Alaska needs flexible offshore oil leasing says senator
Decisions by Royal Dutch Shell and by Statoil to pull out of the U.S. Arctic offshore show that the federal government
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Ice-Blog: Can Paris avert threat to cryosphere?
To those of us who work on polar subjects, there is no question about the relevance of the cryosphere to
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Alaska to lose much of its shallow permafrost
Shallow permafrost lies beneath the surface of more than a third of mainland Alaska, but 16 percent to 24 percent
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Canadian caribou herd rebounds but future uncertain
Canada’s smallest caribou finally got some good news last week. After seeing its population decline by almost 80 per cent,
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Swedish PM calls for ‘green industrial revolution’
A green industry can bring about massive change, said Prime Minister Stefan Löfven when he addressed world leaders at the
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New police unit to fight violent crime in west Alaska
BETHEL – Alaska State Troopers are creating a new unit, effective Tuesday, to focus on violent crime in the Yukon-Kuskokwim
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Phasing out fossil-fuel dependent vehicles in Sweden
As Sweden aims to wave goodbye to fossil fuels for vehicles by 2030, a panel discussion between politicians, industry and
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Finland at COP21: ‘Small steps will no longer do’
Addressing the UN Climate Change Conference (COP21) in Paris on Monday, the Finnish president likened his country to “a global
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Swedish PM underlines importance of COP21
Prime Minister Stefan Löfven has arrived in Paris for the start of the UN climate conference aimed at agreeing a
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Finnish “ecosystem hotel” to preserve plant species
A project by the Finnish Environment Institute and manufacturing firm Rudus aims to conserve and even increase the number of
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COP21: View from Nunavut, Canada
On the occasion of the United Nations climate change conference in Paris (November 30- December 11), Eye on the Arctic has
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U.K. fashion label apologizes for copied Inuit design
The U.K.-based fashion label KTZ has apologized to a Canadian Inuit woman for using without permission a sacred Inuit design
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Media, energy & kids on COP21:Week in Review
On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories from Eye on the Arctic this
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Finland’s president pledges to cut carbon footprint
Like hundreds of other Finns, President Sauli Niinistö has signed an online pledge to take steps to reduce his personal
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Eroding Arctic Alaska river opens window to past
A river on Alaska’s North Slope is eroding along one of its sections faster than that of any river in
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