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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

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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
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The West Alpha rig. (Rosneft)

Rosneft won’t resume drilling in Kara Sea in 2015

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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
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Finland has just over 60 Hornet F-18 aircraft. (Lassi Tolvanen/Yle)

Finland invited to join Air Force exercises in US

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The Finnish Air Force is considering an invitation to send Hornet fighter jets to take part in military exercises in the western United States. The news comes amid an ongoing contr[...]
29 Jan 2015
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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)

Shell says it plans to drill in Alaska’s Arctic in 2015

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Shell says it plans to drill in offshore waters in Alaska’s Arctic in 2015, even as it retrenches on capital spending elsewhere. “This year we are planning on drilling in Alaska,” [...]
29 Jan 2015
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Old chart identified as artifact from ill-fated Arctic voyage of the Karluk

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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
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Greenpeace activist dressed like a polar bear in Prague, Czech Republic on October 13, 2014. (Michal Cizek/AFP/Getty Images)

‘Poverty porn,’ Obama & Inuit health: Arctic week in review

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On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories on Eye on the Arctic this week. - In #SavetheArctic…from Greenpeace Northern expert and Eye on the Arctic [...]
23 Jan 2015
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Russia, Finland, oil – Arctic week in Review

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On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories on Eye on the Arctic this week. Finland-Russia relations and the effect of dropping oil prices dominated t[...]
16 Jan 2015
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FINLAND

Finland has just over 60 Hornet F-18 aircraft. (Lassi Tolvanen/Yle)

Finland invited to join Air Force exercises in US

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The Finnish Air Force is considering an invitation to send Hornet fighter jets to take part in military exercises in the western United States. The news comes amid an ongoing contr[...]
29 Jan 2015
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SWEDEN

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

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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
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NORWAY

The biggest bank in northern Norway is loosing big money in neighboring Murmansk. (Atle Staalesen/Barents Observer)

Norwegian bank loses 300 million in Murmansk, Russia

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Murmansk was seen as an up-and-coming market for banks in Norway. Now they all flee the region with multi-million losses. The Sparebank-1 Northern Norway (SNN) now confirms that it[...]
23 Jan 2015
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USA

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)

Shell says it plans to drill in Alaska’s Arctic in 2015

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Shell says it plans to drill in offshore waters in Alaska’s Arctic in 2015, even as it retrenches on capital spending elsewhere. “This year we are planning on drilling in Alaska,” [...]
29 Jan 2015
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From left to right: Committee ranking member Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and committee chairman Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) listen during a session of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Capitol Hill January 8, 2015 in Washington, DC. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images)

Alaska senator swings at Obama Arctic wildness plan but misses

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Alaska senator Lisa Murkowski on Wednesday failed to land her first counterpunch at the Obama administration’s new Arctic conservation policies. The Senate rejected an amendment th[...]
29 Jan 2015
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ICELAND

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

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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
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RUSSIA

The West Alpha rig. (Rosneft)

Rosneft won’t resume drilling in Kara Sea in 2015

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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
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