Do polar bears and penguins live in Sweden?
Some myths are a lot more difficult to upend than others – and this particular one seems to be immortal
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Environment (Sweden)
Sweden: Cleaner Baltic to yield billions
Sweden stands to gain SEK 27 billion per year and 70,000 new jobs if the Baltic Sea is cleaned up,
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`Don’t feed wild boars,’ says Swedish report
The feeding of wild boars should be banned during the summer months to help control the animal’s growing population, according
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Sweden: Climate change speeds up Baltic Sea algal blooms
Algal blooms in the Baltic Sea are starting earlier that before, a new study shows, a result that might be
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Bear hunt quota worries reindeer herders in Sweden’s Arctic
The middle of August starts bear hunting season and the number of bears to be shot in northern Sweden is
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Sweden: Vattenfall may pay billions for new nuclear safety requirements
New security requirements for nuclear power plants may end up costing Swedish state-owned power company Vattenfall SEK billions. One of
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Court halts wind farm in Sweden
Sweden’s Land and Environmental Court of Appeal rejected on Wednesday a proposed wind farm off the coast of Falkenberg after
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Sweden quarry decision appealed
The Swedish Environment Protection Agency and the Gotland county council are appealing a court ruling allowing the Nordkalk company to
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Swedes recycle in record numbers
More and more cans and bottles are being reused or reclaimed for raw material in Sweden. Last year the average
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OECD wants other countries to follow Sweden’s climate lead
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development says Sweden is doing well in its fight against climate change, but that
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Sweden’s Society for Nature Conservation: some plastics should be phased out
The Swedish Society for Nature Conservation is calling for a ban on certain plastics following a two year investigation. “We
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Is the Baltic Sea facing large algal outbreak?
The Baltic Sea could be hit by a large algal bloom this summer, according to Finnish scientists. Research from the
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Battle against the bugs starts in Dalälven, Sweden
Swedish authorities are to start their annual attempts today to reduce the mosquito population in the bug-prone area of Dalälven,
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AUDIO: Will climate change make Sweden ill?
Will higher temperatures and new rainfall patterns allow strange new diseases to move in, threatening humans and wildlife? In some
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Farming, forestry and climate change in Sweden
Climate change is happening, but how will it affect Sweden? It turns out farming and forestry may not do so
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