Finland: Talvivaara gets extra time for restructuring plan
The beleaguered Finnish mining company Talvivaara has caught a break in the form of extra time to re-submit a restructur
Sweden’s environment minister wants nuclear reactors closed; company says no plans to do so
The Green Party environment minister wants Sweden to close two nuclear power plant reactors over the next four years, th
Rosneft won’t resume drilling in Kara Sea in 2015
Russian oil company Rosneft will probably not be able to resume drilling in the Kara Sea this year after ExxonMobil with
Finland invited to join Air Force exercises in US
The Finnish Air Force is considering an invitation to send Hornet fighter jets to take part in military exercises in the

The tugs Aiviq and Nanuq tow the mobile drilling unit Kulluk 80 miles southwest of Kodiak City, Alaska on Dec. 29, 2012. (Petty Officer 1st Class Sara Francis / United States Coast Guard / AP)

Obama, oil drilling and injustice in Canada’s North: Arctic Week in Review

On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories on Eye on the Arctic this week. From Obama to ANWR to Arctic drilling, news from Alaska dominated many hea[...]

30 Jan 2015

Tag ANWR, courts, drilling, energy, indigenous, Inuit, law, Obama, Quebec Bar Association

Conoco dials back investment in Arctic Alaska

While Shell announced yesterday it’s investing in its Arctic prospects, ConocoPhillips Alaska says it’s dialing back a bit. Conoco issued a statement saying it is “slowing the pac[...]

30 Jan 2015

Tag energy, National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, North, Shell

Svalbard coal mining might ultimately be replaced by other industries. (Thomas Nilsen/Barents Observer)

Norway announces white paper on Svalbard’s future

As the Svalbard coal company dismisses staff and pleads for crisis money, the Norwegian government announces that it will make a new whitepaper on the Arctic archipelago. The futur[...]

30 Jan 2015

Tag Arctic, coal, Longyearbyen, mining, politics

Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott issues the oath of office to members of the Alaska House of Representatives on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015 during the opening of the 29th Alaska Legislature. (James Brooks/Juneau Empire/AP Photo)

Alaska administration wants better relationship with tribal governments

JUNEAU — The Walker administration intends to open a new era of relations between tribal and other governments that will have them working together to improve Alaskans’ lives[...]

30 Jan 2015

Tag aboriginal, Arctic, indigenous, North

Obama, oil drilling and injustice in Canada’s North: Arctic Week in Review

On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories on Eye on the Arctic this week. From Obama to ANWR to Arctic drilling, news from Alaska dominated many hea[...]

30 Jan 2015

Tag ANWR, courts, drilling, energy, indigenous, Inuit, law, Obama, Quebec Bar Association

Old chart identified as artifact from ill-fated Arctic voyage of the Karluk

A stained and torn navigational chart donated two years ago to a museum in Maine turns out to be a document used on an infamous and ill-fated Arctic exploration voyage a century ag[...]

26 Jan 2015

Tag Alaska, Canada, history, museums, Russia

The old town in Greenland's captial city of Nuuk. (Eilís Quinn/Eye on the Arctic)

Blog: Greenland – barrels of oil and bottles of water

In the past week, there have been two interesting stories about Greenland in the news. The first is in The Economist,entitled, “Greenland and oil: Independence on ice.” The article[...]

29 Jan 2015

Tag Arctic, Asia, China, COMMODITIES, energy, Greenland, ice, Infrastructure, oil

The Talvivaara Mining Company has been granted an extension to file an updated restructuring plan with the Espoo district court. (Yle)

Finland: Talvivaara gets extra time for restructuring plan

The beleaguered Finnish mining company Talvivaara has caught a break in the form of extra time to re-submit a restructuring proposal to write off the company’s debts and find new i[...]

30 Jan 2015

Tag Espoo, mining, restructuring, Suomi

Åsa Romson, Sweden's environment minister, pictured above in September 2014. (Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP/Getty)

Sweden’s environment minister wants nuclear reactors closed; company says no plans to do so

The Green Party environment minister wants Sweden to close two nuclear power plant reactors over the next four years, the company that runs nuclear power in Sweden has no plans to [...]

30 Jan 2015

Tag energy, Green Party, politics, Vattenfall

Norway announces white paper on Svalbard’s future

As the Svalbard coal company dismisses staff and pleads for crisis money, the Norwegian government announces that it will make a new whitepaper on the Arctic archipelago. The futur[...]

30 Jan 2015

Tag Arctic, coal, Longyearbyen, mining, politics

Conoco dials back investment in Arctic Alaska

While Shell announced yesterday it’s investing in its Arctic prospects, ConocoPhillips Alaska says it’s dialing back a bit. Conoco issued a statement saying it is “slowing the pac[...]

30 Jan 2015

Tag energy, National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, North, Shell

Alaska administration wants better relationship with tribal governments

JUNEAU — The Walker administration intends to open a new era of relations between tribal and other governments that will have them working together to improve Alaskans’ lives[...]

30 Jan 2015

Tag aboriginal, Arctic, indigenous, North

St. Petersburg is Russia's second largest city with more than five million inhabitants. (Trude Pettersen/Barents Observer)

Nordic information office suspends activities in Russia

The Nordic Council of Ministers’ office in St.Petersburg has suspended or postponed many of its planned activities in Russia after being included on the list of NGOs considered as [...]

29 Jan 2015

Tag NGO, Nordic Council of Ministers, Norway, St.Petersburg

Rosneft won’t resume drilling in Kara Sea in 2015

Russian oil company Rosneft will probably not be able to resume drilling in the Kara Sea this year after ExxonMobil withdrew from the cooperation. In September 2014 Rosneft informe[...]

30 Jan 2015

Tag Arctic, energy, ExxonMobil, oil

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