find out more: www.tourisme.ville.arles.fr Belarus Why it’s great: More than 40 percent of land-locked Belarus is covered with dense forest, which …
Britain's long-suffering nuclear bomb test veterans have once again had justice denied to them, writes Chris Busby, by a shocking piece of judicial chicanery in London's High Court in which the judge whimsically excluded all the scientific evidence that did not suit the Ministry of Defence. But the veterans' fight for justice and scientific truth continues, facing its next test in the Court of Appeal.
… has a long history. A recent example from Belarus, which has a Soviet-style legal … The dairy company sued the reporter in the Belarus courts for reputational damage. The … guilty . Blake would feel quite at home in Belarus. In the test veteran's case the main …
Just as climate change deniers leap from scientific uncertainty over the precise impacts of greenhouse gas emissions to certainty of little or no impact at all, so 'pro-nuclear environmentalists' conflate uncertainty of the mortality arising from Chernobyl and other nuclear disasters to certainty of few if any deaths, writes Jim Green. Their position is equally indefensible.
… Nuclear Health Science Radiation WMD Ukraine Belarus doll.jpg Just as climate change … deaths among people exposed to lower doses in Belarus, the Russian Federation and Ukraine. … Energy Agency and the governments of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine - and discover that 'the …
It was 28 years ago today that Reactor 4 at the Chernobyl nuclear plant in Ukraine ruptured and ignited, sending a massive plume of radiation across Europe. Jim Green assesses the scientific evidence for how many people died as a result of the catastrophe.
… among populations exposed to lower doses in Belarus, the Russian Federation and Ukraine. … of the other cancers are expected to occur in Belarus, Ukraine and the most contaminated … of human suffering. "The new data, based on Belarus national cancer statistics, predicts …
The next Chernobyl scale nuclear disaster could happen in Chernobyl as the Ukraine conflict intensifies.
… and multiple rocket-launcher fire in the Belarus-Ukraine border area could also … or that less than a week ago a referendum in Belarus revoked the nuclear-weapon-free pledge in its constitution, or that Belarusian president Aleksander Lukashenko …
Britain's nuclear bomb test veterans suffered severe genetic damage from radiation, writes Chris Busby, and their case for compensation is being heard in the High Court today. Key to their case is evidence of similar damage inflicted on in utero babies exposed to radiation from the Chernobyl disaster, and how the dreadful health impacts of radiation cascade down to future generations.
… WMD Health Law Science UK Ukraine Russia Belarus op_hurricane-cut.jpg Britain's nuclear … from Germany, Turkey, Greece, Croatia, Egypt, Belarus, Ukraine, Russia, Hungary, Italy, the …
A legacy of lies and covered-up accidents has left nuclear energy with a serious credibility gap, writes Paul Brown. But poor safety is only the beginning of the industry's problems. With 'new improved' reactor designs all running late and way over budget, any nuclear revival can only be sustained at massive, unaffordable taxpayer cost.
… was Chernobyl on the border of Ukraine and Belarus in 1986: the top blew off one of the … have been many birth defects and cancers. Belarus, worst hit by the disaster, is anxious …
A review of the 66 nuclear reactors 'under construction' worldwide shows that 49 are running behind schedule, including all five in the US and most in China. The long and unpredictable build times of nuclear plants, and the extra costs that ensue, are a compelling reason not to depend on the technology for either power or to mitigate climate change.
… than 20 years, and another for 12 years. With Belarus , a new country was added in the last … 13 reactors comprise: Argentina (1), Belarus (2), China (7), South Korea (1), UAE …
The UK-China plan for new nuclear build in England defy the evolving reality of 21st century power networks, writes Paul Dorfman. In China itself, the nuclear dream is hitting construction problems and delays, while wind and solar blossom at ever falling cost. But the phenomenon is global. Despite some governments' nuclear obduracy, renewables are winning the race hands down.
… either planning to build for the first time (Belarus and United Arab Emirates), have signed … which is building plants in Russia and Belarus and claims more reactor orders from …
Russia's decision to ban the import and exports of harp seal skins is a big step forward for the campaign against the Canadian seal hunt, says Robbie Marsland, Director of IFAW-UK
… Federation, along with its customs partners Belarus and Kazakhstan, has banned the import …
New regulations on animal slaughter are in force across Russia, writes Georgy Borodyansky, with devastating effects on small farmers and consumers, who face a three-fold hike in the price of meat. Will the 'health and safety' madness destroy Russia's main producers of wholesome food?
… across the Customs Union (comprising Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan) on 1 May, with wide …
Russia has announced that it will build the first thermal nuclear power station in Kazakhstan, the world's largest uranium producer, writes Komila Nabiyeva. But where in that vast country will it be located? Who will own and operate it? How many reactors are planned? Who will get the power? And will it ever actually happen?
… Economic Union with his counterparts from Belarus and Kazakhstan in the Kazakh capital …
Sanctions against Russian natural resource tycoons could be good for the environment, writes eco-campaigner Konstantin Rubakhin - if only they would target the right people. But so far, the EU has been turning a blind eye to powerful Kremlin insiders with an open licence to pollute and destroy.
… in 1942, in the Belovezhskaya forest in Belarus. He walks through the forest and sees …
Poland's environment ministry has a plan for a huge increase in logging in Europe's last great primeval forest, writes Zachary Davies Boren. Officials claim it's to control bark beetles. But ecologists say the insects are regulated naturally within the forest ecosystem, while logging threatens huge damage to irreplaceable biodiversity.
… Forests Biodoversity Ecology UNESCO Poland Belarus EU Law fallen-tree-cut.jpg Poland's … spans 1,600 square kilometres at the Polish-Belarusian border, is one of the most …
Pressure is building on the European Court of Justice ahead of a decision on whether to uphold a logging ban in Poland. CATHERINE EARLY reports
… woodland on the border between Poland and Belarus, parts of which are untouched by … Heritage List, UNESCO said. Meanwhile, the Belarusian government has increased the strict …
The European Union's top court ruled today that increased logging in Białowieża broke EU nature laws. The Polish government must now reverse decisions that allowed logging, or face fines of up to tens of millions of euros. CATHERINE EARLY reports
… Located on the border between Poland and Belarus, it covers around 140,000 hectares and …
The HBO miniseries 'Chernobyl' engaged our hearts - but not our minds. We need to shift focus from the USSR to the Western nuclear lobby.
… living in the most contaminated villages in Belarus, Ukraine and Russia. Their illness and … the radioactive fallout occurred outside Belarus, Ukraine and Russia. By way of … on this matter. The leaders of Ukraine, Belarus and Russia are simply the local …