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Environment Environment (Finland) Finland 

Report: Finland behind on sustainable development goals

Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, June 3, 2020 at 16:23 — Last Updated: Wednesday, June 3, 2020 at 16:25
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Finland is making some progress towards achieving the goals set out in the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, but there

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General News Politics Politics (Russia) Russia 

Russia’s Far East ministry to get powers over Arctic policy

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, January 21, 2019 at 15:31
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The new ministry will coordinate the country’s expanding development of regional infrastructure and industry. “New ports and new energy capacities

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Business Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) 

New Inuit development association launches, wants to keep money in Northern Canada

Elyse Skura, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, November 29, 2018 at 14:35
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A new national Inuit association is pushing the Canadian government to ensure Indigenous companies are benefiting from the rapid development

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Blog General News Russia Society Society (Russia) 

Blog – Reflecting on Arctic development while trekking across Central Asia

Mia Bennett
Posted: Wednesday, September 5, 2018 at 14:26 — Last Updated: Friday, September 7, 2018 at 13:29
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Nearly five years ago, I wrote a post comparing the Arctic and Central Asia. Though at first glance the regions don’t seem

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General News Society Society (USA) USA 

How alternatives to traditional banking can help rural Alaskans

Anne Hillman, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Friday, July 13, 2018 at 14:12 — Last Updated: Friday, July 13, 2018 at 14:15
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About a dozen people, including a baby, sit in a classroom at the Knik Tribal Council office in Palmer (southcentral

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Environment Environment (USA) General News USA 

How the Army Corps of Engineers turned lenient on Alaska wetlands mitigation

Casey Grove, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Friday, July 6, 2018 at 10:01
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A review of five years of Army Corps of Engineers permits for development in Alaska wetlands showed the corps had

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Society (USA) USA 

Alaskan Indigenous community group pushes for better fishing quotas

Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Wednesday, July 4, 2018 at 14:52 — Last Updated: Wednesday, July 4, 2018 at 14:54
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Alaska Congressman Don Young is trying again to renew the Magnuson-Stevens Act. The nation’s fundamental federal fisheries law hasn’t been

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Environment Environment (USA) General News USA 

Authorities agree to new wetland mitigation guidelines in Alaska

Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Tuesday, June 19, 2018 at 10:47
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers have beefed up their guidelines for wetlands mitigation in

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Blog Denmark/Greenland General News Politics Politics (Denmark/Greenland) 

Blog – Underwater tunnels revolutionize transport in the Faroe Islands

Mia Bennett
Posted: Friday, June 1, 2018 at 09:00 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 09:27
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Fifty-five million years ago, the Northeast Atlantic Ocean opened up between Europe and Greenland, pushing the two landmasses apart. In

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Blog Denmark/Greenland General News Politics Politics (Denmark/Greenland) 

Blog – Faroe Islands host Arctic Circle Forum, trumpet “infrastructure miracle”

Mia Bennett
Posted: Monday, May 14, 2018 at 15:52 — Last Updated: Friday, May 18, 2018 at 11:21
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Situated halfway between Iceland and Scotland, the Faroe Islands are so remote from most people’s minds that even the customs

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Blog Business General Geopolitics Geopolitics (USA) USA 

Blog – Qingdao plays pivotal role in China’s Arctic strategy

Mia Bennett
Posted: Friday, May 4, 2018 at 14:47 — Last Updated: Tuesday, May 8, 2018 at 16:28
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In January, China released its first Arctic Policy. In the U.S., fearful headlines greeted the document, from The Wall Street

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A freight train in Norilsk, Russia. (iStock)
Business Business (Russia) News Russia 

Arctic infrastructure: Moscow runs dry, companies step in

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, April 11, 2018 at 13:48 — Last Updated: Friday, April 13, 2018 at 15:05
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New Russian railway lines leading to the Arctic Ocean will heavily depend on private investments. The 707 km long Northern

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Environment Environment (Iceland) General Iceland 

Indigenous Peoples’ knowledge can help us prevent climate changes says Ban Ki-moon

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, October 11, 2016 at 16:19
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The UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urges governments to ensure that Indigenous Peoples’ rights and contributions remain central when ways to

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Blog Business Business (Canada) Canada General Society Society (Canada) 

Blog: Proposed ‘Northern Corridor’ would bypass much of Canada’s north

Mia Bennett
Posted: Thursday, June 9, 2016 at 20:52
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A new research paper issued by the University of Calgary’s School of Public Policy has proposed establishing a right-of-way for a

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General Iceland Politics Politics (Iceland) 

Obama and Nordic leaders pledge Arctic cooperation

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Monday, May 16, 2016 at 16:17
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President Obama and the leaders of the five Nordic nations declared on Friday that they have common interests in protecting

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