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Proposed cuts to public broadcasting funding rile rural Alaska radio listeners

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JUNEAU — Facing the prospect of possibly devastating cuts proposed by a legislative committee, fans of public radio and television are turning out to say what it means to the[...]
06 Mar 2015
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The ice in the central Arctic Ocean thinned 65 percent between 1975 and 2012, a new study shows. (Thomas Nilsen/Barents Observer)

Arctic sea ice ‘thinning dramatically’, study finds

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The Arctic sea ice is thinning at a steadier and faster rate than researchers previously thought, a new study based on combined observations finds. Using modern and historic measur[...]
06 Mar 2015
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Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, speaks during a news conference in Washington D.C. in 2013. (Jacquelyn Martin / AP)

Murkowski, King seek to enlist other U.S. senators in an Arctic caucus

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Coming soon to the U.S. Capitol is a new group of lawmakers: the Senate Arctic Caucus. As of Tuesday, the group was just a nucleus of two — Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski, a Repu[...]
05 Mar 2015
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Finland: Gravel used on slippery streets leaves contaminents in spring

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Harmful contaminants accumulate in the gravel used for sanding the icy roads in Finland, particularly when it is used on asphalt. If contaminant limit values are exceeded, the grav[...]
05 Mar 2015
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CANADA

Deline self-government agreement passes 1st reading

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Deline hopes to have N.W.T.’s first community self-government by April 2016 The community of Deline, N.W.T., took an important step Monday in becoming the first community sel[...]
27 Feb 2015
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Sahtu Secretariat files lawsuit against feds over N.W.T. superboard

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Alleges changes to Resource Management Act interfere with land claim agreement, treaty rights The Sahtu Secretariat has filed a lawsuit alleging changes to the Mackenzie Valley Res[...]
27 Feb 2015
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DENMARK/GREENLAND

Greenland: There be iron. (Mia Bennett, 2014)

Blog: China – Mining & housing in the Arctic

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Last week, I reviewed China’s past year in the Arctic. In its first full year as an Arctic Council observer, a status it won in May 2013 along with four other Arctic countries, the[...]
03 Mar 2015
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FINLAND

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Finland: Gravel used on slippery streets leaves contaminents in spring

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Harmful contaminants accumulate in the gravel used for sanding the icy roads in Finland, particularly when it is used on asphalt. If contaminant limit values are exceeded, the grav[...]
05 Mar 2015
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SWEDEN

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Introduce carbon tax on meat and flights say Swedish researchers

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The amount of carbon dioxide emissions within Swedish borders has decreased, but the total amount of emissions caused by Swedish consumers has increased because of things like meat[...]
02 Mar 2015
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NORWAY

The ice in the central Arctic Ocean thinned 65 percent between 1975 and 2012, a new study shows. (Thomas Nilsen/Barents Observer)

Arctic sea ice ‘thinning dramatically’, study finds

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The Arctic sea ice is thinning at a steadier and faster rate than researchers previously thought, a new study based on combined observations finds. Using modern and historic measur[...]
06 Mar 2015
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USA

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Proposed cuts to public broadcasting funding rile rural Alaska radio listeners

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JUNEAU — Facing the prospect of possibly devastating cuts proposed by a legislative committee, fans of public radio and television are turning out to say what it means to the[...]
06 Mar 2015
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Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, speaks during a news conference in Washington D.C. in 2013. (Jacquelyn Martin / AP)

Murkowski, King seek to enlist other U.S. senators in an Arctic caucus

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Coming soon to the U.S. Capitol is a new group of lawmakers: the Senate Arctic Caucus. As of Tuesday, the group was just a nucleus of two — Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski, a Repu[...]
05 Mar 2015
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ICELAND

Two sheep walking down an empty road in Iceland's East Fjords. (iStock)

Blog: China’s year in the Arctic

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Thursday marked the first day of the Year of the Sheep (or ram or goat, depending on how you translate it). Hundreds of millions of people in China, across Asia, and in diaspora co[...]
02 Mar 2015
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RUSSIA

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Russian Arctic regions of Murmansk and Yamal widen cooperation

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Two important regions in Russia’s Arctic ambitions – Murmansk and Yamalo-Nenets, have signed an agreement on cooperation. Governor of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug Dmitry Kobylkin[...]
04 Mar 2015
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