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Environment Environment (Finland) Finland General News 

The world could transition entirely to cheap, safe renewable energy before 2050: Finnish study

Yle News
Posted: Friday, April 12, 2019 at 16:00
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A global transition to the exclusive use of renewable energy sources is not only possible but also cheaper and safer

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General News 

Indigenous village in northwestern Canada to declare climate change emergency

Heather Avery, CBC News
Posted: Friday, April 12, 2019 at 14:03
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The chief of the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation in Yukon, northwestern Canada says his community’s traditional way of life is

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General News 

Canadian Arctic is warmest it’s been in 10,000 years: study

CBC News
Posted: Friday, April 12, 2019 at 09:39 — Last Updated: Friday, April 12, 2019 at 16:36
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New research suggests Canada’s Arctic is the warmest it has been in 10,000 years — and the temperatures are still

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General News 

Future Arctic won’t look like today’s Arctic, report says

Walter Strong, CBC News
Posted: Monday, April 8, 2019 at 09:08
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It may be the end of the Arctic as we know it. That wasn’t the title of the report Key

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General News 

City in northwestern Canada grapples with impacts of record warm weather

Alexandra Byers and Philippe Morin, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, April 4, 2019 at 15:35
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Controlled burns to prevent forest fires have begun three weeks earlier than usual in Whitehorse, Yukon. “We’ve been starting to

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General News 

Landslides on island in Arctic Canada up 6,000% since 1984, study finds

Avery Zingel, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, April 3, 2019 at 16:02
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Landslides caused by thawing permafrost on a Canadian Arctic island have increased by over 60 times since 1984, according to

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General News 

Northern Canada warming at three times the global rate, report finds

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, April 2, 2019 at 10:13
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Canada is, on average, experiencing warming at twice the rate of the rest of the world, with Northern Canada heating

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Environment Environment (Sweden) General News Sweden 

Norway asks Sweden to take part in carbon capture project

David Russell, Radio Sweden
Posted: Tuesday, April 2, 2019 at 09:40
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The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency has produced a ‘Climate Action Roadmap’, setting forward the path it believes the government should

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Denmark/Greenland Environment Environment (Denmark/Greenland) General News 

Tall ice cliffs are slumping and may trigger rapid sea-level rise, study finds

Priscilla Hwang, CBC News
Posted: Monday, April 1, 2019 at 11:26 — Last Updated: Monday, April 1, 2019 at 11:30
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Scientists have found that tall ice cliffs in Greenland are slumping — and this may eventually lead to a more

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Environment Environment (Finland) Finland General News 

Finnish climate heating up: report

Yle News
Posted: Friday, March 29, 2019 at 11:09 — Last Updated: Friday, March 29, 2019 at 14:34
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A string of abnormally hot temperatures recorded in Finland in recent years provides evidence for climate change, the Finnish Meteorological

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Environment Environment (Russia) General News Russia 

Warmest winter ever on the Northern Sea Route

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, March 28, 2019 at 11:35
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Parts of the region had an average temperature almost 4 degrees Celsius above normal. The Russian Arctic is becoming increasingly

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Environment Environment (Norway) General News Norway 

Students in Arctic Norway go out on climate strike

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, March 25, 2019 at 14:19 — Last Updated: Monday, March 25, 2019 at 14:20
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“What do we want? Action! – When do we want it? – Now!” “Why go to school today if the

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General News 

Why a man from Northern Canada created a Twitter bot that monitors temperature trends

Priscilla Hwang, CBC News
Posted: Monday, March 25, 2019 at 11:55
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Will Gagnon says it was a vulnerable moment that led him to eventually create a Twitter bot to raise more

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Environment Environment (Norway) General News Norway 

Arctic Norway: temperatures on Svalbard have been above normal for 100 straight months

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, March 25, 2019 at 09:25 — Last Updated: Monday, March 25, 2019 at 09:29
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“Some months have seen temperatures in the area around Longyearbyen with as much as 12-14 degrees [Celsius] over normal,” says

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Gas flares, a producer of black carbon, go off at a an unnamed liquefied natural gas plant on Sakhalin island in Russia's Far East.
Environment Environment (Finland) Finland General News 

U.S., Russia thwarting black carbon reduction efforts in Arctic, says Finland

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, March 22, 2019 at 12:45 — Last Updated: Friday, March 22, 2019 at 15:13
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Black carbon pollution remains a pressing concern in the Arctic, but the U.S. and Russia are thwarting regional co-operation efforts

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The Parliament of Canada is the federal legislature of Canada, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, and is composed of three parts: the Monarch, the Senate, and the House of Commons. Photo: La Presse canadienne / Adrian Wyld

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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