Floating nuclear power plant leaves Murmansk for Russia’s eastern Arctic
Tugs start towing floating nuclear power plant across the Northern Sea Route from Murmansk to Chukotka in what is just
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MLAs in Canada’s Northwest Territories approve updates to decades-old oil ans gas laws
MLAs in the Northwest Territories, in Northern Canada, have passed two pieces of oil and gas legislation, replacing decades-old legislation.
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Russia’s floating nuclear power plant worries Alaskans
Russia has produced the world’s first floating nuclear power plant. A barge mounted with nuclear reactors is expected to begin
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Putin’s Arctic shipping goals mobilizing officials, industry
How much goods can be shipped along Russia’s Arctic route between Europe and Asia? The Ministry of Transport believes shipments
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Moscow supports Vostok Coal’s expansion into protected Arctic tundra
Company Vostok Coal has been been fined several hundred million rubles for illegal mining in Russia’s Taymyr Peninsula, but still
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Sweden’s small wind farms reducing energy production
Small Swedish wind farms have been reducing the amount of energy they are producing because to do more would be
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Rosneft announces more offshore drilling in Arctic Russia
Five years after it found one of the largest oil fields in Arctic waters, Rosneft makes clear that more drilling
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How a Swedish city is trying to turn green with more bikes and an electric ferry
Developing cities that are climate smart is a challenge; we hear from the Swedish city of Umeå that’s encouraging people
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Arctic Russia: Murmansk Shipping Company loses control over its only passenger line
The Murmansk Shipping Company is no longer capable of operating the 42 year old liner that serves isolated settlements along
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Norwegian ships accompany Chinese rig to Russian Arctic drill site
A fleet of supply ships surround the Chinese rig “Nan Hai Ba Hao” as it gets ready to spud a
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Russia’s Rosneft demands tax breaks to build pipeline to Arctic shipping lane: report
Rosneft makes clear that it can build a 600 km long pipeline to the Arctic Ocean and export millions of
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Alaska senators worry about funding for scholarships, medical education, rural power cost equalization
State senators in Juneau, Alaska raised alarm on Tuesday about the money swept from state budget accounts into a harder-to-access
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Russia aims to make Northern Sea Route world-class shipping lane
With new super-powerful icebreakers, the Russian Arctic route might be able to compete with the Suez Canal, leader of nuclear
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Russia’s floating nuclear power plant gathers worldwide attention as it prepares to be towed in Arctic waters
Russia’s controversial nuclear barge is ready to travel through the Arctic seas — and observers across the globe are watching.
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LNG-reloading operations end in Norway’s Arctic waters
Several million tons of liquified natural gas were reloaded in course of few months in the waters outside Honningsvåg, northern
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