Canadian province of Quebec announces plan for northern development
The Canadian province of Quebec announced an ambitious plan to develop its northern region on Wednesday, putting the Arctic back in
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Alaska Senate passes bill establishing an official state Arctic policy
The Alaska Senate on Tuesday passed a bill establishing an official state Arctic policy that, in large part, calls for more natural-resource
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Finland: British investor makes conditional bid for Talvivaara
A British investment company specialising in corporate restructuring cases has tabled a conditional offer to purchase the beleaguered Talvivaara mining
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‘Arctic oil is incommensurate with 2ºC target:’ WWF
TROMSØ: Norway’s decision to offer more Barents Sea drillings would be incommensurate with efforts to limit global warming to 2ºC,
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Rosneft asks Russian government for renegotiated terms on offshore oil licenses
Under mounting pressure from foreign sanctions, Rosneft has asked the Russian government for renegotiated terms in all its offshore oil licenses.
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Eye on the Arctic – Week in Review 10/17/14
On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories on Eye on the Arctic
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Challenging time for Arctic mining companies
One of the smaller mining companies in Scandinavia, the Northern Iron, is struggling to make ends meet as raw material
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Many questions, but few answers as Arctic conference gets underway in Iceland
REYKJAVIK, Iceland — Much has been made in recent years about the impending age of the Arctic.Some envision a future
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Commodifying nature: The price of ice
A graduate student recently interviewed me for his dissertation on Russia, the Arctic, oil and gas. During the interview, he
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Yukon First Nations declare territory is ‘frack free’
The Council of Yukon First Nations, in Canada’s northwestern Yukon territory, says it is opposed to all hydraulic fracturing, a
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Land dispute causes development ban in southern Nunavut, Canada
The federal government has prohibited development on several parcels of Crown land in the southern region of Canada’s eastern Arctic
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Canada’s Northwest Territories begins tough job of implementing devolution deal
Canada’s Northwest Territories (N.W.T.) is celebrating a milestone by making its devolution agreement official, but many leaders say there is
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Canada’s Northwest Territories signs historic devolution deal
Leaders in Canada’s Northwest Territories (N.W.T.) have signed a final devolution deal with the federal government on Tuesday to transfer
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