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Environment Environment (Sweden) General News Sweden 

Many towns in Sweden seek funds to clean up polluted sites

Brett Ascarelli and Joel Wendle, Radio Sweden
Posted: Tuesday, January 15, 2019 at 14:54
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The western city of Borås is hoping to get state money to clean up old textile industry residues that wound

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General News 

Contract awarded to build ice bridge in Dawson City, northwest Canada

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, December 12, 2018 at 08:58
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The Yukon government is going to try again this winter to help Mother Nature build an ice bridge across the

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General News Politics Politics (USA) USA 

U.S. Supreme Court justices wrestle how to set Alaska hovercraft case apart from subsistence

Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Wednesday, November 14, 2018 at 14:46
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Last week, the U.S Supreme Court again heard arguments in a case that pits the mission of the National Park

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Environment Environment (USA) General News USA 

Low fish numbers force closure of king salmon fishing in part of Alaska

Casey Grove, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Friday, June 22, 2018 at 15:41 — Last Updated: Friday, June 22, 2018 at 15:46
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Sport fishing for king salmon is looking bleak in Southcentral after recent closures announced by the Department of Fish and

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General Society Society (USA) USA 

Supreme Court’s rehearing of hovercraft hunter case could test Alaska’s sovereignty

Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Wednesday, June 20, 2018 at 10:34 — Last Updated: Wednesday, June 20, 2018 at 10:42
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The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to rehear the case of an Alaska moose hunter whose use of a hovercraft

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A rain-swollen river washed away the road and felled trees in Kristinehamn, western Sweden, on August 22, 2014. (Johan Nilsson/AFP/Getty Images)
Environment Environment (Sweden) General News Sweden 

Swedish rivers overflow as heatwave melts northern snow

Radio Sweden
Posted: Tuesday, May 15, 2018 at 10:27
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Skies are beautiful and sunny throughout much of the country, but the warmth has brought a problem: flooding, after all

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Finland General News Society Society (Finland) 

Flood worries in Finland as river levels rise

Yle News
Posted: Monday, April 23, 2018 at 10:56
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The spring flood situation in Southern Ostrobothnia appears to be easing off after flood levels were broken Saturday, according to

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Norwegian border patrol boat on the Pasvik river. (Jonas Karlsbakk/Barents Observer)
General Norway Politics Politics (Norway) Special Features 

Norway and Russia adjusting border line

Trude Pettersen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, July 30, 2015 at 13:35
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For the first time since 1947 Norwegian and Russian authorities are adjusting the 196 kilometers long border between the two

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Environment Environment (Finland) Finland General Special Features 

Oil spills surprisingly common in Finland, but cleanup dependent on volunteers

Yle News
Posted: Monday, April 27, 2015 at 18:13 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 30, 2015 at 18:47
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About 2,000 oil spills a year take place in Finland, the large majority of which only leak small amounts of

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Environment Environment (USA) General USA 

Alaska: Bristol Bay sockeye’s prey quality affected by ocean temperature

Josh Edge, APRN - Anchorage
Posted: Tuesday, January 27, 2015 at 19:30 — Last Updated: Wednesday, January 28, 2015 at 20:38
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Having healthy and plentiful returns of salmon each season is an important issue to subsistence, sport and commercial fishermen alike.

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General Society Society (USA) USA 

Alaska: Mining corporation a no-show in court as environmental criminal case moves forward

Lisa Demer, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Friday, January 23, 2015 at 14:58 — Last Updated: Friday, January 23, 2015 at 21:39
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An Outside mining company accused of polluting salmon streams in Western Alaska failed to show up this week for an initial federal

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Environment Environment (Sweden) General Sweden 

Record numbers for Swedish wild salmon

Radio Sweden
Posted: Monday, September 8, 2014 at 14:43 — Last Updated: Monday, September 8, 2014 at 21:49
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Salmon are surging up Sweden’s rivers in record numbers. In the biggest river, Tornea älv in Norrbotte, over 100,000 salmon

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Environment Environment (Finland) Finland 

Police investigate whether to bring criminal charges over nickel leak in Finland

Yle News
Posted: Monday, July 21, 2014 at 12:20
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A maximum sentence of six years in prison could be levelled at those responsible for the 66-ton chemical leak from

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Swimming off the shore of the Kokemäki river may not be safe, depending on who you ask. ( Matti Kauvo / Yle )
Environment Environment (Finland) Finland Special Features 

Finland: Left, Greens and Norilsk Nickel weigh in on Harjavalta leak

Yle News
Posted: Monday, July 14, 2014 at 17:12 — Last Updated: Tuesday, August 26, 2014 at 21:16
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Left Alliance committee calls for Pori river check-up; Green League VP chides environmental administration; metal factory Norilsk Nickel claims responsibility

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Environment Environment (Finland) Finland 

Finland: Harjavalta nickel leak biggest on record

Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, July 9, 2014 at 11:50 — Last Updated: Tuesday, August 26, 2014 at 21:23
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The nickel leak from a factory in Harjavalta, Finland is now the biggest ever recorded in Finland. The plant has

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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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