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Swedish municipalities to cooperate in fighting future wildfires

Monica Elfström, Radio Sweden
Posted: Friday, November 15, 2019 at 16:43
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It is hoped over fifty municipalities in central Sweden will work together to fight forest fires. After the huge fires

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Canada Countries Featured Featured • Zone 3 General SOCIETY Society 

Canada’s Northwest Territories launching 911 emergency service Monday

Sidney Cohen, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, October 30, 2019 at 10:07 — Last Updated: Wednesday, October 30, 2019 at 11:26
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Starting on Monday, people in the Northwest Territories, Northern Canada who find themselves in an emergency will be able to

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Canada Countries Environment General POLITICS 

Whitehorse, northwestern Canada declares climate change emergency

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, September 25, 2019 at 10:57 — Last Updated: Wednesday, September 25, 2019 at 14:10
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Whitehorse city council voted on Monday to declare a climate change emergency, but shied away from promising a “carbon budget”

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Canada ENVIRONMENT Environment Featured General Highlights Uncategorized 

Homes destroyed, highway temporarily closed by wildfire in Northern Canada

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, August 23, 2018 at 15:51
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Three homes in Lower Post, northern British Columbia (B.C.), have reportedly been destroyed by wildfire, and it’s not clear when

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Canada Environment 

Large forest fire forces highway closure in Northwestern Canada

CBC News
Posted: Friday, August 3, 2018 at 16:58 — Last Updated: Friday, August 3, 2018 at 17:01
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The Robert Campbell Highway in eastern Yukon (territory in Northwestern Canada) has been closed because of an advancing forest fire.

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ENVIRONMENT Environment Featured General Highlights Sweden 

Oil spill cleanup ongoing in Sweden after freighter runs aground

Radio Sweden
Posted: Tuesday, July 31, 2018 at 12:12
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More than a hundred people are now working to clean up an oil spill in the Tjust archipelago, in the

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Featured General Highlights POLITICS Politics Sweden 

Swedish opposition draws ten-point plan for crisis preparedness after massive wildfires

Radio Sweden
Posted: Tuesday, July 31, 2018 at 09:47 — Last Updated: Tuesday, July 31, 2018 at 09:51
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After the vast forest fires in Sweden, the opposition Alliance has presented a ten-point plan to strengthen the handling of

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Environment Sweden 

Wildfire situation improves after rain in central Sweden

Nathalie Rothschild, Radio Sweden
Posted: Monday, July 30, 2018 at 11:36
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After nearly two weeks of fires in east-central Sweden, several hundred homes are now safe to return to but efforts

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ENVIRONMENT Environment Featured General Highlights Sweden 

Swedish firefighters struggle to keep control of wildfires until weekend rain

Radio Sweden
Posted: Friday, July 27, 2018 at 09:54
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The biggest fires here are contained, and help from Finland is on its way. But the next few days will

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Featured Finland General Highlights POLITICS Politics 

Wildfires: Finland’s hesitation in assisting Sweden criticized

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, July 26, 2018 at 10:42
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The Finnish government said it has decided to offer assistance to neighbouring Sweden as the country battles a historic rash

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Cyber Cyber-1 ENVIRONMENT Environment Featured General Highlights Sweden 

Sweden to call for NATO’s help with fighting wildfires

Radio Sweden
Posted: Thursday, July 26, 2018 at 09:53 — Last Updated: Friday, July 27, 2018 at 15:47
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The enormous forest fires here in Sweden have been surrounded, at great effort, and the emergency services are now able

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ENVIRONMENT Environment Featured General Highlights Sweden 

As wildfires burn, Sweden to support ravaged communities

Radio Sweden
Posted: Tuesday, July 24, 2018 at 11:04
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“Sweden is in a very serious situation” says Social Democrat Justice Minister Morgan Johansson on Tuesday morning, as Sweden’s emergency

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ENVIRONMENT Environment Featured General Highlights Sweden 

Sweden’s worst-ever wildfires could last for months

Radio Sweden
Posted: Monday, July 23, 2018 at 10:07 — Last Updated: Monday, July 23, 2018 at 10:15
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The large wildfires currently burning will not be put out until the snow comes in October or November, says the

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Cyber Cyber-2 ENVIRONMENT Environment Featured General Highlights Sweden 

Forest fires will become more frequent as climate warms, says scientist

Loukas Christodoulou, Radio Sweden
Posted: Friday, July 20, 2018 at 11:32 — Last Updated: Friday, July 20, 2018 at 13:58
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The fires raging across Sweden are in line with what scientists expect, as more greenhouse gases are emitted and the

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Cyber Cyber-4 Environment ENVIRONMENT Featured Finland General Highlights 

Firefighters battle forest fires in northern and southwest Finland

Yle News
Posted: Friday, July 20, 2018 at 10:19 — Last Updated: Friday, July 20, 2018 at 13:57
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Fire officials have continued to combat forest fires for a third day in Pyhäranta, southwest Finland. Although subsiding winds helped

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