New Arctic data debunks 1998-2012’s “global warming hiatus”
Researchers have long puzzled over an apparent contradiction in climate change calculations that suggested global warming may have paused or
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China
Big questions emerge over $43 billion gas-export deal between Alaska and China
Gov. Bill Walker on Wednesday heralded an agreement between Alaska and three Chinese entities to advance the state’s $43 billion
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Alaska gas line agency signs agreement with Chinese oil company, financial institutions
China’s giant state-owned oil company, Sinopec, and a pair of Chinese financial institutions have signed an agreement to advance Alaska’s
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Blog – Arctic nickel, not oil, could soon power the world’s cars
The Arctic is often imagined as a new energy frontier because of its ample oil reserves. But what if its
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Plastic recycling slow to gain ground in Finland
Finland has traditionally had high recycling rates, but a national system for collecting household plastic waste was not set up
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Big dig in Kola Bay as Novatek takes new steps in Arctic gas project
Arctic gas is on the agenda as Leonid Mikhelson is in Beijing this week as part of Prime Minister Dmitry
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China’s Arctic Road and Belt gambit
Strategic concerns over the vulnerability of China’s current trade routes and climate change are pushing Beijing to pay growing attention
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Chinese company confirms interest in trans-Arctic shipping to Arkhangelsk
The development of a deep-water port on the Northern Dvina River will enable Chinese company COSCO to bring in big-tonnage
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Chinese icebreaker navigates across central Arctic
On Monday, «Xue Long» is doing research in the Norwegian Sea, sailing a back-and-forth pat half-way between Bjørnøya and Jan
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Sweden welcomes surge of Chinese visitors
Tourism is on the rise in Sweden’s capital, and the CEO of Visit Stockholm thinks the increased interest has partly
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Chinese tourists spend big in Finland’s capital
Chinese tourists spend a lot of money when visiting Finland’s capital. Last year visitors from China spent 214 million euros
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Chinese rig starts drilling in Russian Arctic
The «Nanhai-VIII» spuds this year’s only offshore well in the oil-rich Russian Arctic region. The field is called Leningradskoye and
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Russia, Finland leaders talk defence, environment and possible US sanctions
Finnish President Sauli Niinistö and Russian President Vladimir Putin met for talks in eastern Finland on Thursday. The two leaders
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Chinese investors back out of 2 biofuels projects in Finland
A Finnish firm is looking for new funding after Chinese investors pulled out of planned biofuels plants in Myllykoski and
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Blog: China’s Belt and Road initiative moves into Arctic
When China convened its Belt and Road Forum in Beijing last month, most of the attention focused on the initiative’s
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