ENVIRONMENT

Exemptions to possible Arctic HFO ban denounced by Indigenous orgs, environmental groups

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Friday, February 21, 2020 at 15:51
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The International Maritime Organization’s sub-committee on Pollution Prevention and Response (PPR) meeting wound up in London on Friday, with agreement

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Golden eagles’ reindeer attacks cost Finland 800,000 euros in damages

Yle News
Posted: Friday, February 21, 2020 at 09:31
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Finland paid approximately 1.4 million euros in compensation for damage caused by protected animals in 2018, of which barnacle geese

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Indigenous leaders in northwestern Canada declare climate emergency

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, February 20, 2020 at 10:03
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Indigenous leaders sign declaration stating climate change requires immediate action Dana Tizya-Tramm, chief of the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation, was

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Inuit orgs welcome Canada’s support of heavy fuel oil ban in Arctic waters

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Wednesday, February 19, 2020 at 14:08 — Last Updated: Wednesday, February 19, 2020 at 14:09
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Canada’s support of an international ban of heavy fuel oil (HFO) in Arctic waters is an important step to safeguard

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Canada comes out in favour of heavy fuel oil ban in Arctic

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Tuesday, February 18, 2020 at 15:21 — Last Updated: Tuesday, February 18, 2020 at 15:25
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Canada announced its support of an international heavy fuel oil (HFO) ban in the Arctic on Tuesday, saying it favours

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Finland needs its own space research centre, gov’t report says

Yle News
Posted: Monday, February 17, 2020 at 09:04
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Finland must increase its investments in the business and technologies of space, according to a report commissioned by the Prime

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IMO to tackle possible Arctic heavy fuel oil ban starting Monday

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Friday, February 14, 2020 at 15:41
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The International Maritime Organization will be tackling the thorny question of a heavy fuel oil ban in the Arctic when

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Another Yukon community lines up for solar power in northwestern Canada

Mike Rudyk, CBC News
Posted: Friday, February 14, 2020 at 10:09
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White River First Nation proposing solar farm in Beaver Creek to offset diesel use The community of Beaver Creek, Yukon,

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Canada plans to support ban on heavy fuel oil in Arctic shipping

Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International
Posted: Thursday, February 13, 2020 at 17:59 — Last Updated: Monday, February 17, 2020 at 09:25
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Canada will support a ban on the use of heavy fuel oil by ships plying Arctic waters at the upcoming

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Precipitation levels in North Finland 1.5 –2 times higher than average

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Wednesday, February 12, 2020 at 14:23
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Outside of the Arctic region of Lapland, Finland experienced record-breaking average temperatures and all-time highs in the month of January

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Extremely low pressure grounds some air traffic in northern Norway

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, February 12, 2020 at 10:30 — Last Updated: Wednesday, February 12, 2020 at 10:34
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The past months have seen extraordinarily rough weather along the north Norwegian coast. Early this week came another extreme. The

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Finnish Lapland municipality estimated to have lowered emissions by 121 percent

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, February 11, 2020 at 09:44 — Last Updated: Tuesday, February 11, 2020 at 09:48
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For the first time, comparable data ranks greenhouse gas emissions for all Finnish municipalities. According to figures released by the

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Russia is hotter than ever say meteorological organizations

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, February 10, 2020 at 09:37
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Average temperatures in January were up to 12 degrees Celsius above normal in parts of the country. It is supposed

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Renewable energy must be community tailored, Arctic conference hears

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Friday, February 7, 2020 at 14:25 — Last Updated: Friday, February 7, 2020 at 14:43
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As communities across the polar region of North America work to get off diesel, renewable energy projects must be tailored

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Battery-powered tour buses come to Arctic Norway

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, February 4, 2020 at 11:18
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The travel industry goes green and the north is no exception when tour-busses aims for zero emission. It is the

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