Novatek creates shipping company to export Arctic gas under Russian flag
Russia’s next major liquified natural gas project is likely to be served by a fleet of domestically built vessels sailing
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Canada ill-prepared for Arctic shipping boom, G7 sustainability summit hears
Canada is woefully unprepared for how Arctic shipping will transform the planet, heard the G7 Arctic Sustainability Summit in Montreal
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Blog – How Northwestern Inuit led construction of Canada’s highway to Arctic Ocean
Last November, Canada’s first highway to the Arctic Ocean opened. When shovels broke ground on the all-weather road in January
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Trump admin pushes for looser rules on predator hunting in Alaska
The Trump administration is trying to erase another part of President Obama’s environmental legacy in Alaska: It wants to roll
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Blog – Climate change will destroy us… so what can we do about it?
Climate change exacerbates the weather phenomena around the world in different ways. We get plenty of snow, somewhere else there
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Swedish state scrambles to fill void left by bankrupt regional airliner
After a regional airline went bust this week, the Swedish state is going to make sure there will be ways
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Canadian students flex their diplomatic chops in Arctic Council simulation
A group of Canadian students and early-career scientists got the chance to flex their diplomatic chops on Wednesday by participating
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Arctic shows what science diplomacy can achieve, Montreal forum hears
Science diplomacy will become increasingly important in a globalized world, and the Arctic is a prime example of what is
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Canada wants to up collaboration with First Nations, Inuit, Métis on national parks
Greater collaboration with Indigenous peoples on national park areas will play an important role in conversation and management, says a
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Senators tell Alaska’s Sweeney to be tough and ethical at U.S. Indian Affairs
Alaskan Tara MacLean Sweeney faced no resistance at a U.S. Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday on her nomination to be assistant
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Financial literacy must improve for Indigenous Canadians says government agency
A government agency will set up a working group to improve financial literacy amongst Indigenous Canadians, a population which they
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Ice-Blog – While Arctic melts, sweltering Germany hosts UN climate talks
It’s been a scorcher of a week here in Bonn, Germany. Delegates to the UNFCCC climate talks (one of the interim meetings
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Putin promises ‘freedom and justice’ while opposition takes to streets
We must build a free and just society, Vladimir Putin underlined in Monday’s inauguration speech. But the young protesters who
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Rural Finland won’t be fully compensated for predator damage
Residents and farmers who’ve been approved to receive compensation for damage caused by predators will not receive the full amount
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Norway keeps eye on Russia’s floating nuclear power plant as it heads for Arctic
The controversial Russian installation will spend the next two weeks along the Norwegian coast. The “Akademik Lomonosov” is followed with
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