Canada’s Supreme Court quashes seismic testing project in Arctic
Canada’s Supreme Court has quashed a major energy exploration project in Canada’s eastern Arctic saying Inuit were insufficiently consulted. “The
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Gas pipelines threatened by methane explosions on Russian tundra
Gas pipes supplying Europe run right over swelling Yamal tundra which is deeply unstable to the release of underground methane.
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Mystery surrounds only oil well ever drilled in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
With oil development advocates again emboldened by the prospects of cracking open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, a big secret that
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U.S. House inches toward drilling in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
A budget blueprint in the U.S. House is reviving hopes for Alaskans who want to see the coastal plain of
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Russia ordered to pay €5.4 million for seizing Greenpeace vessel
An international tribunal formed under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea has ruled that Russia will have
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Chinese investors back out of 2 biofuels projects in Finland
A Finnish firm is looking for new funding after Chinese investors pulled out of planned biofuels plants in Myllykoski and
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Drilling from man-made island into Arctic Ocean approved by U.S. government
The Trump Administration Wednesday approved an oil company’s plans to explore for oil in federal territory of the U.S. Arctic
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Blog: In the Arctic Ocean, an Alaska Native corporation seeks to fill void left by Shell
When Shell aborted its $7 billion Arctic drilling efforts in the Beaufort Sea in September 2015, environmentalists breathed a sigh
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Record oil volumes shipped out of Russian Arctic, says company
Twenty million tons of crude oil has been shipped out of the Russian Arctic in the last six months, shipping
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Alaska Native corporation plans to explore for oil in Arctic Ocean, where Shell failed
A subsidiary of Alaska’s wealthiest regional Native corporation is moving ahead with plans to follow in the footsteps of Shell and
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What environmentalists won by losing the Trans-Alaska Pipeline battle
In the late 1960s, the oil companies knew they needed a pipeline to get Prudhoe Bay oil to market, and they
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U.S. Interior secretary’s new order aims to speed Alaska’s oil and gas permit process
WASHINGTON — Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke signed an order Thursday that he said would help speed the permitting process for onshore drilling
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Volvo to go all electric starting in 2019
Volvo is to put an electric motor in every new model it produces from 2019 as it seeks to lead legacy
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Trump administration launches plan to boost offshore oil development in Arctic and elsewhere
Less than two years after Royal Dutch Shell abandoned its offshore Arctic oil exploration program and triggered an exodus of other
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Statoil’s new Arctic project needs $30 a barrel oil prices to be profitable
The Johan Castberg will come on stream in year 2022 and prepare the way for the development of more northern
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