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

Bill that would switch N.W.T. to federal carbon tax program moving forward

Liny Lamberink, CBC News @linylamberink
Posted: Thursday, February 29, 2024 at 13:59
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One MLA says bill might create further confusion and chaos about carbon tax A bill that will replace the N.W.T.’s

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* Featured * Canada Countries Environment Environment (Canada) Featured • Zone 2 General 

Blizzard shuts down Iqaluit’s streets, schools

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, February 29, 2024 at 11:37
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Environment Canada issues severe weather warning, winds up to 90km per hour As a blizzard begins to take shape outside,

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Heightened risk of avalanches this season in Finnish Lapland

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, February 22, 2024 at 12:01
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There is a considerable risk of avalanches on several fells in Finnish Lapland during the ongoing winter holiday period, the

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General 

Yukon First Nations, advocates push for chinook salmon protection

Julien Gignac, CBC News @juliengignac
Posted: Thursday, February 22, 2024 at 08:35
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Whitehorse dam, infighting among governments and mining impacts among talking points at committee Warning of looming extinction, delegates at a

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Environment Environment (Finland) Finland 

This winter and next will be peak times for aurora sightings in Arctic

Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, February 14, 2024 at 16:04
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Solar activity is approaching its peak, which will increase the frequency and intensity of Northern Lights displays. This winter and

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Business (Finland) Environment Environment (Finland) Finland General 

Consumer Ombudsman raps Finnair over “unclear” environmental ad claims

Yle News
Posted: Monday, February 12, 2024 at 14:41
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The Consumer Ombudsman’s office has intervened in what it described as unclear environmental marketing by national carrier Finnair. The office

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Canada Countries Environment Environment (Canada) General 

N.W.T. minister urges emergency preparedness ahead of ‘high-risk’ wildfire season

Natalie Pressman, CBC News @natpressman
Posted: Friday, February 9, 2024 at 09:12
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Two gov’t departments reviewing 2023 wildfire season to improve future response The N.W.T.’s Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs (MACA)

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* Featured * Environment Environment (USA) General USA 

It’s so cold and snowy in Alaska that fuel oil is thickening and roofs are collapsing

The Associated Press
Posted: Friday, February 2, 2024 at 15:49
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Infrastructure and heating systems strained under -40 C temperatures Much of Alaska has plunged into a deep freeze. Anchorage has seen

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

N.W.T. communities prepare for possible influx of morel pickers this spring

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, February 1, 2024 at 13:49
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By Jenna Dulewich · CBC News  Territory says surge of harvesters could require more personnel to manage land and safety needs It

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* Featured * Environment Environment (Sweden) Featured • Zone 2 General Sweden 

Hurricane winds lash northern Sweden

Radio Sweden
Posted: Thursday, February 1, 2024 at 11:42
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Powerful winds are lashing northwestern Sweden, and in Stekenjokk in Jämtland, the wind speed is at hurricane level. Trees fallen

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

Be wary of thin ice amid mild weather conditions, says hunter in Fort Smith, N.W.T.

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, February 1, 2024 at 09:33
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By Tessa Vikander · CBC News Longtime hunter Earl Evans warns snowmobilers not to ‘play around’ on thin ice Unusually mild weather has

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* Featured * Environment Environment (USA) Featured • Zone 3 General News USA 

Anchorage ‘Pandemic of snow’ sets record for earliest arrival of 100 inches of snow

The Associated Press
Posted: Wednesday, January 31, 2024 at 12:20
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By Mark Thiessen · The Associated Press  Alaska city is well on track to break its all-time record for snowfall Even by

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Satellite spots four new emperor penguin colonies in Antarctica

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Tuesday, January 30, 2024 at 15:51 — Last Updated: Tuesday, January 30, 2024 at 16:03
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Satellite imagery has identified four new emperor penguin colonies in Antarctica, bringing the total number known to 66. “These newly

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* Featured * Environment Environment (Norway) Featured • Zone 3 General News Norway 

Commercial mining could disrupt deep-sea carbon storage, says study

The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, January 30, 2024 at 15:13
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By Elizaveta Vereykina, The Independent Barents Observer  Scientists from Norway and The United Kingdom surveyed animals living at 17 different sites on

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

2023 was another bad year for chinook, fall chum salmon, Yukon River Panel hears

Jackie Hong, CBC News @xjackiehong
Posted: Tuesday, January 30, 2024 at 09:03
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Panel held its post-season meeting last week in Whitehorse Alaska and Yukon representatives met in Whitehorse last week to discuss

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Wide shot of the Centennial Flame with the Parliament building behind
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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