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Can the environment withstand Arctic Russia’s coal mining boom?

23 August 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments coal, emissions, energy, mining, national parks, POLICY

Climate crisis and environmental concern notwithstanding, Russia says it aims for a big dig of the carbon-rich rock. Much of

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Floating nuclear power plant leaves Murmansk for Russia’s eastern Arctic

23 August 201923 August 2019 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Akademik Lomonosov, energy, floating nuclear power plant, Murmansk, nuclear, nuclear power, Pevek, Rosatom

Tugs start towing floating nuclear power plant across the Northern Sea Route from Murmansk to Chukotka in what is just

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Norwegian cruises to Arctic Russia cancelled due to low ice class: Murmansk minister

22 August 201922 August 2019 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments cruise ships, cruises, Franz Josef Land, Hurtigruten, Murmansk, Poseidon Expeditions, tourism

Meanwhile, a competing cruise liner founded by a Russian business man sails the same waters with a vessel holding lower

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Last Soviet nuclear-sub reactor lifted onshore

21 August 2019 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Barents Sea, Cold War, Northern Fleet, nuclear, nuclear submarines, Saida Bay

The Barents Sea is safer as the era of storing radioactive reactor compartments on water comes to an end. On

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Norilsk, Arctic Russia is world’s largest sulfur dioxide emissions hotspot: report

21 August 2019 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments air pollution, emissions, Greenpeace, NASA, Norilsk, Nornickel, sulfur dioxide

1.9 million tons of sulfur dioxide from the chimneys in Norilsk, a city in Arctic Russia, were blowing over the

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Russia cancels Norwegian cruise ship’s Arctic expeditions

20 August 201920 August 2019 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments cruise ships, cruises, defence, Franz Josef Land, Hurtigruten, military, Murmansk, Northern Sea Route, tourism

The two high-profile voyages had been planned for years with prestigious support from regional authorities in Murmansk. 250 passengers will

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Russian navy drill outside Arctic Norway ends, no firing reported

19 August 201919 August 2019 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments defence, military, military exercises, navy, Northern Fleet, Norwegian Sea

No missiles were launched at any of the four locations in the Norwegian Sea where the Russian Navy announced large-scale

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Luxury cruise ship leaves Alaska toward Northern Sea Route

15 August 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Alaska, cruise ships, cruises, Nome, Northern Sea Route, tourism, tromso

The Silver Explorer gets escort by a Russian icebreaker as it launches its ice edge cruising through Russian Arctic waters.

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Russia’s massive exercise in Norwegian Sea a warning to NATO, Norway defence chief says

15 August 201919 August 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments defence, military, military exercises, NATO, navy, Norwegian Sea, Russian Navy

Russia wants to show that it can prevent NATO from operating in the North Atlantic, the Norwegian Chief of Defense

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July fire damage to Russia’s secret Losharik sub detailed

14 August 201914 August 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments defence, disasters, Losharik, military, Northern Fleet, nuclear, submarines

The nuclear-powered sub Losharik is up for comprehensive repair in Severodvinsk, northwest Russia this fall. A representative of the Russian

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Weapons tests involving radiation near populated areas are ‘dangerous’, Russian expert warns

13 August 2019 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Bellona, defence, military, nuclear, radiation, rockets, Severodvinsk, Weapons

Nuclear safety expert Andrey Zolotkov with the Murmansk-based environmental group Bellona says there is always a risk of unforeseen circumstances

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Russian nuclear corporation says 5 staff members died in last week’s “liquid propulsion system” blast

12 August 2019 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Arkhangelsk, defence, disasters, military, nuclear, radiation, Rosatom, White Sea

Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom issued a statement late Friday night about the death of five of its staff. Three others received

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Russian warplanes drill submarine hunt in Norwegian Sea, Norway on edge

12 August 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments air force, defence, military, military exercises, Northern Fleet, Norwegian Sea

As the Northern Fleet prepares a major naval exercise in the Norwegian Sea, a powerful group of Russian airplanes flew

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Radiation worries but few details following rocket blast in northwest Russia

9 August 20199 August 2019 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments disasters, military, nuclear, radiation, rockets, White Sea

Russian authorities confirm mysterious brief radiation spike a few hours after the missile engine blast, but the source of release

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Greenpeace Russia calls for more resources to fight Siberian wildfires

8 August 201919 August 2019 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments climate, firefighting, health, pollution, Siberia, temperature, weather

Greenpeace Russia is calling for more resources to fight Siberian wildfires, saying the smoke is having consequences everywhere from big

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