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Environment Environment (Finland) Finland General News 

Finland needs ambitious CO2 emissions cuts to fight climate change, say researchers

Yle News
Posted: Friday, June 22, 2018 at 10:04 — Last Updated: Friday, June 22, 2018 at 10:07
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Finland’s climate panel, a group of 14 leading climate change researchers, say the government needs to target an 85-100 percent

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Environment Environment (Sweden) General News Sweden 

Growing number of Swedes choose train travel over flying to reduce pollution

Radio Sweden
Posted: Thursday, June 21, 2018 at 16:30 — Last Updated: Friday, June 22, 2018 at 13:05
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For many Swedes, Midsommar marks the beginning of the summer holidays. While many will be flying abroad, as Radio Sweden

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Environment Environment (Finland) Finland General News 

Finnish president demands Arctic Summit to stop dangerous black carbon emissions

Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, June 13, 2018 at 09:45 — Last Updated: Friday, June 15, 2018 at 11:33
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President Sauli Niinistö addressed the Finnish Climate Summit in Helsinki on Wednesday, calling on the Arctic Council member states to

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Finland General News Politics (Finland) Science 

Finland to headquarter Europe’s new atmospheric research center

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, June 12, 2018 at 13:30 — Last Updated: Wednesday, June 13, 2018 at 09:53
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Finland will become the new headquarters of ACTRIS, the European Aerosol, Clouds, and Trace gases Research Infrastructure, the Finnish Meteorological

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Environment (Finland) Finland General News Science 

Finnish chemistry professor develops “revolutionary” biofuel

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, May 22, 2018 at 16:57 — Last Updated: Wednesday, May 23, 2018 at 12:24
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A professor at Turku’s Åbo Akademi and Sweden’s Umeå University says he has managed to develop a fuel based entirely

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Environment Environment (Norway) General News Norway 

In Arctic Norway, seabirds build nests out of plastic waste

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, May 17, 2018 at 11:40 — Last Updated: Friday, May 18, 2018 at 11:13
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Now, concentrations of plastics are comparable or even higher in the Arctic than in more industrialized and urban areas, a

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Environment Environment (Russia) General News Russia 

Russian Navy sends clean-up team to Arctic trash dump

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, May 14, 2018 at 09:34 — Last Updated: Monday, May 14, 2018 at 10:06
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Russia’s Northern Fleet sends an ecological clean-up team to Kotelny island to collect and crush oil drums dumped during the

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Blog Environment General News 

Ice-Blog – While Arctic melts, sweltering Germany hosts UN climate talks

Irene Quaile
Posted: Wednesday, May 9, 2018 at 14:33 — Last Updated: Friday, May 11, 2018 at 15:59
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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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Environment Environment (Norway) General News Norway 

Norway expands Arctic drilling, environmentalists worried

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, May 9, 2018 at 10:04 — Last Updated: Friday, May 11, 2018 at 15:57
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Strongly criticized by environmental groups, Norway’s Ministry of Petroleum and Energy announces 56 new blocks in the Barents Sea. “Awarding

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Environment Environment (Finland) Finland General News 

Finland has world’s cleanest air, WHO says

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 13:19
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Finland’s air quality is better than that of any other country on earth, according to statistics from the World Health

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Blog Environment Environment (Russia) General News Russia 

Blog – Arctic flights save time, but fuel climate change

Mia Bennett
Posted: Friday, April 20, 2018 at 11:33
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Every week, hundreds of flights on U.S. airlines pass through Russian airspace. Only a handful of these flights actually start

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Environment Environment (Finland) Finland General News 

Finnish city sets ambitious carbon neutral goals

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, April 19, 2018 at 10:11
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Turku City Council Chair Lauri Kattelus said that the council’s decision to approve an ambitious strategic programme was one of

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Environment Environment (Finland) Finland General 

Ex-Talvivaara mine CEO to appeal environmental crimes conviction

Yle News
Posted: Friday, March 23, 2018 at 09:57
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On Thursday an appeals court in Rovaniemi, Finnish Lapland, toughened the conviction of Talvivaara Mining CEO Pekka Perä on environmental

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Blog Environment Environment (USA) General USA 

Blog – Alaska Native Regional Corporations are responsible for pollution, too

Mia Bennett
Posted: Sunday, March 18, 2018 at 12:00
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Two weeks ago, I wrote about how Alaska’s Red Dog Mine is the most toxic site in America. This story has been

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Environment Environment (Finland) Finland General 

Finland prepares for ‘nightmare’ wintertime Baltic oil spill

Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International
Posted: Thursday, March 15, 2018 at 16:42 — Last Updated: Thursday, March 15, 2018 at 16:51
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What keeps Jorma Rytkonen up at night is the possibility of a Russian oil tanker colliding with a Finnish or

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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

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