Climate change stops planned construction in Sweden
A Swedish suburb near Stockhom has taken the unprecedented step of stopping apartment building construction along the water’s edge after
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Swedish study maps climate’s affect on reindeer migration
Thanks to GPS-marked reindeer, Sami herders in the Swedish village of Vilhelmina Norra are learning more about how weather conditions
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Minerals bring economic boom to the north of Sweden
The job market is bright in Norrbotten County, fuelled by growing global demand for iron-ore and other industrial and precious
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Swedish reindeer back in Scotland
Did you know that Scotland has its own reindeer herd and the man that re-introduced them to the UK decades
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More wind power in Sweden
Record year 2011 Swedish energy authorities claim the wind power industry in this Nordic nation has “wind in its sails”
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Sweden’s greenhouse gas emissions rise
Sweden’s greenhouse gas emissions increased in 2010 by 11 percent on the year previously, shows figures from the Swedish Environment
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Indigenous Saami reindeer herders driven away from mining conference
Representatives from six indigenous Saami villages in northern Sweden were forced away from an international mining conference in London, England
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Extreme weather threatens nuclear safety in Sweden
Swedish nuclear power stations are not properly equipped to deal with extreme weather conditions, according to an investigation by The
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Two leading Swedish politicians clash over environment
Two of Sweden’s leading politicians on the environment held separate press conferences Thursday before they left for the United Nations
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Sweden’s Arctic Sami face increasing racism
Destruction of property, racist websites and vandalism of Sami street signs are on the increase in Northern Sweden according to
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Lack of snow in Scandinavian Arctic ‘catastrophe’ for tourism
Tourism companies in northern Scandinavia are losing money due to the mild weather with little snow. “It’s a catastrophe,” says
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Sweden’s Arctic strategy criticized
Sweden has only had the chairmanship of the Arctic Council for six months but already the government’s strategy is being
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Snow shortage in Sweden’s Arctic slowing down world’s Santas
For the past eight years, the Santa Winter Games have been held in the Gällivare, a small town of approximately
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Swedish court OK’s turbine construction near reindeer lands
Sweden’s environmental court of appeal has given permission for energy company Statkraft SCA AB to build several hundred wind turbines.
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Soot contributing to ice melt in Arctic
Ice may be melting and sea levels may be rising three times faster than expected, but researchers say it’s still
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