Sweden: Vattenfall reports SEK 15.2 billion loss for 2013
The state-owned energy company Vattenfall has reported a SEK 15.2 billion loss for last year, citing “challenging market conditions” as
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Blog: What’s in store for Greenland’s resource industry?
A number of recent stories have cropped up looking at the future of resource development in Greenland and whether it
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Shell calls off 2014 oil exploration in Arctic Alaska
Royal Dutch Shell’s new chief executive said Thursday the company is shelving its Alaska exploration program, at least for this
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Difficulty unloading shares in North Finland nuclear project
Companies that are pulling out of the planned Fennovoima nuclear power project are having a hard time getting rid of
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Arviat, Nunavut ecotourism nominated for international award
The Arviat Community Ecotourism program has been nominated for an award by the World Travel and Tourism Council based in
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Alaska legislators push for Arctic port investment
Arctic development opportunities are opening at a time when Alaska is running out of money, but legislators are trying to
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Airbus’s new A350 in Iqaluit, Nunavut for cold weather testing
The new Airbus A350 XWB landed in Iqaluit, the capital city of Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut, on Friday
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Finnair adding more flights to Lapland
Finnair and travel sector operators have concluded a cooperation agreement that will add more flights between Helsinki and destinations in
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Swedish wind farms to power Google
Four new wind parks, to be built in southern Sweden, will power internet giant Google’s data center in Finland. The
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Poor air connections cost Finland’s Arctic millions
Northern Finland loses millions of tourism euros per year due to poor flight connections, according to a Lapland Regional Council
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Agency seeks assurances about Shell drilling safeguards
Before Shell wins approval for drilling in the Chukchi Sea off Northwestern Alaska this year, the company must prove that
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Feature Interview: What Arctic highway project tells us about Canada’s plans for North
Construction on Canada’s long planned Arctic highway project in the western Arctic got underway this month. The project will connect
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Alaska plan to export North Slope gas draws support, criticism
In what Gov. Sean Parnell called a “major milestone,” the major oil producers in Alaska and pipeline builder TransCanada have
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Diamond facilities in Canada’s NWT still empty after sale
There are still no polar bear diamonds being manufactured in Yellowknife, the capital of Canada’s Northwest Territories (N.W.T.) That’s despite
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Blog: Oil companies real beneficiaries of Canada’s Arctic highway extension
On January 8, in Inuvik, Northwest Territories, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper presided over the groundbreaking ceremony of the extension
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