Blog: Sanctions on Russia – Helping or hindering the Arctic environment?
Many in the Arctic have vowed that tensions outside the region between Russia and the West would not affect circumpolar
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Ice-Blog: World Cup Champs for Arctic Climate?
Chancellor Merkel is on her way from the World Cup Final in Brazil to Berlin, where she will address the
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Blog: Greenpeace protestors greet first barrels of Arctic oil
While the media focuses its attention on the vulnerabilities of pipelines that transport natural gas from Russia to Europe, Gazprom
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Ice-Blog: Arctic oil – confrontations ahead?
The first oil from the controversial Prirazlomnaya offshore Arctic oil platform is on its way to Rotterdam. This, you will
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Blog: Putin signs law allowing oil and gas corporations to defend infrastructure
On September 28, 2013, 28 Greenpeace activists and two journalists sailing on the non-profit organization’s icebreaker, Arctic Sunrise, boarded Russia’s
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Endangered whale meat shipped from Iceland via Halifax
Environmentalists are pushing for stricter trade laws in Canada involving at-risk species after the recent shipment of fin whale meat
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Arctic presence guards against U.S. threat says Russia
President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday Russia had vital defence and economic interests in the Arctic, citing a potential U.S.
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Three conferences in one week propel Iceland to center of Arctic discussions
Under the guidance of President Ólafur Grímsson, Iceland has strived to position itself as a new geopolitical center for the
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Russia sees Wrangel Island oil and gas potential; Greenpeace eyes an eastern Arctic front
A remote island off northeast Russia has been swept into that nation’s campaign to capitalize on the Arctic’s potential for
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BLOG: The Shard Protest – Are environmentalists trampling indigenous views on Arctic development?
Just last year, protestors in Nunavut spoke out against the high cost of milk and other basic foodstuffs. But few
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Fisheries regulators take steps toward Alaska Bering Sea Canyon conservation
By Alexandra Gutierrez, APRN – Juneau Carved into the Bering Sea shelf are some of the ocean’s largest underwater canyons.
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‘Yes’ to development but on our terms, say Canada’s Inuit
Indigenous leaders from several regions around the world released a declaration this week calling for an end to Arctic resource development. The
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Swedish foreign minister defends Arctic oil stance
Sweden’s Foreign Minister Carl Bildt has rejected criticism from environmentalists and indigenous groups over Sweden’s failure to push for an
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