Wednesday, July 9, 2025
Eye on the Arctic

Eye on the Arctic

Issues affecting circumpolar nations

  • Countries
    • Canada
    • Denmark/Greenland
    • Finland
    • Iceland
    • Norway
    • Russia
    • Sweden
    • USA
  • Categories
    • Environment
    • Politics
    • Society
    • Science
    • Business
    • Art and Culture
  • Longforms
  • Video Reports
  • Regard sur l’Arctique

pollution

Business Business (Finland) Finland 

Finnish climate panel: Electric cars cheaper in the long run

Yle News
Posted: Friday, December 13, 2019 at 10:23
0 Comments

The Finnish Climate Change Panel estimates that electric cars emit 60-70 percent lower lifetime emissions than standard cars with combustion

Read more
Environment Environment (Russia) Russia 

New ship to handle all nuclear waste from Rosatom’s operations in Russian Arctic

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, December 5, 2019 at 10:38
0 Comments

The new special purpose vessel will serve the new icebreakers and the floating nuclear power plants and possible other reactor

Read more
Environment Environment (Norway) Norway 

Norway greenlights copper mine with tailings to be dumped in Arctic fjord

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, December 2, 2019 at 10:36
0 Comments

Protests from the indigenous Sami people, local fishermen and environmental groups were turned down by the government. “Allowing this to happen

Read more
Environment Environment (Russia) Russia 

Scientists raise alarm about polar bears’ plastic consumption in Arctic Russia

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, November 28, 2019 at 16:50
0 Comments

Plastic waste makes up a quarter of the diet for polar bears, says Ivan Mizin, research director of Russian Arctic

Read more
(Pictured here, plastic pollution in Thailand.)
Environment Environment (Iceland) General Iceland 

Iceland to host international symposium on plastics in Arctic and sub-Arctic

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Monday, October 21, 2019 at 15:50 — Last Updated: Friday, October 25, 2019 at 13:31
0 Comments

Iceland will host an international symposium on plastics in the Arctic and sub-Arctic this April to share best practices and

Read more
Business Business (Russia) General Russia 

Aging smelter near Russia-Norway border will be closed, company says

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, October 21, 2019 at 15:38 — Last Updated: Monday, October 21, 2019 at 15:42
0 Comments

Nornickel and regional authorities in Murmansk have signed agreement on how to collaborate on retraining and restructuring for the 800

Read more
Environment Environment (Finland) Finland General 

Mining companies to pay higher deposits for environmental damage in Finland

Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, October 16, 2019 at 10:14
0 Comments

Finland’s government is committed to increasing the guarantee fees paid by mining companies to offset the environmental damages mine operations

Read more
(Pictured here, plastic pollution in Thailand.)
Environment Environment (Iceland) Iceland 

Arctic Council group lobs GPS-bugged capsules into Atlantic to track litter trajectories in the North

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Tuesday, September 17, 2019 at 08:29 — Last Updated: Friday, September 20, 2019 at 13:59
0 Comments

The Arctic council working group focused on the polar marine environment is taking a novel approach raising awareness around marine

Read more
Environment Environment (Russia) General Russia 

Greenpeace Russia calls for more resources to fight Siberian wildfires

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Thursday, August 8, 2019 at 14:42 — Last Updated: Monday, August 19, 2019 at 10:41
0 Comments

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

Read more
Environment Environment (Russia) Russia 

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

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Thursday, August 1, 2019 at 14:17 — Last Updated: Friday, August 2, 2019 at 10:05
0 Comments

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

Read more
Denmark/Greenland Environment Environment (Denmark/Greenland) General News 

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

Emily Blake, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, July 18, 2019 at 10:41 — Last Updated: Friday, July 19, 2019 at 15:47
0 Comments

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

Read more
Environment Environment (Finland) Finland General News 

Finnish team assists in cutting methane emissions from cow burps

Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, July 17, 2019 at 16:13 — Last Updated: Friday, July 19, 2019 at 15:47
0 Comments

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

Read more
Environment Environment (USA) General USA 

Wildfire smoke brings more respiratory complaints in Anchorage, Alaska

Amy Mostafa, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Wednesday, July 3, 2019 at 11:03
0 Comments

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

Read more
Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General 

Wildfires in Alaska and Yukon producing smoky conditions

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, July 3, 2019 at 09:51 — Last Updated: Wednesday, July 3, 2019 at 09:54
0 Comments

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

Read more
Environment Environment (Sweden) General Sweden 

Sweden: Comparing emissions taxes for planes and cars

Ulla Engberg, Radio Sweden
Posted: Friday, June 7, 2019 at 15:44
0 Comments

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

Read more
  • ← Previous
  • Next →

Feature

Wide shot of the Centennial Flame with the Parliament building behind
The Parliament of Canada is the federal legislature of Canada, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, and is composed of three parts: the Monarch, the Senate, and the House of Commons. Photo: La Presse canadienne / Adrian Wyld

Inuit push for land protection with focus on social economy

In Taloyoak, Nunavut, the northernmost hamlet on mainland Canada, Inuit are working to conserve their territory and set up a community-driven, land-based economy. Photo : Eilís Quinn

Follow Us

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

Also on RCI (Chinese)

体验加拿大之北极光下 • Experiencing Canada

Also on RCI (Spanish)

Nunavut in spanish

Also on CBC

CBC North
RCI • Radio Canada International
  • About Us
  • Contact Us

RCI

  • FRANÇAIS
  • ENGLISH
  • ESPAÑOL
  • 中文
  • العربية

Follow us

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • RCI | Facebook
  • RCI | Twitter

Resources

  • RADIO-CANADA
    • Conditions d’utilisation
    • Ombudsman
  • CBC
    • Impact and Accountability
    • Ombudsperson
Copyright © 2025 Eye on the Arctic. All rights reserved.
Theme: ColourMag by ThemeGrill. Powered by WordPress.