Canada’s remote communities work to reduce diesel use
Two of Canada’s northern territories, along with several of its provinces, are establishing a task force to reduce the use
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One of world’s largest geo-bio-energy facilities slated for Finland
A new world record is being set in the Helsinki suburb of Sipoo,Finland where a 300,000-square-metre logistics centre to be
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U.S. Coast Guard and scientists on Arctic mission
KODIAK — It’s about 5:45 a.m. on a dewy Tuesday morning, and an enthusiastic climatologist is preparing to board a U.S. Coast Guard flight over
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Canada’s national Inuit organization opens nominations for president
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK), Canada’s national Inuit organization, has opened nominations for its next president. The election will take place
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Blog: The Arctic is not just an earmark for Alaska says senator
U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) gave a speech at the 6th Symposium on the Impacts of an Ice-Diminishing Arctic on Naval
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Fate of Fennovoima up to Russian brass says Finnish politician
Finland’s Green Party leader Ville Niinistö says he considers the Fennovoima nuclear power plant project to be completely ruled by
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Wind power investments down in Sweden
Sweden’s wind power investments are slowing down, as there were no new orders for wind turbines in the second quarter,
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Descendant dilemma looms for Alaska Native corporations
The Alaska Native corporation for the Nome region will analyze the idea of enrolling descendants while sister corporations keep such
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Politics, pot & polar ice – Arctic 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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Ice-Blog: Can we still avert irreversible ice sheet melt?
Earlier this week, I was able to follow up my last talk with Professor Stefan Rahmstorf from the Potsdam Institute for
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Sweden’s wolf committee winds up after lack of interest
The Swedish government has wound up the so-called ‘wolf committee’ after a lack of interest from the organisations which had
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Sámi petition gains ground in Finland
Sámi associations sent a petition to Finnish MPs and ministers where they asked Finland’s politicians and officials to take the
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Arctic Alaska meeting planned for Kerry, Lavrov and other officials
WASHINGTON — U.S. State Department officials are planning a “ministerial event” on Arctic policy later this summer in Alaska that could
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Arctic countries ban fishing around North Pole
Decades ago, fishermen, fishery managers and environmentalists from Alaska and the Soviet Union put aside their nations’ differences to try
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Greenpeace calls for reassessment of Finnish environmental policy
Greenpeace Finland’s program manager Sini Harkki says Finland would benefit from a new appraisal of its environmental protection commitments. In
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