Controversy over street lighting in Finnish town
Municipalities in Finland have been turning off street lights at night in order to save money. In the town of
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ConocoPhillips Oks $900 million Alaska project
ConocoPhillips has approved funding for its Greater Mooses Tooth development on Alaska’s North Slope, a $900 million project expected to
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Statoil quits Arctic Alaska
Norwegian oil company Statoil has announced the closure of its Anchorage office as it withdraws from Alaska, exiting leases in
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Finland OKs disposal cave for nuclear waste
The Finnish government has granted Posiva a permit to build a permanent disposal facility for spent nuclear fuel on the
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Forecast: $80 oil at decade’s end
The International Energy Agency is predicting the return of higher oil prices, but not soon enough to end the gut
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Alaska’s Liberty field gets 3rd environmental review
For the third time since the late 1990s, federal regulators have embarked on an environmental review of an oil field
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Maps, climate & Hunter Tootoo: Arctic week in review
On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories from Eye on the Arctic this
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Fossil-Free Sweden initiative aims to lead by example
A new initative called Fossilfritt Sverige, or Fossil-free Sweden, was launched on Wednesday by the government, ahead of the upcoming
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Alaska to buy out TransCanada
The Alaska State Senate voted 16 to 3 on Tuesday, Nov. 3 to buy out TransCanada and take a larger stake
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Alaska exit plan for TransCanada?
As the legislature closes out the first week of its special session on the Alaska LNG gas line project, there’s
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Greenpeace activists divert Helsinki-bound coal ship
Early Sunday morning the environmental activist group Greenpeace managed to board and get a coal-carrying freighter on its way from
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Speed, politics & TransCanada: Week in Review
On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories from Eye on the Arctic this
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Finland: Health threat as wood heat gets popular?
Wood use has risen in the past decade, but officials warn that its emissions may cause hundreds of deaths annually.
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Alaska lawmakers debate TransCanada buyout
In what one lawmaker characterized as something of an “exit interview” for TransCanada, an official with the pipeline developer said
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Alaska weighs TransCanada buyout
In Juneau this week, lawmakers are wrestling with the question of whether to take a larger stake in the Alaska
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