Parliamentary committee greenlights Fennovoima nuclear plant in Finland
Parliament’s Finance Committee voted Thursday to grant a new decision-in-principle for the construction of a nuclear power plant by the
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Swedish politicians float water export idea
Local officials from southwestern Sweden are looking into the idea of exporting drinking water from the freshwater Lake Vänern. The motion is
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Fears that 250 people will move from Svalbard, Norway
The mayor of Longyearbyen, the largest settlement on the Svalbard archipelago in Norway’s Arctic, fears that more than ten percent of the population
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Alaska: Judge temporarily halts EPA process on Pebble Mine
U.S. District Court Judge H. Russel Holland issued a preliminary injunction Monday, temporarily halting the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s 404(c) process
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Russia: Murmansk takes measures to protect borderland peninsula
Coastal areas between Russia and Norway will be included in a new natural park, aimed at protecting local nature and
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Blog: The British Invasion – The Arctic Circle and observer states
There was a lot of buzz around new Observers to the Arctic Council leading up to the 2013 Ministerial in
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Eye on the Arctic – Week in Review 11/07/14
On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories on Eye on the Arctic this
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The New Kiruna: A meeting place for past and future
Take a good look around Kiruna because in a few years it won’t be here anymore. “Here” is the valley
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Analysis: Time to ramp up Arctic infrastructure in the U.S.
At long last, the United States government appears poised to seize – if at times, fitfully – it’s Arctic Destiny.
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Alaska asks feds for transfer of 19,322 disputed acres in Arctic
When U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower inked the declaration under which the 49th state joined the union, no one thought
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Is social media contributing to wildlife decline in Canada’s Arctic?
New warnings are being made about using social media to sell wildlife meat and fish online. On a Nunavut Territory
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Air route links Norway, Sweden and Finland in Arctic
TROMSØ: With economic support from the regions, Arctic Airlink will be the first east-west route linking Norway, Sweden and Finland
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Blog: Greenland’s political crisis concerns locals and foreign investors alike
Yesterday morning, mining company Rare Earth Minerals (REM) announced that it had discovered rare earth minerals within its licensed areas near Narsarsuaq,
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Norway builds cross-border tunnel to Russia
A 690 meter long tunnel will be part of new infrastructure connecting the Norwegian border town of Kirkenes with Russia.
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Ice-Blog: Arctic Economic Council – and the environment?
I would like to share my thoughts with you on the founding meeting of the Arctic Economic Council, taking place
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