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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Environment
Cleanup completed on 6 Arctic legacy wells in Alaska
Cleanup is done on six legacy wells that are relics of early North Slope oil exploration, the Bureau of Land Management
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Appeal to start on Arctic seismic testing
The proposal from a consortium of three international companies to conduct seismic exploration off Baffin Island was first put forth
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Ice-blog: Ice paradoxes from pole to pole
Returning after a longish break with little access to news and data, there are several ice and snow stories jumping
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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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March’s Arctic ice extent was lowest on record for the month
Following a record-low winter maximum hit in late February, Arctic sea ice extent in March was the lowest for that
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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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Finland: Majority of parliamentary candidates rate climate change above competitiveness
Over 58 percent of parliamentary candidates running in the general election say that mitigating climate change should take priority over
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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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Finland’s largest solar power unit to be built in Oulu
Finland’s largest solar power unit, comprising of 1,600 solar panels producing 420 kilowatts of power, will be built in Oulu
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Finnish energy firm hires leak-sniffing dog
Finnish newspaper Helsingin Sanomat carried news of an unusual appointment on Sunday: Jekku the dog has been hired to sniff
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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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Earth Hour doesn’t move the needle on Finland’s electricity grid
Several Finnish landmarks turned the lights out on Saturday night to mark the WWF’s Earth Hour event to highlight climate
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Plastic microbeads- a toxic substance in waterways-from the Great Lakes to the Arctic
They are very tiny beads usually made of polyethylene, which is a very common plastic used for example, to make
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