Dueling court rulings on Sweden’s wolf hunts
Wolf hunts remain a contentious issue in Sweden and now there is a battle in the courts about whether hunting permits for the
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Sweden’s Ojnare forest becomes protected area
The government has decided that the Ojnare forest on the Baltic Island of Gotland needs to be protected for its
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Finland to save Talvivaara mining operations
Mining operations at Talvivaara’s Sotkamo quarry are expected to resume in September, following an announcement Friday that the government will
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U.S judge rejects push to open ANWR
A novel strategy pushed by then-Gov. Sean Parnell and his natural resources head — now U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan —
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Alaska’s criminal justice system to be reviewed
Alaska’s prisons are filling up so fast state lawmakers have warned that despite the opening of a new facility in
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Alaska senator unveils bill for Native services, firefighting
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski unveiled an appropriations bill Tuesday that would ensure dedicated funding for emergency firefighting but also
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Appeals court upholds Shell’s Arctic oil spill plans
A federal appeals court Thursday upheld the Interior Department’s approval of two oil spill response plans crafted by Royal Dutch
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Arctic-based Russian blogger walks free
Prosecutors in Murmansk end their case against the man behind the popular Bloger51 news site. Aleksandr Serebryanikov might finally be able
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Alaska: Project to arm village officers begins with just 3 making initial cut
BETHEL — Just three Alaska village public safety officers passed background checks, a physical fitness test and a psychological evaluation so they
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Ex-priest sentenced for sexual abuse of children in Canada’s Arctic
Defrocked priest Eric Dejaeger, found guilty of sexually abusing children in northern Canada, has been sentenced to 19 years in
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Obama, oil drilling and injustice in Canada’s North: Arctic Week in Review
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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Boy agrees to plea deal in Alaska musk ox killings
A second boy charged with killing musk oxen near the village of Brevig Mission in Western Alaska has reached a plea agreement with
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Bill to remove Alaska exception to Violence Against Women Act passes in U.S. Senate
A bill to remove the Alaska exception from the Violence Against Women Act cleared the Senate on Tuesday. Outgoing Alaska
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Assistant district attorney shot and killed in Arctic Alaska
An Alaska assistant district attorney who once was a Washington state lawmaker was shot and killed in the Arctic community of
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Alaska: Judge temporarily halts EPA process on Pebble Mine
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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