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Can the environment withstand Arctic Russia’s coal mining boom?

23 August 201926 August 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments coal, emissions, energy, mining, national parks, POLICY

Climate crisis and environmental concern notwithstanding, Russia says it aims for a big dig of the carbon-rich rock. Much of

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Putin’s Arctic shipping goals mobilizing officials, industry

8 August 20198 August 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments coal, energy, gas, LNG, Northern Latitudinal Passage, Northern Sea Route, oil, shipping

How much goods can be shipped along Russia’s Arctic route between Europe and Asia? The Ministry of Transport believes shipments

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Moscow supports Vostok Coal’s expansion into protected Arctic tundra

7 August 20197 August 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments coal, Dikson, energy, mining, national parks, Northern Sea Route, shipping, Taymyr peninsula, VostokCoal

Company Vostok Coal has been been fined several hundred million rubles for illegal mining in Russia’s Taymyr Peninsula, but still

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Small town in Arctic Russia to become Northern Sea Route shipping hub

26 June 201926 June 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments coal, Dikson, energy, Infrastructure, Northern Sea Route, oil, shipping

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev signs the decree that is to turn the remote Arctic settlement of Dikson, in the

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Coal businesses sign deal for giant terminal in northwest Russia

24 April 201924 April 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments coal, energy, Infrastructure, Murmansk, shipping

In two years time, up to 18 million tons of coal will be shipped out from the new Lavna terminal

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Russia is building a new Arctic with private investments

23 April 201926 April 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments coal, energy, fossil fuels, gas, LNG, Northern Latitudinal Passage, Northern Sea Route, oil, transport

A system with major tax breaks is to make private investors place billions in Russia’s new regional infrastructure. “We have

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Northern Sea Route: Russia’s Rosatom aims to surpass Putin’s target

11 April 201912 April 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Arctic Forum, coal, fossil fuels, gas, Infrastructure, Northern Sea Route, Novatek, oil, Rosatom, shipping

Shipping on the Northern Sea Route will amount to 92.6 million tons in 2024, leader of nuclear power company Rosatom

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Helsinki Mayor pledges €1m for idea to replace coal-fired energy plants

5 April 2019 Yle News 0 Comments coal, energy, fossil fuels, Helsinki, Renewables

The Mayor of Finland’s capital launched a campaign on Wednesday aimed at tackling climate change called the Helsinki Challenge competition.

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Investors working to build coal terminal in Murmansk

15 February 201915 February 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments coal, energy, Lavna, Murmansk, port, rail, shipping

New investors join efforts in the projected Lavna coal terminal in Murmansk. The State Transport Leasing Company (STLC) has struck

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Boom times for Russia’s Arctic ports

25 January 201925 January 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Arkhangelsk, coal, energy, gas, LNG, Murmansk, oil, ports, Sabetta, shipping, transport, Varandey, Yamal

Goods volumes in Sabetta increased by more than 130 percent and Murmansk had its best year ever. Goods volumes across

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Northern Sea Route: officials worry Putin’s ambitions are unrealistic

18 January 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments coal, energy, gas, natural resources, Northern Sea Route, oil, shipping

There is unease in several Russian government ministries as officials start to understand that the President’s objectives for the Northern

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Russia presents massive five-year plan to boost Arctic energy sector

17 December 201817 December 2018 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments coal, energy, gas, Infrastructure, LNG, natural resources, Northern Latitudinal Passage, Northern Sea Route, oil, shipping, Yamal peninsula

Russian investments in regional infrastructure and natural resource development will over the next years be equivalent to the country’s federal

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Finnish energy sector’s emissions dropping sharply: report

11 December 201814 December 2018 Yle News 0 Comments climate change, coal, emissions, energy, forestry, global warming, Renewables

Emissions from electricity and district heating production are taking a nosedive thanks to policy measures aimed at fighting climate change,

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Fossil fuels drive shipping boom along Northern Sea Route

5 December 20187 December 2018 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments coal, energy, fossil fuels, LNG, Northern Sea Route, oil, Rosatom, shipping, Yamal

Despite complicated ice conditions, more than 18 million tons of goods have been shipped along the Northern Sea Route in

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‘It would be great to have clean air’: A Polish wish as crucial climate talks open

3 December 2018 Nahlah Ayed, CBC News 0 Comments air pollution, climate change, coal, energy, global warming, Katowice, Krakow, Poland, smog

The official video promoting the host of this year’s crucial international climate talks paints a glowing green picture. Poland, it

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