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Arctic Economic Council switching to online meeting amidst Russian invasion of Ukraine

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Tuesday, March 8, 2022 at 15:24 — Last Updated: Tuesday, March 8, 2022 at 15:35
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Amidst Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Arctic Economic Council (AEC) annual general meeting in St-Petersburg will go from a hybrid,

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Environment Environment (Russia) Russia 

Russian mayor charged over Arctic fuel spill resigns

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Tuesday, July 21, 2020 at 14:23 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 13:39
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The mayor of the Russian Arctic city of Norilsk, who was charged with negligence last month over a major fuel

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Environment Environment (Russia) RCI Russia 

Indigenous groups paying the price for Russia’s massive Arctic fuel spill

John Last, CBC North
Posted: Monday, July 13, 2020 at 11:08 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 13:38
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In 2017, the New York Times called Norilsk “Russia’s coldest and most polluted industrial city.” It may not be getting colder but

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Environment Environment (Russia) RCI Russia 

Russian watchdog seeks nearly $3B in damages over Arctic fuel spill in Siberia

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Thursday, July 9, 2020 at 12:13 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 13:38
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Russia’s environmental watchdog has asked a power subsidiary of Russian mining giant Norilsk Nickel to pay almost 148 billion rubles, or $2.8

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Business Business (Russia) General Russia 

Business is good for Russian nickel giant Nornickel

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, July 9, 2019 at 12:32 — Last Updated: Tuesday, July 9, 2019 at 13:37
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Nornickel makes big money and has tripled payouts to its shareholders over the last three years. The annual General Meeting

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Business General Geopolitics Geopolitics (Russia) Russia 

Russia: Better weather forecasts needed to increase Arctic shipping

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, March 6, 2018 at 15:57 — Last Updated: Tuesday, March 6, 2018 at 15:59
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A quickly growing number of ships are confronting the thick ice and tough climatic conditions on Russia’s Northern Sea Route,

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Blog Business Business (Russia) General Russia 

Blog – Arctic nickel, not oil, could soon power the world’s cars

Mia Bennett
Posted: Thursday, November 2, 2017 at 11:35
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The Arctic is often imagined as a new energy frontier because of its ample oil reserves. But what if its

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Environment Environment (Norway) General Norway 

Norwegian and Russian officials disagree on nickel plant emissions cuts

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, June 1, 2017 at 14:37 — Last Updated: Thursday, June 1, 2017 at 14:40
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Sulphur emissions will be slashed 30 percent by year 2019, the Russian side says. That is not enough, the Norwegians respond.

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Environment Environment (Russia) General Russia 

Norilsk says blood-red river spill caused by heavy rain, weather report tells another story

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, September 14, 2016 at 15:53
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“Abnormally heavy rains became the reason for Daldykan River Case,” reads the headline in a press-release sent out by Norilsk-Nickel

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Pollution from the chimneys in Nikel moves towards the Norwegian border, while the snow around the plant is black of fallout of heavy metals, sulphur dioxide and other pollutions from the plant. (Thomas Nilsen/Barents Observer)
Business Business (Russia) General Russia 

Russia: Arctic mega-polluter pays record high dividends

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, April 14, 2015 at 13:11
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Nickel industry in Siberia and on the Kola Peninsula is very good business for investors. Norilsk Nickel set to pay

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Environment Environment (Finland) Finland 

Police investigate whether to bring criminal charges over nickel leak in Finland

Yle News
Posted: Monday, July 21, 2014 at 12:20
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A maximum sentence of six years in prison could be levelled at those responsible for the 66-ton chemical leak from

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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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