Swedish exhibit explores Baltic Sea pollution
The Baltic has long been called one of the world’s most polluted seas and researchers on hand at Almedalen Week are hoping
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Environment (Sweden)
Swedes seek “nature” in times of life crisis
A new survey of cancer patients suggests that in times of crisis many Swedes find solace in “naturen,” which translates
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Sweden : Use of fire-fighting foam grows despite environmental risks
Swedish fire departments are increasingly use foam to extinguish blazes even though the chemical can be an environmental hazard. Swedish Television
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Snowploughs out in North Sweden week before Midsummer
The sun is shining in southern Sweden and it is Midsummer next week, but in Klimpfjäll in Jämtland, you still
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Petition to restrict brown bears in North Sweden
Numerous sightings of brown bear close to populated areas in Härjedalen in northern Sweden have led residents to start a petition,
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Sweden: Flights and food cause major emissions
Swedish toxic emissions decreased in 2011 and 2012, but private consumption affecting emissions has increased over the last 20 years.
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Microplastics new threat to Baltic
There’s a new ecological concern about the troubled Baltic Sea. A report says there’s a threat now from substances found
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Sweden – Vattenfall wants to sell-off brown coal operations
State-owned energy company Vattenfall wants to sell-off its brown (lignite) coal operations in Germany to meet climate change goals, its
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Business and environmentalists unite in Sweden
A number of major corporations are calling for higher taxes on carbon dioxide emissions and more ambitious climate goals than
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Sami villages under-report elk hunt kills in Sweden
Local officials with Norrbotten county have called out five of the area’s largest Sami villages for failing to report hundreds
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Sweden: Petrol-tax hike may have marginal impact on climate change
The Swedish government’s decision to raise petrol taxes in 2016 could be a toothless measure for reaching the country’s climate
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Trade fair promotes urban gardening in nordic cities
Urban gardening is becoming a hot topic in Sweden as more people in cities want to try growing. Over the weekend
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Swedes enjoy spectacular Northern Lights show
There is another chance tonight for people in the whole of Sweden to get to see the Northern Lights. On Tuesday evening, Swedes living
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Record-low amount of sea ice in Baltic Sea
This year marks a historically poor ice-winter, reports Swedish Radio News. Ice covered at most, approximately 45,000 square kilometres of
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Introduce carbon tax on meat and flights say Swedish researchers
The amount of carbon dioxide emissions within Swedish borders has decreased, but the total amount of emissions caused by Swedish
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