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Environment Environment (Norway) General Norway 

Climate trial against Norway to start in November

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, February 16, 2017 at 15:28
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Greenpeace and Nature and Youth intend to put a stop to upcoming drilling in the Barents Sea. The Oslo City

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Canada Environment (Canada) General Politics 

Arctic waters off limits to oil & gas activities say Canada-U.S. in joint statement

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Wednesday, December 21, 2016 at 00:56
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Canada and the United States issued a joint statement on Tuesday barring offshore oil & gas activities in the Arctic. “Today,

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Canada General Society Society (Canada) 

Angry Inuk: Canadian filmmaker takes on anti-sealing groups

Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International
Posted: Thursday, November 24, 2016 at 14:39
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Animal rights groups have over the last few decades raised and spent millions of dollars on sleek, celebrity-endorsed campaigns designed

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Business Business (Sweden) General Sweden 

Swedes discover new Barents oil and gas

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, November 23, 2016 at 13:43
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Norwegian oil association is happy, while Greenpeace in Stockholm warns Lundin’s shareholders. Lundin Petroleum says the Neiden prospect in the

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Business Business (Norway) General Norway 

Groundbreaking lawsuit filed against Norway over Arctic oil drilling

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, October 18, 2016 at 12:36
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Environmental groups Nature & Youth and Greenpeace argue that Barents Sea oil must remain in ground if Norway should fulfill

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Business Business (Canada) Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General Society Society (Canada) 

Greenpeace report on sustainable development in Nunavut lacks substance: expert

Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International
Posted: Tuesday, September 6, 2016 at 14:13 — Last Updated: Monday, March 19, 2018 at 11:09
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A recent Greenpeace-commissioned report outlining a roadmap for sustainable development in Nunavut is a good first step but it still

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General Politics Society Society (Canada) 

Arctic community plugs in solar and star power in fight against climate change and seismic testing

Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International
Posted: Thursday, August 25, 2016 at 17:27 — Last Updated: Thursday, August 25, 2016 at 17:46
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The tiny Inuit hamlet of Clyde River in the Canadian Arctic is turning to star and solar power to highlight

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Control or ban? International discussion on commercial fishery in the Arctic Ocean

Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International
Posted: Tuesday, July 19, 2016 at 14:46 — Last Updated: Monday, March 19, 2018 at 11:15
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Arctic states and several other invited fishing nations met in Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada, to continue discussions on regulation for commercial fishing

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Sea ice data was discussed at the Arctic Circle meeting in Iceland this weekend.(Jonathan Hayward/Canadian Press)
Business Business (Russia) General Russia 

Blog: A Russian icebreaker and an italian pianist float into the Arcic…

Mia Bennett
Posted: Thursday, June 23, 2016 at 19:58
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From floating piano concerts to new icebreakers launching, a lot is going on in the Arctic lately. On June 16, Russia

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Business Business (Norway) General Norway 

Deal protects Arctic waters around Svalbard, Norway from fishing

Trude Pettersen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, May 26, 2016 at 13:47 — Last Updated: Thursday, May 26, 2016 at 13:54
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Leading seafood suppliers and fishing companies have struck a deal that will protect waters around Svalbard from expanding cod trawling.

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Blog Denmark/Greenland Environment Environment (Denmark/Greenland) General 

Ice-Blog: Translating COP21 from intent into action… is time running out?

Irene Quaile
Posted: Tuesday, May 24, 2016 at 13:58
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After all the hype surrounding the Paris Climate Agreement in December, there is a real danger of anti-climax, of feeling

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Blog Environment General 

A letter from Svalbard’s dwindling sea ice

Irene Quaile
Posted: Tuesday, April 5, 2016 at 20:33
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The Arctic sea ice has reached its maximum winter extent for this season, and it was a record low, as

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Overlapping claims to the North Pole don't mean conflict is inevitable says a Norwegian expert. (iStock)
Blog Canada Society (Canada) 

Top Eye on the Arctic stories of 2015

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Thursday, December 31, 2015 at 21:13 — Last Updated: Thursday, August 26, 2021 at 14:36
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With 2015 behind us, we take a look back at some of your most-read Eye on the Arctic stories of the year.

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Blog Denmark/Greenland Environment Environment (Denmark/Greenland) General 

Ice-Blog: Arctic climate – positive narrative?

Irene Quaile
Posted: Friday, December 18, 2015 at 15:44 — Last Updated: Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at 16:37
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As 2015 draws to a close, the NOAA report card on the state of the Arctic and a substantial new

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Blog Environment Environment (USA) General USA 

Ice-Blog: Paris – A COP-out for Arctic Peoples?

Irene Quaile
Posted: Tuesday, December 15, 2015 at 14:43 — Last Updated: Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at 16:37
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On a recent edition of DW’s Living Planet programme, Lakeidra Chavis reported on the effect of melting permafrost on indigenous

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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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