Industry-backed Alaska bill could block citizen opposition to big projects
The Alaska Legislature is considering making it tougher for citizens to use the courts to stop oil, gas, mining or
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Deputy director fired over Russian oil rig sinking
According to Norway’s Barents Observer, Vasily Vasetsky, the deputy director of Arktikmorneftegazrazvedka (AMNGR), the owner of the jack-up rig Kolskya
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Activists to fight uranium decision in Finland’s supreme court
Environmentalists are to appeal a decision from the Finnish government granting the Talvivaara Mining Company permission to produce uranium in
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Finland’s environment minister backs more mining in Lapland
Finland’s environment minister Ville Niinistö says there’s room for more mines in Lapland, in the country’s Arctic, if mining companies
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Analysis: Alaska oil tax debate, are industry threats any different this time?
At a recent state Senate Resources Committee hearing, BP Alaska’s chief financial officer sat in front of a handful of
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Uranium project gets green light from Finnish government
The Finnish government has granted permission to the Talvivaara mining company to start producing uranium at its quarry in Sotkamo,
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New report reveals vast stores of Alaska shale oil and gas
Calling Alaska’s North Slope an “unexplored frontier” for shale oil and gas — the controversial resource that’s sparked an energy
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Limited heat recycling at Facebook server park in North Sweden
Facebook’s planned new server park in the town of Luleå in Sweden’s Far North is expected to let off a
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Alaska hopes to school Exxon Mobil in Supreme Court battle
An epic battle dating back decades goes to the Alaska Supreme Court on Wednesday — at a high school no
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Cold front pushes electricity consumption to near-record high in Sweden
Sweden’s reserve electricity generators have been fired up as severe winter weather grips the country, with temperatures at a record
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Alaska wallows in wealth while recession-riddled states suffer
Alaskans, consider yourselves loaded. While other states struggle to escape the clutches of the Great Recession, our money-making assets rake
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Canadian airlines ready to compete on northern route
Air North says it’s ready to go head to head with both of Canada’s largest airlines, but it warns there
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Sami mining protest in Arctic Sweden
This week is festival time in the Arctic Circle town of Jokkmokk in Sweden’s Far North. But not all the
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Natural-gas nightmare still a concern for southcentral Alaska
A natural gas shortage that leaves tens of thousands of Alaskans huddling in homes without electricity and heat seemed like
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Russian tanker on way home after Alaska fuel delivery
The Russian fuel tanker Renda that with help of a U.S. Coast Guard ice-breaking cutter carved its way to Nome
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