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MLAs in Canada’s Northwest Territories to hear from public on carbon tax changes

Sidney Cohen, CBC News
Posted: Monday, January 16, 2023 at 11:46
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‘My constituents up here, we’re really hurting,’ says Nunakput MLA, who opposes carbon tax increases Northwest Territories MLAs will hold

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Finland General Society Society (Finland) 

Finland: Health threat as wood heat gets popular?

Yle News
Posted: Friday, October 30, 2015 at 16:02 — Last Updated: Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at 16:38
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Wood use has risen in the past decade, but officials warn that its emissions may cause hundreds of deaths annually.

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Arctic Energy Summit: What can polar regions learn from each other?

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Monday, September 28, 2015 at 17:45 — Last Updated: Monday, March 19, 2018 at 12:19
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Energy security and the cost of living are constant challenges in most polar regions. While the South focuses on things like offshore drilling

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Throughout Canada, remote communities are looking for ways to lower their reliance on diesel fuel. (iStock)
Canada General Society Society (Canada) Special Features 

Canada’s remote communities work to reduce diesel use

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Wednesday, July 22, 2015 at 13:29 — Last Updated: Thursday, July 23, 2015 at 19:25
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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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The bulk of the biomass at the Turku plant will be wood chips gathered within a 150-kilometre radius. (iStock)
Environment Environment (Finland) Finland 

Finland: Turku utilities to trade in coal for biofuel

Yle News
Posted: Monday, April 14, 2014 at 12:03
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Close on the heels of Sunday’s UN climate report, which urges a shift from coal to renewable energy, the Turku

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A windpower turbine in Ikaalinen, Finland. (Mihalis Kouloumbis / Yle)
Environment Environment (Finland) Finland 

Finland EU’s third largest user of renewable energy

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, March 11, 2014 at 10:31
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EU statistics show 34.3 percent of Finnish energy currently comes from renewable sources, meaning that of the EU countries, Finland

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