Canada ponders exceptions to relief well rule for Arctic oil drilling
Companies drilling offshore for oil in the Canadian Arctic have long been required to show that they are capable of
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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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Alaska LNG project has potential: CEO
ConocoPhillips’ chief executive said Tuesday that Alaska’s LNG megaproject can be developed under the right conditions despite a growing field
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Red foxes conquering Alaska’s North Slope: study
Red foxes, which began showing up in the Prudhoe Bay area in the late 1980s, are gradually conquering Alaska’s North
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Volunteers and soldiers clean spilled oil by hand in Raahe, Finland
At least four islands have been polluted by heavy oil that leaked from the Rautaruukki steel mill in Raahe on
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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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Spill in Alaska’s North Slope spreads to 33 acres
A ruptured well line that shot crude oil, water and gas into a strong wind on Alaska’s North Slope affected
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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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Alaska: Judge orders new review for 2008 Chukchi Sea lease sale
Six years after Shell and other companies bought oil and gas leases in the Chukchi Sea, the Interior Department is
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Ability to respond to oil spill in the Arctic called ‘sorely lacking’
Before anyone can adequately respond to oil spills in the U.S. Arctic, people need to know much more about what
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Blog: What’s in a name? The Japanese-built, Chinese-chartered icebreaker – MV Nunavik
At the Nunavik Nickel Project mine in northern Quebec, Japanese shipbuilding skills, Chinese mining expertise, and European demand are combining
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Alaska Senate approves Parnell’s LNG plan
JUNEAU — A divided Alaska Senate has approved Gov. Sean Parnell’s liquefied natural gas export project deal after senators said
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Ice-Blog: Eco-group questions Iceland oil
Back in January, China’s state-owned oil company CNOOC obtained an Arctic exploration licence for the remote Dreki area, 125 miles
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Swedish Coast Guard seeks answers on injured birds
Some 25 oil-covered birds were discovered Saturday off the southern coast of the Baltic island of Gotland, prompting the Swedish
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