Alaska’s financial dilemma: The state dependence on oil begins
Oil taxes and royalties have been the source of about 90 percent of Alaska’s unrestricted general revenues, but with oil
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Alaska teens lobby governor on climate change
A group of teenagers are calling on Alaska governor Bill Walker to create a climate change task force. Alaska Youth
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Goliat’s fight against decline in Arctic oil
As the Goliat platform approaches the Barents Sea ready to start drilling, oil companies’ interest in the Arctic reaches new
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Finland – Wind farm aims to limit harm to birds
The threat posed to birds by wind turbines has long been debated. A wind farm being built off Finland’s west
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Sanctions against Russia have cost ExxonMobil $1bn
The American oil major lost big money after cooperation with Rosneft in the Arctic, Black Sea and Western Siberia was
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Blog: China – Mining & housing in the Arctic
Last week, I reviewed China’s past year in the Arctic. In its first full year as an Arctic Council observer, a
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Targeted Arctic lease sales could ward off conflicts says U.S. agency
A fresh new five-year plan for oil and gas leasing in the nation’s outer continental shelf features what federal officials hope will
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Alaska: Cleanup for 6 Arctic legacy wells
Cleanup work is scheduled to start this week on six of the legacy oil wells that were drilled and abandoned decades ago
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Arctic train line in Nordics would open up polar potential
A railway line from northern Finland to the Norwegian Arctic coast will open a new base for industrial development in
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U.S. companies bid for contracts in Arctic Russia
Despite the sanctions, U.S oil companies Shlumberger and Baker Hughes still bid for new contracts in Russian Arctic waters. Both the EU and
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Norway’s oil exports plunge to half
Falling oil price hits Norway hard. Exported crude oil for NOK 13.2 billion (€1.54 billion) in January, less than half
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City in North Sweden to approve 68 new windmills
Sixty-eight new windmills soon to be approved near Skellefteå. In 2014, Europe installed more new wind energy capacity than gas
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Alaska passes Arctic policy bill
The Alaska House of Representatives has passed legislation outlining the state’s Arctic policy. The bill lays out the state’s values
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Finland: Nuclear reactor offline for another week
A leakage was detected in Finland’s Olkiluoto nuclear power plant’s number-two reactor on Wednesday, and the unit was detached from
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Finland: Olkiluoto 2 reactor shut down due to technical fault
One unit of TVO’s nuclear power plant on Finland’s west coast will likely be out of service until the weekend.
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