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Business Business (Canada) 

Move your car from the Inuvik, N.W.T. airport or have it towed, manager says

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, March 19, 2024 at 15:55
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Cars that have been parked at the Inuvik, N.W.T., airport for over three months will be towed at their owner’s

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* Featured * Business Business (Sweden) Featured • Zone 3 General News Sweden 

Europe’s first battery gigafactory starts production in northern Sweden

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, December 29, 2021 at 11:17
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Northvolt says last night’s assembling of the first battery cell marks a new chapter in European industrial history. “Today is

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Business Business (Finland) Finland 

Finnish climate panel: Electric cars cheaper in the long run

Yle News
Posted: Friday, December 13, 2019 at 10:23
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The Finnish Climate Change Panel estimates that electric cars emit 60-70 percent lower lifetime emissions than standard cars with combustion

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Environment Environment (Finland) Finland General 

Few Finns willing to make sacrifices alone for climate, poll finds

Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, June 26, 2019 at 14:30 — Last Updated: Friday, June 28, 2019 at 10:03
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The willingness of people in Finland to compromise their living standards in order to protect the environment is lower than

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Environment Environment (Sweden) General Sweden 

Sweden’s cars pollute more than previously thought

Olof Wijnbladh, Radio Sweden
Posted: Wednesday, June 26, 2019 at 11:33 — Last Updated: Wednesday, June 26, 2019 at 14:16
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Those looking to buy a new car next year can expect it to cost more, because new, more stringent emissions

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Finland General News Society Society (Finland) 

Finnish housing companies hesitant to install charging stations for electric cars

Yle News
Posted: Friday, February 15, 2019 at 14:50
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Few housing companies in Finland appear to be willing to cough up the cash to install charging stations for residents’

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Business Business (USA) General USA 

Audi plans return to Arctic Alaska for secretive cold-weather testing

Alex DeMarban, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Sunday, December 11, 2016 at 08:29
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A German automaker plans to return to Alaska’s North Slope early next year to continue its secretive cold-weather performance tests

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Finland General Society Society (Finland) 

Bad road conditions across Finland, except Arctic

Yle News
Posted: Monday, February 22, 2016 at 14:37
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Due to the spate of snow over the weekend, driving conditions are dangerous in the southern regions of Uusimaa and

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Traffic outside of Stockholm, Sweden. Electric car sales are weak in the country, especially compared to places like neighbouring Norway. (Sven Nackstand / AFP)
Environment Environment (Sweden) General Sweden 

Sweden: Petrol-tax hike may have marginal impact on climate change

Radio Sweden
Posted: Tuesday, April 7, 2015 at 13:04 — Last Updated: Wednesday, April 8, 2015 at 17:31
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The Swedish government’s decision to raise petrol taxes in 2016 could be a toothless measure for reaching the country’s climate

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Environment Environment (Sweden) Special Features Sweden 

Auto industry wants Sweden’s green vehicle rebate program refueled

Radio Sweden
Posted: Monday, July 28, 2014 at 09:17
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A rebate program for people who buy electric and hybrid cars is running out of money and members of the

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A gas station in Sundsvall, a town in eastern Sweden. (iStock)
Environment Environment (Sweden) Sweden 

Sweden’s petrol plan ‘setback for environment’ say critics

Radio Sweden
Posted: Monday, March 17, 2014 at 09:29
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The Swedish government wants to relax rules for what fuels gas stations must sell in an effort to keep more

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Finland's average commuting distance was almost 14 kilometres in 2012, one and a half times longer than twenty years earlier. (Mika Kanerva / Yle)
Environment Environment (Finland) Finland 

Finland: Drivers will no longer rule the road in cities of the future

Yle News
Posted: Monday, March 10, 2014 at 08:56
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What will the cities of the future look like? Kuopio city planner Leo Kosonen and his Australian colleague Peter Newman

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Traffic in Stockholm, Sweden. (Jonathan Nackstrand / AFP)
Environment Environment (Sweden) Sweden 

National transport plan slammed as eco crime in Sweden

Radio Sweden
Posted: Friday, February 21, 2014 at 13:36
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The Swedish government plans to invest SEK 522 billion in the national transport system, but the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

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Traffic entering Stockholm, Sweden. (Sven Nackstrand / AFP)
Environment Environment (Sweden) Sweden 

Four-wheel drives risk Swedish climate goals

Radio Sweden
Posted: Monday, January 27, 2014 at 12:44
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Increased sales of four-wheel drive vehicles is threatening Sweden from reaching its envrionmental goals for automobiles, according to the Swedish

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Road in Stockholm, Sweden. Sales of electric cars in the country remain tiny. (Johan Nilsson / SCANPIX / AFP)
Business Sweden 

Weak sales of electric cars and hybrids in Sweden

Radio Sweden
Posted: Friday, January 3, 2014 at 17:02
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Just 1,500 new electric and hybrids vehicles were sold last year in Sweden, a fraction of the total number of

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