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Greenpeace Russia calls for more resources to fight Siberian wildfires

8 August 201919 August 2019 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments climate, firefighting, health, pollution, Siberia, temperature, weather

Greenpeace Russia is calling for more resources to fight Siberian wildfires, saying the smoke is having consequences everywhere from big

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Nearly 3,000 people, 50 aircraft mobilized to fight wildfires in Russia

1 August 20192 August 2019 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments European Space Agency, health, pollution, Siberia, temperature, weather

Nearly 3,000 people and 50 aircraft are working to extinguish wildfires across Russia said the country’s aerial forest protection service

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What Arctic ice can tell us about plagues, climate and conflict in the Middle Ages

18 July 201919 July 2019 Emily Blake, CBC News 0 Comments climate, ice, Middle Ages, Plagues, pollution

New research is revealing how plagues, wars and the climate affected the economy of Medieval Europe. But researchers didn’t find

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Finnish team assists in cutting methane emissions from cow burps

17 July 201919 July 2019 Yle News 0 Comments climate change, Cows, environment, Finland, methane, pollution

Methane emissions could be reduced worldwide by altering the microbes living in the guts of cows and thereby reducing the

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Wildfire smoke brings more respiratory complaints in Anchorage, Alaska

3 July 2019 Amy Mostafa, Alaska Public Media 0 Comments Alaska, Anchorage, forest fires, health, pollution, wildfires

Anchorage, Alaska health care providers have seen more patients with respiratory problems in recent days because of poor air quality.

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Wildfires in Alaska and Yukon producing smoky conditions

3 July 20193 July 2019 CBC News 0 Comments Alaska, forest fires, health, pollution, wildfires, Yukon

Yukon’s chief medical officer of health issued an air quality advisory Monday as much of the territory was blanketed by

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Sweden: Comparing emissions taxes for planes and cars

7 June 2019 Ulla Engberg, Radio Sweden 0 Comments aviation, flight, pollution, tourism, travel

If flights were to pay for their impact on the climate, just like lorries and cars do, a plane trip

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Emissions dropping in EU, but not in Norway

4 June 20194 June 2019 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments climate change, emissions, European Union, global warming, pollution

Despite Arctic heat waves, Norway is not cooling down its emission of gasses causing climate crisis. Emission of climate gasses

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Better wildfire & agriculture management among recommendations from Arctic Council black carbon expert group

31 May 201931 May 2019 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments climate change, politics, pollution, research global warming, Science, weather

Better wildfire management and improved agricultural practices have been added to a list of black carbon and methane mitigation recommendations

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Smoke from northern Alberta wildfire reaches northwestern Canada

23 May 201923 May 2019 CBC News 0 Comments Alberta, Dawson City, forest fires, High Level, pollution, Whitehorse, wildfires, Yukon

Smoke from a wildfire burning near High Level, Alta. (Canadian Prairies), has so far reached as far as Dawson City,

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Northern Canada: Mine contamination not a big health issue for Yellowknife residents

15 May 201916 May 2019 Richard Gleeson, CBC News 0 Comments First Nations, indigenous, mining, Northwest Territories, NWT, pollution, Yellowknife

The most comprehensive study undertaken on the concentration of mine contaminants in people living in the Yellowknife area, in Canada’s

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Environmental groups call for global moratorium on ‘emissions cheat’ systems on ships

14 May 201915 May 2019 Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International 0 Comments Carnival Corporation, cruise ships, heavy fuel oil, International Maritime Organization, pollution, scrubbers

A coalition of environmental NGOs is calling for an immediate moratorium on exhaust gas cleaning systems, also known as scrubbers,

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The garbage polar bears get into is getting into them

9 April 2019 Katie Toth, CBC News 0 Comments Alaska, bears, garbage, hunting, Inuit, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, NWT, polar bears, pollution, wildlife

Aluminum foil. Car keys. Candy wrappers. Half a towel. If there was a Canada Food Guide for bears, none of

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Youth in Arctic Canadian town take aim at grocery store’s plastic use

5 April 2019 Mackenzie Scott, CBC News 0 Comments Inuvik, Northwest Territories, NWT, plastics, pollution, youth

Youth in Inuvik, Northwest Territories are putting pressure on to ban plastic, and at least one store owner is listening.

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Finland has used up its annual share of Earth’s resources

5 April 20198 April 2019 Yle News 0 Comments consumption, Earth Overshoot Day, pollution, World Wildlife Fund

On Friday, 5 April Finnish residents used up their share of Earth’s natural resources, according to WWF Finland. Over the

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