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Gwich’in green energy company focus of lawsuit filed in N.W.T. Supreme Court

Richard Gleeson, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, November 26, 2024 at 09:16
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Nihtat Gwich’in say company was created and operated without any oversight from board members Leaders of the Nihtat Gwich’in Council

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Business Business (Norway) General Norway 

Electric planes could arrive sooner than we think in Norway

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, January 19, 2018 at 10:20 — Last Updated: Friday, January 19, 2018 at 11:26
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With tens of small airports and many short-haul flights, northern Norway is ideal for introduction of electric passenger aircrafts. For

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Environment Environment (Sweden) General Sweden 

Swedish city of Umeå paves the way for green electric bus revolution

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, June 13, 2017 at 17:15
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This northern Swedish City’s fleet of battery powered busses for public transport works perfectly well in cold climate. «This bus

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Environment (Finland) Finland General Science 

Finnish researchers use air, solar power to create renewable hydrocarbon

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, June 13, 2017 at 15:26 — Last Updated: Wednesday, June 14, 2017 at 11:52
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Finland has developed a new technology for producing a renewable hydrocarbon. The process has the potential to shakeup the global

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Business Business (Russia) General Russia 

New wind and solar power station next to Russian Arctic oil field

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, June 13, 2017 at 15:03 — Last Updated: Tuesday, June 13, 2017 at 18:42
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Gazprom Neft starts testing of two wind power generators and 30 solar panels at its new Novy Port field. The

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Business Business (Finland) Finland General Special Features 

Helsinki consumers cool on solar energy

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at 16:09 — Last Updated: Thursday, January 7, 2016 at 21:06
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When the Helsinki energy company Helen launched a new solar power plant in June last year, consumers snapped up nearly

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Canada General Society Society (Canada) Special Features 

Arctic Energy Summit: What can polar regions learn from each other?

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Monday, September 28, 2015 at 17:45 — Last Updated: Monday, March 19, 2018 at 12:19
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Energy security and the cost of living are constant challenges in most polar regions. While the South focuses on things like offshore drilling

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(Åsa Karlsson/Swedish Radio)
General Society Society (Sweden) Sweden 

Sweden’s renewable energy tax proposal under fire

Radio Sweden
Posted: Monday, May 11, 2015 at 18:26 — Last Updated: Tuesday, May 12, 2015 at 18:01
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Researchers and solar power advocates criticise the government’s plans to introduce a tax on renewable energies, Swedish Radio News reports.

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Power prices and the subsidies for renewable power producers are currently at a record low in Sweden.(iStock)
Environment Environment (Sweden) General Sweden 

Can wind power fill Sweden’s energy void?

Radio Sweden
Posted: Wednesday, October 29, 2014 at 13:23 — Last Updated: Thursday, October 30, 2014 at 20:29
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With Sweden set to begin phasing out its aging nuclear reactors across the country, more attention is being paid to

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Environment Environment (Finland) Finland Special Features 

Finland ministers call for changes to solar energy tax

Yle News
Posted: Monday, August 18, 2014 at 11:08
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Finnish Customs say that current legislation requires small-scale producers of solar energy to pay taxes, even if the power is

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(iStock)
Environment Environment (Sweden) Sweden 

Court halts wind farm in Sweden

Radio Sweden
Posted: Thursday, June 26, 2014 at 11:43
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Sweden’s Land and Environmental Court of Appeal rejected on Wednesday a proposed wind farm off the coast of Falkenberg after

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Metsä's new mill would be operational by 2017.(Jyrki Lyytikkä / Yle)
Environment Environment (Finland) Finland 

Metsä Group to build world’s first next-generation bio-mill in Finland

Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, April 23, 2014 at 11:28
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Finnish Metsä Group plans to build a 1.1 billion euro pulp mill with a production capacity of 1.3 million tonnes

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Feature

Wide shot of the Centennial Flame with the Parliament building behind
The Parliament of Canada is the federal legislature of Canada, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, and is composed of three parts: the Monarch, the Senate, and the House of Commons. Photo: La Presse canadienne / Adrian Wyld

Inuit push for land protection with focus on social economy

In Taloyoak, Nunavut, the northernmost hamlet on mainland Canada, Inuit are working to conserve their territory and set up a community-driven, land-based economy. Photo : Eilís Quinn

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