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Environment Environment (USA) General News USA 

Remembering the lessons of the Exxon Valdez disaster, 30 years later

Wesley Early, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Friday, March 22, 2019 at 15:56
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This Sunday, Alaska marks the 30th anniversary of an event that changed the state forever. On March 24th, 1989, 11

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Environment Environment (Sweden) General News Sweden 

Oil spill cleanup ongoing in Sweden after freighter runs aground

Radio Sweden
Posted: Tuesday, July 31, 2018 at 12:12
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More than a hundred people are now working to clean up an oil spill in the Tjust archipelago, in the

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The Yong Sheng arriving in Rotterdam on September 10, 2013. The Yong Sheng is the first commercial Chinese ship to transit through the Northern Sea Route, which connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans by way of the Bering Strait and Russia's northern coast.(Robin Utrecht /AFP/Getty Images)
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Obama, China & the North Pole: Arctic week in review

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Monday, August 24, 2015 at 13:48 — Last Updated: Monday, August 24, 2015 at 13:49
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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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Greenpeace responds to report Canada is ill-prepared for Arctic oil disasters

Marc Montgomery, Radio Canada International
Posted: Tuesday, July 7, 2015 at 20:54 — Last Updated: Monday, March 19, 2018 at 12:25
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A report prepared for the government on Arctic oil drilling contains some interesting revelations. Obtained under Access to Information laws,

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Canada Environment (Canada) Science (Canada) Society (Canada) 

Oil spills in Arctic, deep water would cause challenges for government

The Canadian Press
Posted: Monday, July 6, 2015 at 17:20 — Last Updated: Tuesday, July 7, 2015 at 20:55
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  An internal report warns the federal government isn’t fully prepared to respond in the event of an oil spill

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WWF volunteers left Raahe harbour to join the effort. I (Kati Jurkko / Yle)
Environment Environment (Finland) Finland Special Features 

Volunteers and soldiers clean spilled oil by hand in Raahe, Finland

Yle News
Posted: Monday, June 2, 2014 at 11:25
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At least four islands have been polluted by heavy oil that leaked from the Rautaruukki steel mill in Raahe on

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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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