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Global cooperation stressed as international climate experts gather in Montreal, Canada

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Wednesday, September 6, 2017 at 17:09 — Last Updated: Wednesday, September 6, 2017 at 17:13
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MONTREAL – International collaboration is key to tackling global temperature change and crafting successful adaptation strategies, Canada’s Minister of Environment

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Environment Environment (Russia) General Russia 

Environmental group Aetas declared ‘foreign agent’ in Russia

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, September 5, 2017 at 14:30
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Ecological organization in Arkhangelsk shuts down its activities. Wrongdoings? Cooperated with a youth environmental group in Norway. On September 1,

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American science foundation awards $500,000 to food security research in Indigenous communities

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Tuesday, August 29, 2017 at 20:00 — Last Updated: Wednesday, August 30, 2017 at 12:24
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The National Science Foundation, an independent American federal agency, has awarded approximately $500,000 to research food security in Indigenous communities in

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Environment Environment (USA) General USA 

Alaska youth environmental group asks state to regulate greenhouse gas emissions

Nathaniel Herz, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Tuesday, August 29, 2017 at 18:16
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A group of youth activists, impatient with the state’s response to global warming, formally petitioned Alaska Gov. Bill Walker’s administration

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General News 

Canada announces $175 million investment in Arctic waters protection

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Monday, August 28, 2017 at 16:24 — Last Updated: Monday, August 28, 2017 at 18:39
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Canada will be devoting $175 million to protecting Arctic waters as part of its Oceans Protection Plan, the federal transport minister

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Environment Environment (USA) General USA 

Thousands of Atlantic salmon escape from farm near Alaska waters

Annie Zak, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Monday, August 28, 2017 at 13:13 — Last Updated: Monday, August 28, 2017 at 13:15
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Leaders and experts in Alaska’s fishing industry are concerned about what a recent escape of farmed Atlantic salmon in Washington state

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Environment Environment (Finland) Finland General 

Snow and sleet to hit Lapland, Finland as autumn sets in

Yle News
Posted: Friday, August 25, 2017 at 18:01
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As Finnish residents come to terms with the end of summer, Yle meteorologist Toni Hellinen is predicting snow and sleet

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Environment Environment (Norway) General Norway 

Grouse declines lead to strict hunting regulations in Arctic Norway

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, August 25, 2017 at 17:31 — Last Updated: Friday, August 25, 2017 at 18:43
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Willow grouse population in northernmost Norway is reduced to less than a quarter compared with two years ago. Finnmarkseiendommen, the

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Environment Environment (Russia) General Russia 

UNESCO mission visits protected island in Arctic Russia

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, August 25, 2017 at 14:58
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Expanding oil industry and military activities could harm the UNESCO-protected island, experts say. The mission headed by Francesco Bandarin, the

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Environment Environment (Sweden) General Sweden 

Sweden could be a model of sustainability, says environment professor

Radio Sweden
Posted: Thursday, August 24, 2017 at 13:44
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Environment professor Johan Rockström believes Sweden could be a role model for the world when it comes to sustainable solutions.

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Environment Environment (Norway) General Norway 

Greenpeace activists released after oil protest in Arctic Norway

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, August 22, 2017 at 13:51 — Last Updated: Tuesday, August 22, 2017 at 18:15
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Six activists, including the captain of «Arctic Sunrise», have been fined for violating the safety zone around the Norwegian oil-rig

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Environment Environment (Norway) General Norway 

Chinese icebreaker navigates across central Arctic

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, August 21, 2017 at 14:32
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On Monday, «Xue Long» is doing research in the Norwegian Sea, sailing a back-and-forth pat half-way between Bjørnøya and Jan

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Environment Environment (Finland) Finland General 

Finland raises bear hunting quotas

Yle News
Posted: Monday, August 21, 2017 at 14:13
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Finnish hunting clubs have received permits to hunt 255 bears during this year’s hunting season, which began on Sunday. This

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Environment Environment (USA) General USA 

Walruses gather in Alaska at earliest date ever recorded

Jerzy Shedlock, Alaska Dispatch
Posted: Friday, August 18, 2017 at 18:13
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Several hundred Pacific walruses have started to gather on an island off the northwest coast of Alaska — the earliest

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Environment Environment (Norway) General Norway 

Greenpeace vessel towed, protesters arrested in Norwegian Arctic waters

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, August 18, 2017 at 14:37 — Last Updated: Friday, August 18, 2017 at 14:39
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Greenpeace vessel and crew of 35 arrested after protesters violated the safety zone around Statoil’s rig at the Korpfjell field

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The Parliament of Canada is the federal legislature of Canada, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, and is composed of three parts: the Monarch, the Senate, and the House of Commons. Photo: La Presse canadienne / Adrian Wyld

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In Taloyoak, Nunavut, the northernmost hamlet on mainland Canada, Inuit are working to conserve their territory and set up a community-driven, land-based economy. Photo : Eilís Quinn

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