Floating nuclear power plant should not be fueled with uranium in St. Petersburg, environmentalists say
Political party Yabloko demands that the soon-to-be operation is conducted in safe distance from the city center. In a public
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Environment
New Polar Code takes centre stage at Arctic Shipping summit in Montreal
About 50 shipping and marine industry representatives, experts and government officials gathered in Montreal this week to discuss recent changes in
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Switzerland joins growing list of countries having banned seal product imports
Switzerland has become the latest country to introduce a ban on the import of seal products, joining a similar ban
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Ice-Blog: Arctic summer sea ice cover could disappear with 2C temperature rise
The Arctic sea ice may disappear completely in summers this century, even if the world keeps to the Paris Agreement.
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Nordics’ biggest lithium ion battery helping hydropower in Finland
Lithium ion battery technology is making headlines in Finland again, this time due to energy company Fortum’s rollout of the
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International Polar Bear Day: The science and culture of this iconic animal
February 27 is International Polar Bear Day, a chance to spotlight how climate change is affecting these iconic animals. Eye
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Sweden’s glaciers are melting away
New areal images show glaciers along Sweden’s eastern border are shrinking with some melting at a surprising clip. Björn Olander, a
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Blowing snow reduces visibility in southern Finland
A motor accident involving several cars near Lohja has stopped traffic on Finland’s motorway connecting Helsinki and Turku. The Finnish
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Alaska is trying to slice some land out of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
The state’s current dispute over the boundary of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, a place believed to have huge oil
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Finland carbon neutral by 2045 says country’s environment minister
Environment Minister Kimmo Tiilikainen says that Nordic countries should be world leaders in climate policy. He says Finland could reach
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Traces of radioactive Iodine detected over Europe
Finland and France went public with information, but Norwegian authorities argue the measurements had no news value. A trace of
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U.S. House lifts restrictions on predator hunting in Alaska refuges
On Thursday (Feb. 16), the U.S. House approved a bill to lift Obama administration restrictions on hunting and trapping of
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Group to sue company over gas line leak in Alaska
Homer-based Cook Inletkeeper said in a statement to reporters that the leak from an 8-inch undersea pipeline owned and operated
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Bio-buses join public transit system in Vaasa, Finland
Twelve biogas-fuelled buses join the City of Vaasa’s public transit system this week. Using eco fuel created from food leftovers
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Norwegian gas power plant to close after big losses
Chimneys at Mongstad will soon stop emitting up to 300,000 tons of CO2 to the atmosphere annually.
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