Issues affecting circumpolar nations
The company that recently made international headlines for causing environmental disasters on the Taimyr Peninsula by spilling 20,000 tons of
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Thousands of tons of spilled diesel oil are being pumped into special containers placed along affected rivers and creeks. The
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Large territories of rivers, streams and tundra lands are covered by more than 20 thousand tons of diesel oil from
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Russia’s state fishing agency said on Tuesday an Arctic river would need decades to recover after 20,000 tonnes of oil
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Finland’s car population continues to age, even as government considers ways to get motorists to switch to newer, more fuel-efficient or electric
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Canada will support a ban on the use of heavy fuel oil by ships plying Arctic waters at the upcoming
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A coalition of environmental groups is demanding answers from the oil refining and shipping industries after it emerged that new
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Finland’s carbon emissions are dropping far too slowly to reach the country’s climate goals, according to a fresh report from the Research
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A new study from UiT The Arctic University of Norway revealed that estimates of methane emissions released from the Arctic
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Three of the world’s top five shipping companies and a growing number of consumer goods producers have promised to stay
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The federal government returned $430 million in security deposits to oil and gas companies that committed to spend billions exploring
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Nearly half of all respondents to an Yle poll said they consider nuclear power to be a sustainable form of
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The Finnish Climate Change Panel estimates that electric cars emit 60-70 percent lower lifetime emissions than standard cars with combustion
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The new special purpose vessel will serve the new icebreakers and the floating nuclear power plants and possible other reactor
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Protests from the indigenous Sami people, local fishermen and environmental groups were turned down by the government. “Allowing this to happen
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