IMO to tackle possible Arctic heavy fuel oil ban starting Monday
The International Maritime Organization will be tackling the thorny question of a heavy fuel oil ban in the Arctic when
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Canada plans to support ban on heavy fuel oil in Arctic shipping
Canada will support a ban on the use of heavy fuel oil by ships plying Arctic waters at the upcoming
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Russian Embassy denies accusations of influence operations in Norway
“As normal there are no evidence, just general speculations,” the Embassy writes in a statement to the Barents Observer. On
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Russian influence ops seek to fuel discord between Arctic Norway and Oslo, Norwegian intelligence service says
Kremlin seeks to exploit any issue that can create split, said Lt. Gen. Morten Haga Lunde when presenting the Intelligence
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Finnish Lapland municipality estimated to have lowered emissions by 121 percent
For the first time, comparable data ranks greenhouse gas emissions for all Finnish municipalities. According to figures released by the
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Renewable energy must be community tailored, Arctic conference hears
As communities across the polar region of North America work to get off diesel, renewable energy projects must be tailored
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Battery-powered tour buses come to Arctic Norway
The travel industry goes green and the north is no exception when tour-busses aims for zero emission. It is the
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This greenhouse in a sea can in Arctic Canada is powered by wind and solar energy
In a sea can outside Gjoa Haven, Nunavut, there are rows of ripening cherry tomatoes working to grow from green
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Major rethinking of Arctic governance structures needed to address current threats, says analyst
Do nothing and risk sleepwalking into conflict, says renown international relations analyst. Arctic affairs are not like they used to
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Inuit government renews call to respect ban on George River caribou harvest in Atlantic Canada
The Nunatsiavut Government of the Inuit region of Atlantic Canada is renewing their call for their land claims beneficiaries to
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Finland far behind climate goals, think tank says
Finland’s carbon emissions are dropping far too slowly to reach the country’s climate goals, according to a fresh report from the Research
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Northwestern Canadian First Nation asks N.W.T. to speak out against northern Alberta mine
The chief of Smith’s Landing First Nation near Fort Smith, , is calling on the territorial government to speak out
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New report criticises Sweden’s climate policies
Sweden’s climate policy must focus more on really reducing greenhouse gas emissions worldwide than on ‘cleaning its own backyard’. The
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Methane emissions in Arctic Ocean have long been overestimated, study claims
A new study from UiT The Arctic University of Norway revealed that estimates of methane emissions released from the Arctic
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More shippers and shipping companies boycott Arctic sea routes, but it isn’t solving the problem, experts claim
Three of the world’s top five shipping companies and a growing number of consumer goods producers have promised to stay
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