Swedish mining company found not responsible for poisoning Chileans
The Skellefteå district court dismissed a lawsuit on Thursday against Swedish mining company Boliden that claimed it was responsible for
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Blog – America’s most toxic site is in the Alaskan Arctic
In the Alaskan Arctic, Iñupiat sail across seas they’ve navigated for thousands of years in search of a whale to
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Millions more flights from Swedish airports despite environmental toll
Sweden’s airports have seen almost three million passengers take flights in January – higher than the same month last year,
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Loaded with more mercury than previously thought, permafrost thaw could be a ticking time bomb
Scientists say that frozen ground in the Arctic holds twice as much mercury as the rest of the earth and
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Dreaming of a White Christmas on the Kola Peninsula
Nornickel plans significant reduction of smelting operations in Nikel to achieve a target of 50% reduction in sulfur dioxide pollution
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Report reveals high levels of microplastics on Norway’s Arctic coast
The amount of microplastics found in blue mussels on Norway’s Barents Sea coast near the border to Russia is more
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Baltic Sea plastic levels puzzle researchers
A Danish-German study has found that the amount of microplastic components has not increased in the Baltic Sea over the
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Arctic Council’s climate work continues with full U.S. participation, despite Paris pullout, says diplomat
President Donald Trump may have nixed U.S. participation in the Paris accord, but the Arctic Council’s climate change work continues
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Finland’s biggest environmental crime case returns to court
An environmental crime trial about mining company Talvivaara’s past operations began at the Rovaniemi appeals court on Monday. Under scrutiny
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Russian General Prosecutor targets polluters in the Arctic
It is Russia’s Year of Ecology and environmental protection is higher on the country’s agency than ever before, also for
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How green are the batteries? Electric car revolution boosts business for big Arctic air polluter
Nornickel eyes sharp increase in demand for nickel and copper as tens of millions of electric cars hit the roads
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Safer airspace but more noise? U.S. Air Force considers changing jet flight patterns in Alaska
The U.S. Air Force is considering changes in fighter jet runway use at Anchorage’s Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson that officials say
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‘Over 15 mph, we make clouds’: Road dust plagues rural Alaska
BETHEL — Across rural Alaska, cars, trucks and four-wheelers kick up clouds of road dust, a plague that coats tundra berries and
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U.S. Senate passes marine debris bill
A bill targeting plastic waste in the ocean and other marine debris cleared the U.S. Senate last week. Alaska’s junior
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Sharp drop in emissions near Norwegian border, says Russian mining company
New technology at the ore-briquetting plant in Zapolyarny could be good news for the fragile taiga forest. But does Nornickel
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