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Canada releases plan for a 40 per cent cut in carbon emissions by 2030

John Paul Tasker, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 15:32
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Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault today released the government’s plan to dramatically curb greenhouse gas emissions over the next eight years

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Finland unveils plan for electric aircraft routes across Lapland region

Yle News
Posted: Monday, February 7, 2022 at 11:40
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An experimental project operating out of Enontekiö Airport in the northwest corner of Finland is set to test the viability

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Electric vehicles account for 80% of sales in Norway’s northernmost region

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, February 2, 2022 at 11:46
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The coldest winter in years doesn’t scare customers in the Finnmark region on the top of Norway from buying battery-powered

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Europe’s first battery gigafactory starts production in northern Sweden

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, December 29, 2021 at 11:17
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Northvolt says last night’s assembling of the first battery cell marks a new chapter in European industrial history. “Today is

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Environment Environment (Norway) Featured • Zone 3 Norway 

Norwegian Arctic ferry lines to go electric by 2022

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, November 23, 2021 at 11:13 — Last Updated: Tuesday, November 23, 2021 at 11:22
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Norway’s successful transition to a zero-emission transport sector continues. By the end of 2022, the last remaining ferry connection along

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Business Business (Finland) Finland 

Northern Scandinavia to pioneer commercial flights with electric planes

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, June 18, 2020 at 12:18 — Last Updated: Friday, June 26, 2020 at 10:26
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Northern Scandinavia could be one of the first regions in the world with flights operated by commercial airliners with zero-emission

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Environment Environment (Sweden) Sweden 

Swedish company LKAB targets emission-free iron ore mining around 2030

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, April 6, 2020 at 12:21
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Europe’s largest iron ore producer aims at replacing all diesel-powered mining machines with electric ones at the underground mines in

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Environment Environment (Norway) Norway 

Battery-powered tour buses come to Arctic Norway

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, February 4, 2020 at 11:18
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The travel industry goes green and the north is no exception when tour-busses aims for zero emission. It is the

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Business Business (Finland) Finland 

Finnish climate panel: Electric cars cheaper in the long run

Yle News
Posted: Friday, December 13, 2019 at 10:23
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The Finnish Climate Change Panel estimates that electric cars emit 60-70 percent lower lifetime emissions than standard cars with combustion

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