Emissions rise as Yukon gov’t adds more items to climate change to-do list
Yukoners produced 7 per cent more carbon in first year of plan to hit net-zero by 2050 Yukon’s emissions rose
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Network in Alaska centering Indigenous knowledge in Arctic climate research
A network of Arctic observers spanning nearly all of Alaska’s northern coast is helping to center Indigenous knowledge in climate
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Wildfire in Ibex Valley caused by people doing target practice: Yukon fire marshal
Investigators say fire that prompted evacuation alert in July was accidental, no charges to be laid A large wildfire that
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Blog: COP28 was bad news for the world’s ice & those whose future depends on it
I went to Dubai for the UN Climate Conference COP28 with mixed feelings. On the one hand, the controversy over
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Parliament tables new management plan for Canada’s northernmost national park
Parliament tabled a new management plan for Canada’s northernmost national Park last week, with emphasis on Inuit knowledge being a
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‘We need to maintain reliability’:Yukon Energy about microgeneration project pause
Yukon gov’t not accepting new applications to renewable energy rebate program for now Yukon Energy says it’s all for adding
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COP 28 “transitional, but not transformative” says Int’l Inuit org
The agreement by nations to phase out fossil fuels was a promising step at COP28, but for Arctic Indigenous Peoples
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Lapland gets pumped-storage hydropower in drive towards green transition
Finland is working hard to reduce harmful greenhouse gas emissions. New wind farms and solar panels are part of the
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Warming North pushing earth into “uncharted territory”: Arctic Report Card
From Canada’s worst wildfire season, to the warmest summer surface air temperature on record, the changing North is pushing the
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Yukon government under fire for pausing renewable energy rebate program
By Ariana Kelland · CBC News ‘The program’s been a great success. And just to sort of put it on pause right now
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Lapland heading for possible -30 degrees Celsius this week
Poor driving conditions on slippery winter roads over the weekend in southern and eastern Finland will not improve until later
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Norway sends another oil rig to its remote Arctic waters
On the 8th day of the UN Climate Conference, COP28, the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate approved a new round of oil
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Prey driven away by wildfire, YKDFN says wolves are turning to the city for food
Wolf sightings have been “persistent” around Yellowknife, Ndilǫ and Dettah recently — and a chief with the Yellowknives Dene First
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Record number of golden eagle chicks on Gotland: ”The island is full”
Record numbers of golden eagle chicks have hatched on the island of Gotland in the Baltic Sea this year. The
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UN agency cites worrying warming trend as COP28 summit grapples with climate change
The United Nations weather agency is reporting that glaciers shrank more than ever from 2011 and 2020 and the Antarctic
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