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Gazprom Neft’s oil shipments hit 20-million-ton mark through Russia’s Arctic waters

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, October 23, 2018 at 16:30 — Last Updated: Friday, October 26, 2018 at 11:53
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The infrastructure developed in the Russian Arctic will enable us to boost exports, Gazprom Neft says. In less than five

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Environment Environment (Finland) Finland General News 

Finnish government proposes banning coal by 2029

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, October 18, 2018 at 13:43 — Last Updated: Friday, October 19, 2018 at 12:43
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Finland’s government proposed on Thursday that the use of coal to produce electricity or heat should be banned by 2029.

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Canada General News Politics Politics (Canada) 

Ottawa signals it’s open to talks on offshore Arctic oil and gas development

Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International
Posted: Friday, October 5, 2018 at 17:01
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The Canadian government says it is open to talks with territorial governments, industry, and Indigenous governments and communities on the

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General News Russia Society Society (Russia) 

Nuclear fuel loaded on Russia’s floating power plant in Murmansk

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, October 5, 2018 at 12:44
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Reactor testing starts later in October or in November. On October 2nd, the last fuel elements were loaded into the

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Canada General News Politics Politics (Canada) 

Territorial government and western Inuit want to develop their own gas resources in Arctic Canada

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, October 4, 2018 at 13:45 — Last Updated: Friday, October 5, 2018 at 12:24
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The Northwest Territories government is supporting the Inuvialuit Regional Corporation’s future plans to develop gas resources in the Beaufort Delta

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Business Business (Russia) General News Russia 

Oil majors feud over shipping from Arctic Russian terminal

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, October 4, 2018 at 12:25 — Last Updated: Thursday, October 4, 2018 at 12:28
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Russia’s two biggest oil producers are at odds over out-shipments from the Arctic terminal of Varandey. The partnership between Rosneft

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Business Business (Finland) Finland General News 

Electricity prices to jump in Tampere, southern Finland

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, October 2, 2018 at 14:54
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The price of electricity is set to rise in Tampere and the surrounding Pirkanmaa region of south-central Finland this autumn,

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Canada General News Society Society (Canada) 

Mining and energy projects near Indigenous communities undermine womens’ safety, experts tell Canada’s inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women

Julia Page, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, September 19, 2018 at 10:15
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Energy and mining projects in remote parts of Canada jeopardize the safety of Indigenous women and their families living there,

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Business Business (Finland) Finland General News 

Businesses in south-east Finland learn to cope with military ban on wind turbines

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, August 28, 2018 at 16:26 — Last Updated: Wednesday, August 29, 2018 at 09:47
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In south-east Finland, five wind turbines on the coast of the Gulf of Finland churn out electricity for regional utility

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General Geopolitics Geopolitics (Norway) News Norway Politics 

Norwegian border guards testing electric bike option

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, August 17, 2018 at 15:09
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The Norwegian soldiers guarding the border to Russia is the world’s first military unit to use electric all terrain bikes.

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Canada General News Society Society (Canada) 

Somebody broke into an Arctic Canadian village’s power plant and shut off the electricity

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, August 16, 2018 at 16:13 — Last Updated: Thursday, August 16, 2018 at 16:16
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Canada’s federal police, the RCMP, are looking for whoever broke into a power plant in Kugluktuk, Nunavut, on Monday and

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Canada General News Politics Politics (Canada) 

Canada needs to focus on infrastructure in the North, says Northern territory

Michelle Pucci, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, August 16, 2018 at 11:41 — Last Updated: Thursday, August 16, 2018 at 11:43
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Canada says it wants to increase mining and development in the North, as discussed at a conference in Iqaluit this

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Business General News 

Nuclear fuel loading begins at Russia’s floating power plant

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, July 30, 2018 at 14:17 — Last Updated: Friday, August 3, 2018 at 15:25
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Russia’s first floating nuclear power plant will be thoroughly tested before towing to the north Siberian port of Pevek. Loading

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Business Business (Sweden) General News Sweden 

Indoor agriculture thriving in Stockholm thanks to better LEDs

Richard Orange, Radio Sweden
Posted: Wednesday, July 25, 2018 at 16:07
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Have LED lights now got so cheap and so efficient that it makes economic and environmental sense to grow herbs,

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General News Norway Society Society (Norway) 

Longread – The quest to turn Norway’s Arctic coast into Northern Europe’s wind power hub

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, July 13, 2018 at 15:27 — Last Updated: Friday, July 13, 2018 at 15:31
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The big winds that come in from the Barents Sea carry flush green power and profits. But developers are held

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Wide shot of the Centennial Flame with the Parliament building behind
The Parliament of Canada is the federal legislature of Canada, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, and is composed of three parts: the Monarch, the Senate, and the House of Commons. Photo: La Presse canadienne / Adrian Wyld

Inuit push for land protection with focus on social economy

In Taloyoak, Nunavut, the northernmost hamlet on mainland Canada, Inuit are working to conserve their territory and set up a community-driven, land-based economy. Photo : Eilís Quinn

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