Mild winter affects Finland’s fur farming industry
One business casualty of the milder winter will delight animal rights activists: the Saga Furs auction house. The company’s auction
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Alaska: Oil industry spends $1 million against referendum
Vote No on 1 registered as a political group in October, and already they’ve broken the million-dollar mark. They’ve taken
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Sweden: Mine applications hit new low in 2013
The number of mining applications for exploration permits has dropped to a new low this year, leading some to believe
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Rovaniemi, Finland hosts forestry conference
The annual European Forestry conference will be held in Rovaniemi in the summer of 2015. Some 150 participants from around
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Laser technology used to map polar bear den habitat
What is the best way to find sites that could be used for polar bear dens, the cozy snow caves
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Canada’s North has highest homicide rates
Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut had the country’s highest homicide rate last year, according to numbers from Statistics Canada.
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Wolf hunt in central Sweden next year
The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency is to allow a licenced wolf hunt in central parts of Sweden next year. A
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BLOG: Potential rare earth element found in Arctic
I attended the American Geological Union (AGU) Fall Meeting this week in San Francisco. It’s billed as “the largest worldwide
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Sweden: Sensors will monitor plant’s radiation levels
Ringhals nuclear power plant is the largest of its kind in Scandinavia and the plant will be receiving some extra
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Mysterious drop in Nunavut, Canada seal harvest
The number of sealskins harvested in Nunavut has fallen by more than half since the European Union banned seal products
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Time-lapse images show northern lights over Oulu, Finland
German-born photographer Thomas Kast’s time-lapse Northern Lights video “Aurora – Queen of the Night” is being shown at a planetarium
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Alaska’s oil producers predict declining production despite tax cut
Goodbye million-barrel objective. Hello billion-dollar deficits. Alaska oil companies’ own numbers now back up state predictions that the amount of
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Canada’s Northwest Territories unveils ambitious energy plan
The government in Canada’s Northwest Territories (N.W.T.) has unveiled a grand plan for the N.W.T.’s energy future. The plan aims
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Finland: Court approves Talvivaara debt plan
Talvivaara’s plans to restructure its debt have been approved by Espoo District Court. The troubled Finnish nickel mining firm owes
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Canada’s woodland caribou still at risk
An environmental group says more needs to be done to prevent an iconic Canadian animal from going extinct. The Canadian
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