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International conference takes on environment & Arctic development

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Sunday, January 24, 2016 at 23:35 — Last Updated: Wednesday, January 27, 2016 at 22:55
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TROMSO, Norway – Politicians, business leaders and scientists are gathered in Norway this week for a major international conference tackling the

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Welcoming Independent Barents Observer to Eye on the Arctic!

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Sunday, January 24, 2016 at 09:50 — Last Updated: Wednesday, January 27, 2016 at 22:55
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Today we’re happy to inform our readers and listeners that a new Norwegian partner has joined the Eye on the

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

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Media, energy & kids on COP21:Week in Review

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, November 27, 2015 at 19:57 — Last Updated: Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at 16:38
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On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories from Eye on the Arctic this

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Arctic nations to sign ‘historic’ coast guard agreement

Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International
Posted: Wednesday, October 28, 2015 at 18:43 — Last Updated: Monday, March 19, 2018 at 12:18
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Experts from all eight Arctic nations are gathering in the United States on Wednesday to sign a historic deal for

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More Arctic research, intn’l cooperation needed

Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, October 20, 2015 at 15:10 — Last Updated: Wednesday, October 21, 2015 at 14:14
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REYKJAVIK: The climatic changes taking place in the Arctic are a call to action for the world. We must answer

The Polar Pioneer oil drilling rig during demonstrations against Royal Dutch Shell on May 16, 2015 in Seattle, Washington. (David Ryder/Getty Images)

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Indigenous rights & Shell’s Arctic saga: Week in Review

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, October 2, 2015 at 19:32
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On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories from Eye on the Arctic this

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Norilsk Nickel halts Murmansk mine production

Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, October 1, 2015 at 13:06 — Last Updated: Friday, October 2, 2015 at 15:52
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The company is closing down its biggest mine in the Kola Peninsula following plummeting raw material prices. Consequences will dramatic

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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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The new face of climate change?

Kamala Kelkar, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Wednesday, September 23, 2015 at 14:46 — Last Updated: Friday, September 25, 2015 at 20:57
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German tourists aboard a cruise through the Hinlopen Strait in Svalbard this summer were approaching a yellow dot on an ice-floe,

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Russian metal giant pays pocket fluff in pollution fines

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, August 31, 2015 at 15:40
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Penalty for peak pollution is equal to net profit from 4,7 seconds of operation. Norilsk-Nickel on Monday announces a net

A meeting of the Sami parliament in Arvidsjaur. (Jenny Israelsson Skoglund/ Sameradion & SVT Sápmi)

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UN rights expert to assess Sami’s situation

Radio Sweden
Posted: Wednesday, August 26, 2015 at 19:11 — Last Updated: Thursday, August 27, 2015 at 19:18
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A UN human rights expert arrived in northern Sweden on Tuesday for a three-day conference on the human rights situation of the

Diving oil prices will have a serious effect on Barents drilling. Gazprom Neft and Eni, the two companies which have production platforms in the area, will inevitably have to record major losses. (iStock)

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Grand losses in offshore Arctic oil

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, August 26, 2015 at 13:28 — Last Updated: Thursday, August 27, 2015 at 19:18
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Oil companies Gazprom Neft and Eni will lose big money on their offshore projects in the Barents Sea With the

A story looking at the complexity of polar bear hair and what that knowledge could contribute to design were among your most read stories this week. (Mathieu Belanger/Reuters)

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Sanctions, Sami and polar bear hair: Arctic week in review

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, August 14, 2015 at 19:55
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On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories from Eye on the Arctic this

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New US sanctions against Russian oil

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, August 10, 2015 at 13:45 — Last Updated: Wednesday, August 12, 2015 at 12:22
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Washington has introduced sanctions against Gazprom’s Yuzhno-Kirinskoye field, one of the biggest hydrocarbon projects on the Russian shelf. The move