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Environment

* Featured * Canada Countries Environment Environment (Canada) Featured • Zone 3 General 

Federal, Yukon gov’ts announce $17M to help reduce wildfire risk

CBC News
Posted: Friday, July 4, 2025 at 09:49
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Money to be used on wildfire mitigation efforts around Whitehorse, Teslin and Haines Junction The federal and Yukon governments are

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Scientists say they’ve proven these Canadian rocks are the oldest on Earth

Emily Chung, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, June 26, 2025 at 16:04
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Rocks from northern Quebec formed more than 4 billion years ago, in the Hadean eon In 2008, Canadian researchers led

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A sticker on a garbage can outside of a rural store reads, 'Ban heap leach.'
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A year after the Eagle mine failure, questions remain about Yukon’s mining future

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, June 24, 2025 at 10:03 — Last Updated: Tuesday, June 24, 2025 at 12:03
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‘It goes beyond the Yukon in terms of how we judge whether it’s right to mine or not,’ minister says

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* Featured * Environment Environment (Finland) Featured • Zone 2 Finland General News 

Cooler May weather for Finland but spring still warmer overall

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Monday, June 23, 2025 at 14:41
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Finland experienced a warmer-than-average spring overall—until May arrived and with it, dipping temperatures just below the seasonal norm, the Finnish

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Ocean currents may be driving mercury pollution in Arctic, says study

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, June 20, 2025 at 15:53
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A recent study is shedding light on the ongoing accumulation of mercury pollution in the Arctic — despite the international community’s

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Fires restricted in much of Yukon as weather warms

CBC News
Posted: Friday, June 20, 2025 at 09:59
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As of noon on Friday, burning only permitted in fire pits or other containers in most of territory Fire restrictions

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Scientists urge global action to prevent industrial activity in Central Arctic Ocean

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 15:56
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A coalition of over 1,000 scientists has taken the occasion of this week’s U.N. Ocean Conference in Nice to call

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* Featured * Canada Countries Environment Environment (Canada) Featured • Zone 3 General 

Yukon’s Southern Lakes caribou recover as communities reconnect with the herds

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, June 10, 2025 at 10:27
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By Tori Fitzpatrick Nine governments signed a plan to protect Southern Lakes caribou and their relationship with people An ambitious

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Giant Mine
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Researchers look at how N.W.T.’s Giant Mine closure plan can consider climate change

CBC News
Posted: Friday, June 6, 2025 at 14:46
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By Jocelyn Shepel  Climate Ready Mine project team says little is known about how climate can impact mine closure planning

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Unusually low water in Yukon lakes this spring a sign of climate change: expert

CBC News
Posted: Friday, June 6, 2025 at 11:28
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By Virginie Ann  Yukon Energy says Marsh Lake, south of Whitehorse, is refilling with snowmelt later any time since the

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* Featured * Environment Environment (Iceland) Featured • Zone 3 General Iceland 

Iceland ramps up flood, avalanche defence projects after major budget boost

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Monday, June 2, 2025 at 16:17
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A major budget boost will allow Iceland to ramp up its national flood and avalanche protection initiatives, with the government

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Sambaa K’e, N.W.T., on alert for possible evacuation as wildfires burn nearby

CBC News
Posted: Friday, May 30, 2025 at 14:59 — Last Updated: Friday, May 30, 2025 at 15:00
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3 fires burning south of the community Sambaa K’e, N.W.T., has issued an evacuation alert due to wildfires burning nearby.

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Fort Simpson ‘warmer than Toronto’ for days as heat wave hits southern N.W.T.

CBC News
Posted: Friday, May 30, 2025 at 09:01
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Environment Canada says temperatures expecting to cool in the next few days Much of the South Slave and Dehcho regions

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Arctic glaciers remain at risk even if int’l community reaches climate targets: study

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Thursday, May 29, 2025 at 16:55
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Many glaciers around the world, including in parts of the Arctic, will remain at risk even if the international community

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Arctic predicted to warm more than three times faster than global average:WMO report

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Wednesday, May 28, 2025 at 16:39 — Last Updated: Wednesday, May 28, 2025 at 16:40
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A new report from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) released on Wednesday says the Arctic is set to warm more

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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

Inuit push for land protection with focus on social economy

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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