Politics, plastics and whaling: Arctic week in Review
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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pollution
Microplastics found in waters off Svalbard
Microplastics, the tiny plastic particles that are accumulating in marine waters and big lakes around the world, are now showing
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Bellona Murmansk dissolved as Russian NGO
The environmental organization Bellona Murmansk was on Monday dissolved as a NGO after it was declared a «foreign agent» by
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Will Sweden be 1st fossil-free welfare state?
Addressing the United Nation’s General Assembly on Saturday, Swedish Prime Minster Stefan Löfven said his nation would work toward becoming one
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Russian republics unite against oil spills
Following a number of accidents, Russia’s Nenets and Komi regional authorities are taking joint action to preventing harm to vulnerable
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Sweden tackles microplastics problem
Sweden wants to reduce the environmental spreading of microplastics, the small particles of plastic that can be found in skin
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Russia cleaning up scrap metal on Arctic coast
Russia’s Northern Fleet has established a special unit which is cleaning up the huge amounts of scrap metal left rusting
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Banned pollutants turn up in Alaska fur seals
A new study of contaminants known as persistent organic pollutants — various pesticides, preservatives and industrial chemicals — in the bodies of Alaska fur
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Sweden : Use of fire-fighting foam grows despite environmental risks
Swedish fire departments are increasingly use foam to extinguish blazes even though the chemical can be an environmental hazard. Swedish Television
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Acidification takes toll on Beaufort Sea
With their low temperatures that hold onto the carbon dioxide absorbed from the atmosphere, their shallow depths, their rich supply
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IMO completes Polar Code, regulating Arctic and Antarctic shipping
Starting in 2017, it will be illegal for shippers to dump oil, oily waste or noxious materials into Arctic or
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Norway reaches 50,000 electric cars sales
Electric car number 50,000 was recently registered in Norway, two years ahead of planned schedule. With generous incentives that include zero
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Norway is polluting Murmansk says Russian official
More than half of the pollution in Murmansk Oblast comes from Europe, and especially Norway, a representative from the regional
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Sweden: Flights and food cause major emissions
Swedish toxic emissions decreased in 2011 and 2012, but private consumption affecting emissions has increased over the last 20 years.
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Microplastics new threat to Baltic
There’s a new ecological concern about the troubled Baltic Sea. A report says there’s a threat now from substances found
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