Finland: Call for action after entanglement deaths of critically-endangered seals
The conservation group WWF Finland is urging the Ministry of Agriculture to move quickly to further restrict net fishing in
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Police investigate whether to bring criminal charges over nickel leak in Finland
A maximum sentence of six years in prison could be levelled at those responsible for the 66-ton chemical leak from
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Fishing-net death toll of endangered seals continues to rise in Finland
Another rare Saimaa ringed seal, one of the world’s most endangered seal species, has been killed in Pihlajavesi lake in
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Finland: Left, Greens and Norilsk Nickel weigh in on Harjavalta leak
Left Alliance committee calls for Pori river check-up; Green League VP chides environmental administration; metal factory Norilsk Nickel claims responsibility
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Finland: Harjavalta nickel leak biggest on record
The nickel leak from a factory in Harjavalta, Finland is now the biggest ever recorded in Finland. The plant has
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Finland: Environmental authority says nickel leak threatening southwest river
Environmental authorities in southwest Finland fear that nickel emissions from a local mine may be endangering marine life in the
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Ticks appearing in Finland’s Arctic
Cases of tick-borne encephalitis were recorded in Espoo and elsewhere last year, with risk areas climbing as far north as
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100 wrecks containing oil in Finnish waters
The Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) says it is basically a matter of time before Finland faces an oil leak such
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WWF Finland concerned about oil leak in Baltic Sea
A decades-old shipwreck off the coast of Sweden has begun to leak oil into the Baltic Sea. Finnish environmentalists are
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Cold stunts Finland’s berry crops
Farmers in Finland’s biggest strawberry-growing region, Suonenjoki, are asking migrant berry-pickers from Russian Karelia to hold off on their arrival
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Cool Midsummer in store for Finland
Although the weather warmed up slightly on Friday, it will be a cooler than usual Midsummer. Traditional Midsummer bonfires get
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Summertime snow in Finland
The lowest temperature since 1962 was recorded in northern Finland on Tuesday, as large swathes of the country woke up
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Finland’s northern waters receding
The water level along the northern Finnish coastline of the Gulf of Bothnia is expected to be exceptional low this
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Finns invent promising method for CO2 reduction
Researchers at the Mikkeli University of Applied Sciences have developed a water-based technique for removing carbon dioxide from industrial emissions.
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WWF: Oil spill in northwest Finland worse than expected
Volunteers will continue oil spill cleanup operations in the Raahe archipelago in northern Ostrobothnia for up to a week. The
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