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Traffic outside of Stockholm, Sweden. Electric car sales are weak in the country, especially compared to places like neighbouring Norway. (Sven Nackstand / AFP)

Will Sweden be 1st fossil-free welfare state?

Radio Sweden
Posted: Monday, September 28, 2015 at 13:56 — Last Updated: Tuesday, September 29, 2015 at 19:24
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Addressing the United Nation’s General Assembly on Saturday, Swedish Prime Minster Stefan Löfven said his nation would work toward becoming one

Finnmark County Governor Gunnar Kjønnøy. (Thomas Nilsen/Barents Observer)

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Russia-Norway disagreements stop bay clean-up

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, September 24, 2015 at 13:29 — Last Updated: Monday, September 28, 2015 at 18:16
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Finnmark Governor insists installation of new navigation marks along Russia’s heavily militarized Kola Peninsula coast must be completed before allowing

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Permafrost thaw to cost global economy trillions

Asaf Shalev, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Tuesday, September 22, 2015 at 14:01 — Last Updated: Wednesday, September 23, 2015 at 18:09
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Permafrost may be mostly invisible underground, but the consequences of its thawing will be anything but. That’s according to a

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Sweden focuses on jobs and climate in budget

Radio Sweden
Posted: Monday, September 21, 2015 at 15:17 — Last Updated: Tuesday, September 22, 2015 at 20:19
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Sweden’s government presented its 2016 budget proposal Monday morning, with a focus on job creation, education and climate issues, Swedish Radio

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Sanctions menace offshore oil security: Russia

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, September 21, 2015 at 13:46 — Last Updated: Monday, September 21, 2015 at 20:27
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Security at Russian offshore installations is at risk as oil companies are unable to get hold of needed spare parts.

The Fennica off the Finnish coast near Pori. (Markku Sandell / Yle)

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Finland wants in on US icebreaker investment

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, September 3, 2015 at 20:17 — Last Updated: Thursday, September 3, 2015 at 20:19
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The head of Finnish state-owned company Arctia Shipping points out that operating icebreakers is a more lucrative business than building

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Arctic conference spotlights indigenous issues

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Tuesday, September 1, 2015 at 18:01 — Last Updated: Wednesday, September 2, 2015 at 19:14
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Indigenous residents from some of the smallest communities and most remote parts of Alaska had a message for international leaders who

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Obama urges action on climate change

Nathaniel Herz, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Tuesday, September 1, 2015 at 13:16 — Last Updated: Wednesday, September 2, 2015 at 19:14
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In the first address of his historic three-day visit to Alaska, President Barack Obama urged participants in a State Department

A whalebone arch sits on the Barrow, Alaska shoreline. (Nicole Klauss / Kodiak Daily Mirror / AP)

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Winds cause flooding in Alaska village, prompts Shell to pause oil drilling

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Friday, August 28, 2015 at 17:59 — Last Updated: Monday, August 31, 2015 at 20:06
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Huge, wind-whipped waves crashed onto the shore at Barrow on Thursday, forcing the closure of a nearby road, the National

President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson of Iceland was the keynote speaker during the opening dinner for "The Alaskan Arctic: A Summit on Shipping and Ports" in the Hotel Captain Cook on Sunday, Aug. 23, 2015. (Bill Roth / Alaska Dispatch News)

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Iceland president to Alaska lawmakers: Be ‘more vocal and more active’ on Arctic

Kamala Kelkar, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Thursday, August 27, 2015 at 19:05 — Last Updated: Friday, August 28, 2015 at 19:09
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Iceland’s President Olafur Ragnar Grímsson told Alaska legislators on Tuesday that, “with all due respect to Washington,” they need to be

Diving oil prices will have a serious effect on Barents drilling. Gazprom Neft and Eni, the two companies which have production platforms in the area, will inevitably have to record major losses. (iStock)

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Grand losses in offshore Arctic oil

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, August 26, 2015 at 13:28 — Last Updated: Thursday, August 27, 2015 at 19:18
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Oil companies Gazprom Neft and Eni will lose big money on their offshore projects in the Barents Sea With the

Crude oil marks lowest price in 6 1/2 years. Lukoil is Russia's largest private oil company. (Thomas Nilsen/Barents Observer)

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Oslo, Moscow stock markets deep-dive

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, August 24, 2015 at 14:48 — Last Updated: Monday, August 24, 2015 at 14:53
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The falling price of oil is dragging the kroner and the rouble down. The decline in oil price is triggering

Democratic presidential candidate and former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton answers questions from members of the media following a campaign stop in North Las Vegas, Nevada on Tuesday. (Isaac Brekken/Getty Images)

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Clinton tweets opposition to Arctic drilling

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Wednesday, August 19, 2015 at 13:39 — Last Updated: Thursday, August 20, 2015 at 20:43
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Hillary Clinton used Twitter on Tuesday to declare her opposition to Arctic offshore drilling, and her brief statement was applauded by

Wind turbines are covering increasingly bigger lands in northern Finland. (Thomas Nilsen/Barents Observer)

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Wind power growing most in North Finland

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, August 19, 2015 at 13:05 — Last Updated: Thursday, August 20, 2015 at 20:43
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Northern Finland moves with the winds, outpaces neighboring Nordic regions in wind power generation. Figures assembled by Patchwork Barents show that the

The oil drilling rig Polar Pioneer in a dock in Seattle in May 2015. The rig is the first of two drilling rigs Royal Dutch Shell has outfitting for Arctic oil exploration. (Elaine Thompson/File/AP)

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Shell gets drilling go-ahead in Chukchi

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Tuesday, August 18, 2015 at 13:21 — Last Updated: Wednesday, August 19, 2015 at 20:32
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Royal Dutch Shell won permission on Monday to start deep drilling at a Chukchi Sea exploration well, opening the way for the