Finland to save Talvivaara mining operations
Mining operations at Talvivaara’s Sotkamo quarry are expected to resume in September, following an announcement Friday that the government will
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Electric car sales triple in Sweden
Sales of electric cars have tripled during the first half of 2015 when compared to the same period last year, Swedish
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Shell resumes drilling in Alaska’s Arctic waters for first time since 2012
Royal Dutch Shell began drilling an exploratory well in Alaska’s offshore waters Thursday afternoon, a spokeswoman for the company said. At about 5
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Clinton has ‘doubts’ about Obama’s Arctic drilling policies
In an interview with a New Hampshire television station, U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton expressed doubts about President Barack Obama’s decision
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Norway and Russia adjusting border line
For the first time since 1947 Norwegian and Russian authorities are adjusting the 196 kilometers long border between the two
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Obama’s upcoming Alaska visit: Climate & the Arctic
WASHINGTON — The Aug. 31 conference that will bring President Barack Obama, Secretary of State John Kerry and a slew of foreign ministers
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U.S judge rejects push to open ANWR
A novel strategy pushed by then-Gov. Sean Parnell and his natural resources head — now U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan —
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Canada’s remote communities work to reduce diesel use
Two of Canada’s northern territories, along with several of its provinces, are establishing a task force to reduce the use
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One of world’s largest geo-bio-energy facilities slated for Finland
A new world record is being set in the Helsinki suburb of Sipoo,Finland where a 300,000-square-metre logistics centre to be
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Wind power investments down in Sweden
Sweden’s wind power investments are slowing down, as there were no new orders for wind turbines in the second quarter,
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U.S. Coast Guard gears up for Shell’s Chukchi season
As Shell gears up to drill in the Chukchi Sea this summer, the Coast Guard is getting ready, too. At
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Should Sweden replace lawns with wild meadows?
The verdant lawns of city parks may be a thing of the past as Swedish researchers are working on a project to replace regular
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Finland: Nuclear power plant site vandalised
Fennovoima’s controversial nuclear power plant construction site in Pyhäjoki has again been vandalised – this time with three machines left
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Amendment blocks ANWR wilderness plan
Alaska Congressman Don Young added an amendment to a bill this week that would block the feds from spending any
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Imperial delays oil drilling in Canadian Arctic
Imperial Oil and its offshore Arctic joint-venture partners are delaying their plans for an ambitious drilling project in the Canadian Beaufort Sea, news organizations reported
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