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Author: Thomson Reuters

* Featured * Countries Environment Environment (Iceland) Featured • Zone 2 General Iceland Newsroom Picks • zone 2 RCI 

Icelandic volcano could erupt for years, creating ‘perfect tourist’ attraction

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Friday, April 9, 2021 at 09:30
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It’s estimated more than 10,000 people have visited the site since Friday A volcano in Iceland spewing lava into the sky since it erupted

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Featured • Zone 3 General Iceland News Society Society (Iceland) 

Iceland opens borders for vaccinated visitors to boost tourism

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Thursday, March 18, 2021 at 10:45 — Last Updated: Thursday, March 18, 2021 at 10:52
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COPENHAGEN, March 17 (Reuters) – Iceland will this week open its borders to all visitors who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 without

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* Featured * Countries Featured • Zone 3 General Politics Politics (USA) USA 

Deb Haaland becomes first-ever Native American U.S. Cabinet secretary

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Tuesday, March 16, 2021 at 15:52
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WASHINGTON, March 15 (Reuters) – U.S. Representative Deb Haaland was confirmed on Monday as Secretary of the Interior, becoming the first Native American

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Featured • Zone 3 General Iceland Society Society (Iceland) 

Quaking in their beds, sleepless Icelanders await eruption

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Monday, March 15, 2021 at 17:12 — Last Updated: Monday, March 22, 2021 at 19:47
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COPENHAGEN, March 15 (Reuters) – Icelanders are yearning for some undisturbed shut-eye after tremors from tens of thousands of earthquakes have

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Business (Denmark/Greenland) Denmark/Greenland Featured • Zone 3 General Politics Politics (Denmark/Greenland) 

Five Eyes alliance urged to forge ties with Greenland to secure minerals

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Friday, March 5, 2021 at 12:09
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LONDON (Reuters) – The intelligence sharing alliance known as Five Eyes should forge ties with Greenland to boost supplies of

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Business Business (Denmark/Greenland) Denmark/Greenland Featured • Zone 3 Newsroom Picks • zone 1 

Mining magnets: Arctic island finds green power can be a curse

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Tuesday, March 2, 2021 at 12:00
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COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – In the tenth century, Erik the Red, a Viking from Iceland, was so impressed with the vegetation

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* Newsroom Picks * Countries Denmark/Greenland News Newsroom Picks • zone 2 Politics (Denmark/Greenland) RCI 

Greenland calls election after government breaks up

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 15:25
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Greenland’s government called a national election Tuesday after parliament threatened it with a no-confidence vote, just over a week after

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General Society Society (Sweden) Sweden 

Sweden bans mink breeding in 2021 in fight against coronavirus pandemic

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Wednesday, January 27, 2021 at 13:15
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STOCKHOLM, Jan 27 (Reuters) – Sweden will ban breeding of mink in 2021 to prevent the risk of mutations of

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Environment (USA) Science Science (USA) USA 

Earth’s ice melt has sped up dramatically in past 30 years

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Monday, January 25, 2021 at 13:25 — Last Updated: Monday, January 25, 2021 at 13:30
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) – Earth’s ice is melting faster today than in the mid-1990s, new research suggests, as climate change

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Countries General Society Society (USA) USA 

Trump administration drilling auction for Arctic refuge attracts little interest

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Wednesday, January 6, 2021 at 15:38
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The Trump administration on Wednesday found few takers at its sale of drilling leases in the pristine Arctic National Wildlife

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Business Business (Canada) Canada General 

Agnico Eagle bids $286M for TMAC Resources, more than Chinese offer for Nunavut gold mine

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Tuesday, January 5, 2021 at 11:19
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Canadian miner Agnico Eagle Mines said on Tuesday it would buy TMAC Resources for about $286.6 million , two weeks

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Denmark/Greenland Environment Environment (Denmark/Greenland) 

‘Canary in the coal mine’: Greenland ice has shrunk beyond return, study finds

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Monday, August 17, 2020 at 11:43
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Greenland’s ice sheet may have shrunk past the point of return, with the ice likely to melt away no matter how quickly

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Environment Environment (Russia) Russia 

Russian mayor charged over Arctic fuel spill resigns

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Tuesday, July 21, 2020 at 14:23 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 13:39
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The mayor of the Russian Arctic city of Norilsk, who was charged with negligence last month over a major fuel

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Environment Environment (Russia) RCI Russia 

Russian watchdog seeks nearly $3B in damages over Arctic fuel spill in Siberia

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Thursday, July 9, 2020 at 12:13 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 13:38
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Russia’s environmental watchdog has asked a power subsidiary of Russian mining giant Norilsk Nickel to pay almost 148 billion rubles, or $2.8

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Environment Environment (USA) USA 

South Pole warmed 3 times the global rate over the past 30 years, new study suggests

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Tuesday, June 30, 2020 at 13:40
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At the South Pole, considered the coldest point on Earth, temperatures are rising fast. So fast, in fact, that Kyle

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