As LNG prices hit historical low, Russia decides not to fund new Arctic projects
Natural gas company Novatek might not get the state support it needs for new major infrastructure projects in the Arctic.
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Author: Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Ecosystems shifting in Russia’s Arctic waters, scientists find
Species that previously were non-existent in Russia’s remote and icy Arctic waters are now found in big numbers. The researchers
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Underwater gas pipelines in Arctic Russia unexpectedly resurface: report
A potentially critical situation might have erupted in the Baydarata Bay, Arctic Russia with two of the pipelines that bring
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Warm winter expected across the Arctic
Air temperatures will be above normal across the whole region and ice layers far below norms, an international group of
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Major rare metal plant planned for Russia’s central Arctic
On the remote Arctic tundra of Norilsk, in Russia’s central Arctic, comes a big plant for the production of palladium,
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Norway’s rising oil production not compatible with climate efforts, UN report warns
Over the next four years, Norway’s petroleum production will increase by 40 percent. A new report from the UN Environment
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Green light for new seaport in Russian Arctic archipelago
Russian state experts approve construction plans for the Pavlovskoye seaport in the remote and heavy militarized Arctic archipelago in northern
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Shipping figures rising on Russia’s Northern Sea Route
Goods volumes on the Russian Arctic route reaches 26 million tons. Russia’s development of the Arctic shipping route proceeds ahead
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Aging nickel plant in northwest Russia due to close in late 2020
A gradual halt in production is likely to take place before Nornickel fully closes its smelter in the Russian border
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Would closing a nickel plant spell doom for the town of Nikel, Arctic Russia?
The toxic smoke that for decades has embraced the borderlands between Russia and Norway might soon vanish. It will help
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Non-nuclear Russian icebreaker on maiden voyage through Arctic waters
The diesel-engined vessel Ob is part of the state nuclear power company’s new conventional fleet of icebreakers. The Ob this
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Drilling rigs end activities in Russia’s Arctic waters as winter nears
Three drilling rigs have this year spud wells in the Kara Sea and the Gulf of Ob, in Arctic Russia.
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Warmest October ever on Russia’s Arctic islands
After the hottest Arctic summer on record follows the warmest ever fall. The Russian archipelagos of Franz Josef Land and
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Time to end Western sanctions against Russia, Arctic Norwegian leader says
It’s time for Norway to abolish sanctions against Russia and instead introduce similar measures against the USA, Finnmark County Council
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Norway, Russia set differences aside for WWII commemorations in Kirkenes
Norway’s king and prime minister met Russia’s Sergey Lavrov by a memorial devoted to Soviet liberation of Norwegian border town
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