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Alaska senator Lisa Murkowski listens during a session of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Capitol Hill January 8, 2015 in Washington, DC. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images)
General Politics Politics (USA) USA 

Alaska senator swings at Obama Arctic wildness plan but misses

Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Thursday, January 29, 2015 at 16:24 — Last Updated: Friday, January 30, 2015 at 20:11
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Alaska senator Lisa Murkowski on Wednesday failed to land her first counterpunch at the Obama administration’s new Arctic conservation policies.

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(iStock)
General Politics Politics (Sweden) Sweden 

Sweden’s dairy farmers hit hard by sanctions against Russia

Radio Sweden
Posted: Thursday, January 15, 2015 at 21:52 — Last Updated: Friday, January 16, 2015 at 22:14
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Swedish dairy farmers are facing a tough time because of international politics. Russia has stopped the importation of milk products

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The Swedish nuclear power plant Forsmark in 2006. (Fredrik Sandberg/AFP/Getty Images)
Environment Environment (Sweden) General Sweden 

Sweden: More nuclear waste stored in the sea?

Radio Sweden
Posted: Friday, December 19, 2014 at 15:13
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The Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Company (SKB) has applied to expand its final repository for short-lived radioactive waste (SFR) outside

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Finland General Politics Politics (Finland) 

Parliamentary committee greenlights Fennovoima nuclear plant in Finland

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, November 27, 2014 at 14:42 — Last Updated: Monday, December 1, 2014 at 21:18
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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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Lake Vänern, Sweden. Water, water everywhere but can Sweden export it overseas? (iStock)
Environment Environment (Sweden) General Sweden 

Swedish politicians float water export idea

Radio Sweden
Posted: Wednesday, November 26, 2014 at 19:09 — Last Updated: Thursday, November 27, 2014 at 22:02
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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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Longyearbyen is the largest settlement on Svalbard. (iStock)
General Norway Society Society (Norway) Special Features 

Fears that 250 people will move from Svalbard, Norway

Trude Pettersen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, November 26, 2014 at 16:37 — Last Updated: Thursday, November 27, 2014 at 22:02
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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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A worker with the Pebble Mine project test drills in the Bristol Bay region of Alaska near the village of Iliamma, Alaska in July 13, 2007. An EPA report at the time indicated a large-scale copper and gold mine in Alaska's Bristol Bay region could have devastating effects on the world's largest sockeye salmon fishery and adversely affect Alaska Natives, whose culture is built around salmon.(Al Grillo/AP)
Environment Environment (USA) General USA 

Alaska: Judge temporarily halts EPA process on Pebble Mine

Josh Edge, APRN - Anchorage
Posted: Tuesday, November 25, 2014 at 14:28 — Last Updated: Wednesday, November 26, 2014 at 21:29
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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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(iStock)
Environment Environment (Norway) General Norway 

Russia: Murmansk takes measures to protect borderland peninsula

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, November 17, 2014 at 16:12 — Last Updated: Monday, November 17, 2014 at 21:35
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Coastal areas between Russia and Norway will be included in a new natural park, aimed at protecting local nature and

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From 3 representatives in 2013, the UK brought a delegation of 50 to this year’s Arctic Circle, by far the biggest delegation of the conference for any state or non-state actor. (iStock)
Blog Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) Special Features 

Blog: The British Invasion – The Arctic Circle and observer states

Heather Exner-Pirot
Posted: Monday, November 10, 2014 at 19:12 — Last Updated: Wednesday, November 12, 2014 at 16:47
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There was a lot of buzz around new Observers to the Arctic Council leading up to the 2013 Ministerial in

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Reykjavik, Iceland. The Arctic Circle Assembly was held in the city this week. (Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
Blog Canada General Society Society (Canada) Special Features 

Eye on the Arctic – Week in Review 11/07/14

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, November 7, 2014 at 21:51 — Last Updated: Monday, March 19, 2018 at 13:00
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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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This picture shows a red wire on a model of Sweden's northernmost town of Kiruna that marks the area of the town which will be moved few kilometers away to save it from sinking into the ground due to underground cracks created by iron ore mining. (Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP/Getty Images)
General Society Society (Sweden) Sweden 

The New Kiruna: A meeting place for past and future

Emma Jarratt, Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, November 6, 2014 at 20:09 — Last Updated: Friday, November 7, 2014 at 20:53
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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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General Politics Politics (USA) USA 

Analysis: Time to ramp up Arctic infrastructure in the U.S.

Sourabh Gupta & Dr. Ashok K. Roy
Posted: Monday, November 3, 2014 at 16:11 — Last Updated: Tuesday, November 4, 2014 at 21:29
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At long last, the United States government appears poised to seize – if at times, fitfully – it’s Arctic Destiny.

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Some parts of Alaska's coastline have never been surveyed. (iStock)
General Politics Politics (USA) USA 

Alaska asks feds for transfer of 19,322 disputed acres in Arctic

Dermot Cole, Alaska Dispatch
Posted: Tuesday, October 21, 2014 at 13:56 — Last Updated: Wednesday, October 22, 2014 at 19:26
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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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There are many different caribou herds in regions all across Canada, but most are experiencing dramatic declines. While habitat loss and industrial activity are listed as a major concern, increased pressure from hunting in order for meat and fish to be sold online has also become a concern. This was the most retweeted story on Eye on the Arctic this week. (Nathan Denette/Canadian Press)
Canada General Society Society (Canada) 

Is social media contributing to wildlife decline in Canada’s Arctic?

Marc Montgomery, Radio Canada International
Posted: Monday, October 20, 2014 at 15:27 — Last Updated: Tuesday, October 21, 2014 at 21:06
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New warnings are being made about using social media to sell wildlife meat and fish online. On a Nunavut Territory

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Business Business (Norway) General Norway 

Air route links Norway, Sweden and Finland in Arctic

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, October 16, 2014 at 20:49 — Last Updated: Friday, October 17, 2014 at 18:20
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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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Inuit push for land protection with focus on social economy

In Taloyoak, Nunavut, the northernmost hamlet on mainland Canada, Inuit are working to conserve their territory and set up a community-driven, land-based economy. Photo : Eilís Quinn

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