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The Fennica off the Finnish coast near Pori. (Markku Sandell / Yle)

Finland wants in on US icebreaker investment

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, September 3, 2015 at 20:17 — Last Updated: Thursday, September 3, 2015 at 20:19
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The head of Finnish state-owned company Arctia Shipping points out that operating icebreakers is a more lucrative business than building

Sweden's chief climate negotiator at the Bonn Climate change conference this week says the international community needs to start working on compromises now in order to reach a comprehensive climate agreement. (iStock)

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Climate compromise needed: Swedish official

Radio Sweden
Posted: Thursday, September 3, 2015 at 18:07 — Last Updated: Thursday, September 3, 2015 at 18:18
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The Bonn Climate change conference ends on Friday and time is running out to achieve a compromise ahead of the

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Obama brings funding promises to Arctic

Erica Martinson, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Thursday, September 3, 2015 at 13:28 — Last Updated: Friday, September 4, 2015 at 19:10
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The White House on Wednesday announced new efforts and funding to encourage energy efficiency in remote villages and the appointment

A fishing organization in Finland has been praised for its decision to not host the 2017 fly-fishing world championships in Northern Ostrobothnia, Finland. (iStock)

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Fishermen receive environmental award for competition boycott in North Finland

Yle News
Posted: Monday, August 31, 2015 at 18:19 — Last Updated: Tuesday, September 1, 2015 at 20:31
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The Ympäristöavaus 2015 award has been given to the Finnish Federation for Recreational Fishing for its part in helping preserve

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Alaska trip shows Obama’s commitment to Arctic: Kerry

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Monday, August 31, 2015 at 13:56 — Last Updated: Monday, August 31, 2015 at 20:06
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Federal officials have made a lot of unfulfilled promises in the past about paying attention to the issues and needs

Diving oil prices will have a serious effect on Barents drilling. Gazprom Neft and Eni, the two companies which have production platforms in the area, will inevitably have to record major losses. (iStock)

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Grand losses in offshore Arctic oil

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, August 26, 2015 at 13:28 — Last Updated: Thursday, August 27, 2015 at 19:18
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Oil companies Gazprom Neft and Eni will lose big money on their offshore projects in the Barents Sea With the

President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson of Iceland meets with first lady Donna Walker and Gov. Bill Walker during a reception for "The Alaskan Arctic: A Summit on Shipping and Ports" in the Quarter Deck at the Hotel Captain Cook on Sunday, Aug. 23, 2015. (Bill Roth / Alaska Dispatch News)

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Calls for action at Arctic shipping conference

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Monday, August 24, 2015 at 15:23 — Last Updated: Tuesday, August 25, 2015 at 18:51
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With Arctic sea ice dwindling toward what is likely to be one of the lowest minimums on record, conditions are primed for

Crude oil marks lowest price in 6 1/2 years. Lukoil is Russia's largest private oil company. (Thomas Nilsen/Barents Observer)

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Oslo, Moscow stock markets deep-dive

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, August 24, 2015 at 14:48 — Last Updated: Monday, August 24, 2015 at 14:53
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The falling price of oil is dragging the kroner and the rouble down. The decline in oil price is triggering

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Peel Watershed case returns to Yukon court

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, August 21, 2015 at 16:05 — Last Updated: Monday, March 19, 2018 at 12:21
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The Peel Watershed controversy is arguably one of the most watched, ongoing environmental stories in Canada. The Yukon Government wants

The nuclear-powered icebreaker 50 Let Pobedy (50 Years of Victory) at the North Pole in 2013. Here, it brought the Olympic Flame to the North Pole for the first time during the torch relay for the 2014 Sochi Winter Games. (Sergei Dolya/AP)

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Russia’s 100th time to the North Pole

Trude Pettersen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, August 20, 2015 at 13:32 — Last Updated: Friday, August 21, 2015 at 21:14
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The nuclear-powered icebreaker “50 Years of Victory” recently completed Russia’s 100th visit to the North Pole with a surface vessel.

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Canada: Inuit Youth Summit begins on Thursday

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Wednesday, August 19, 2015 at 20:18 — Last Updated: Monday, March 19, 2018 at 12:25
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Canada’s National Inuit Youth Summit will kick off on Thursday in Iqaluit, the capital city of Canada’s eastern Arctic territory

Democratic presidential candidate and former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton answers questions from members of the media following a campaign stop in North Las Vegas, Nevada on Tuesday. (Isaac Brekken/Getty Images)

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Clinton tweets opposition to Arctic drilling

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Wednesday, August 19, 2015 at 13:39 — Last Updated: Thursday, August 20, 2015 at 20:43
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Hillary Clinton used Twitter on Tuesday to declare her opposition to Arctic offshore drilling, and her brief statement was applauded by

Wind turbines are covering increasingly bigger lands in northern Finland. (Thomas Nilsen/Barents Observer)

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Wind power growing most in North Finland

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, August 19, 2015 at 13:05 — Last Updated: Thursday, August 20, 2015 at 20:43
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Northern Finland moves with the winds, outpaces neighboring Nordic regions in wind power generation. Figures assembled by Patchwork Barents show that the

The oil drilling rig Polar Pioneer in a dock in Seattle in May 2015. The rig is the first of two drilling rigs Royal Dutch Shell has outfitting for Arctic oil exploration. (Elaine Thompson/File/AP)

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Shell gets drilling go-ahead in Chukchi

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Tuesday, August 18, 2015 at 13:21 — Last Updated: Wednesday, August 19, 2015 at 20:32
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Royal Dutch Shell won permission on Monday to start deep drilling at a Chukchi Sea exploration well, opening the way for the

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White House video previews Obama’s Alaska visit

Erica Martinson, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Thursday, August 13, 2015 at 19:36 — Last Updated: Monday, August 17, 2015 at 19:44
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U.S. President Barack Obama will use his trip to Alaska later this month as the backdrop of a message to