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Iceland glacier lost to climate change to get memorial ceremony this month

2 August 20192 August 2019 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments Andri Snær Magnason, Arctic, Borgarbyggð, climate change, emissions, glaciology, Oddur Sigurðsson, oil industry, Okjökull, Rice University

Iceland’s Okjökull glacier, or should we say former glacier, will be getting a memorial service this month when a delegation

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2019 Arctic wildfire season ‘unprecedented’ say experts

30 July 20192 August 2019 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments Alaska, Canada, climate change, Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service, emissions, European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, Russia, Siberia, vegetation

June and July are shaping up to be the most intense Arctic wildfire periods on record with blazes raging everywhere

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Finnish government considers allowing cities to charge congestion fees to slash emissions

9 July 2019 Yle News 0 Comments carbon neutral, emissions, POLICY, taxes, traffic, transport

The Finnish government has plans to reduce carbon emissions by allowing urban municipalities to charge road congestion fees, according to

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What you need to know about the federal carbon tax in Yukon, northwestern Canada

2 July 2019 Kaila Jefferd-Moore, CBC News 0 Comments carbon tax, emissions, fuel, Yukon

The federal government first announced its carbon pricing program back in 2018. It began in Ontario, New Brunswick, Saskatchewan, and

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Sweden’s cars pollute more than previously thought

26 June 201926 June 2019 Olof Wijnbladh, Radio Sweden 0 Comments cars, emissions, transport

Those looking to buy a new car next year can expect it to cost more, because new, more stringent emissions

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Emissions dropping in EU, but not in Norway

4 June 20194 June 2019 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments climate change, emissions, European Union, global warming, pollution

Despite Arctic heat waves, Norway is not cooling down its emission of gasses causing climate crisis. Emission of climate gasses

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Finnish municipalities pledge ambitious emissions target

3 June 20193 June 2019 Yle News 0 Comments climate change, emissions, Hinku, legislation

Eight municipalities have announced a pledge to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 80 percent from 2007 levels by the year

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Finnair admits carbon offset sales pitch ‘misleading’ as its emissions rise

22 May 201922 May 2019 Egan Richardson, Yle News 0 Comments aviation, climate change, emissions, Finnair, flight

Finnair has admitted to providing misleading information about emissions reduction targets as part of a ‘Push for change’ campaign to

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Sweden’s emissions are rising instead of falling

10 May 2019 Radio Sweden 0 Comments climate change, emissions, fossil fuels

Preliminary figures released by the Swedish Environment Protection Agency show a rise in Sweden’s greenhouse gas emissions of 0.9%. The

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Alaska’s largest city unveils climate plan calling for 80 percent emissions cut by 2050

7 May 2019 Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media 0 Comments Alaska, Anchorage, climate change, emissions

The Municipality of Anchorage is unveiling a long-term plan for handling climate change. On Tuesday, the city’s Assembly is receiving

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Sweden: Local shipping generates more emissions than domestic flights

6 May 20196 May 2019 David Russell, Radio Sweden 0 Comments climate change, emissions, flight, shipping

Sweden’s domestic shipping emits almost twice the amount of air pollution and greenhouse gases than previously thought. A new measurement

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The world could transition entirely to cheap, safe renewable energy before 2050: Finnish study

12 April 2019 Yle News 3 Comments climate change, emissions, energy, global warming, Renewables

A global transition to the exclusive use of renewable energy sources is not only possible but also cheaper and safer

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Future Arctic won’t look like today’s Arctic, report says

8 April 2019 Walter Strong, CBC News 1 Comment climate change, emissions, global warming, sea ice

It may be the end of the Arctic as we know it. That wasn’t the title of the report Key

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Electric car sales setting records in Norway

2 April 20192 April 2019 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments electric cars, Electric vehicles, emissions, energy, Infrastructure, transport

In times of global warming, policy measures with tax exemptions makes Norway the third largest market for electric vehicles in

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Norway asks Sweden to take part in carbon capture project

2 April 2019 David Russell, Radio Sweden 0 Comments carbon capture, climate change, emissions, global warming, technology

The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency has produced a ‘Climate Action Roadmap’, setting forward the path it believes the government should

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