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Exemptions to possible Arctic HFO ban denounced by Indigenous orgs, environmental groups

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Friday, February 21, 2020 at 15:51
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The International Maritime Organization’s sub-committee on Pollution Prevention and Response (PPR) meeting wound up in London on Friday, with agreement

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Indigenous leaders in northwestern Canada declare climate emergency

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Posted: Thursday, February 20, 2020 at 10:03
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Indigenous leaders sign declaration stating climate change requires immediate action Dana Tizya-Tramm, chief of the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation, was

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Inuit orgs welcome Canada’s support of heavy fuel oil ban in Arctic waters

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Wednesday, February 19, 2020 at 14:08 — Last Updated: Wednesday, February 19, 2020 at 14:09
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Canada’s support of an international ban of heavy fuel oil (HFO) in Arctic waters is an important step to safeguard

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Canada comes out in favour of heavy fuel oil ban in Arctic

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Tuesday, February 18, 2020 at 15:21 — Last Updated: Tuesday, February 18, 2020 at 15:25
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Canada announced its support of an international heavy fuel oil (HFO) ban in the Arctic on Tuesday, saying it favours

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IMO to tackle possible Arctic heavy fuel oil ban starting Monday

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Friday, February 14, 2020 at 15:41
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The International Maritime Organization will be tackling the thorny question of a heavy fuel oil ban in the Arctic when

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Another Yukon community lines up for solar power in northwestern Canada

Mike Rudyk, CBC News
Posted: Friday, February 14, 2020 at 10:09
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White River First Nation proposing solar farm in Beaver Creek to offset diesel use The community of Beaver Creek, Yukon,

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Canada plans to support ban on heavy fuel oil in Arctic shipping

Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International
Posted: Thursday, February 13, 2020 at 17:59 — Last Updated: Wednesday, March 4, 2020 at 11:11
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Canada will support a ban on the use of heavy fuel oil by ships plying Arctic waters at the upcoming

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Renewable energy must be community tailored, Arctic conference hears

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Friday, February 7, 2020 at 14:25 — Last Updated: Friday, February 7, 2020 at 14:43
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As communities across the polar region of North America work to get off diesel, renewable energy projects must be tailored

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New “Frankenstein” shipping fuel could further pollute the Arctic, environmental groups say

Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International
Posted: Wednesday, January 29, 2020 at 12:33 — Last Updated: Thursday, January 30, 2020 at 09:33
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A coalition of environmental groups is demanding answers from the oil refining and shipping industries after it emerged that new

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Inuit government renews call to respect ban on George River caribou harvest in Atlantic Canada

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Tuesday, January 28, 2020 at 16:17 — Last Updated: Tuesday, January 28, 2020 at 16:26
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The Nunatsiavut Government of the Inuit region of Atlantic Canada is renewing their call for their land claims beneficiaries to

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Northwestern Canadian First Nation asks N.W.T. to speak out against northern Alberta mine

Anna Desmarais, CBC News
Posted: Monday, January 20, 2020 at 14:20
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The chief of Smith’s Landing First Nation near Fort Smith, , is calling on the territorial government to speak out

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Global ocean temperatures hit new record highs in 2019 causing devastating effects in the Arctic

Mathiew Leiser, Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Thursday, January 16, 2020 at 18:58
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World ocean temperatures in 2019 were the highest ever recorded in human history, reflecting the speed at which our planet

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Northwestern Canadian territory sending 4 people to Australia to aid with devastating wildfires

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Posted: Wednesday, January 15, 2020 at 12:04
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Four people from the Northwest Territories are being deployed to Australia this week to help out efforts to contain its

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Meteorologists should watch the tropics rather than the Arctic to predict extreme cold in North America, study says

Mathiew Leiser, Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Friday, December 27, 2019 at 18:15
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Meteorologists often look at the behaviour of the polar vortex to predict extreme cold events in North America, but the

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Gwich’in Tribal Council deputy chief from Canada shares frustration from COP25 conference

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Posted: Monday, December 16, 2019 at 09:34
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‘I actually feel really emotional right now,’ Jordan Peterson told CBC while at COP 25 The deputy chief of the

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