Moscow outlines €210 billion plan for Arctic oil
A new tax regime for the Russian Arctic is to provide for an unprecedented wave of investments in icy drilling.
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Putin’s new Arctic law paves way for biggest ever industrialization in Northern Russia
Offshore oil, liquified natural gas and the petrochemical industry will soon benefit from big tax cuts in new Arctic projects.
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Should Finland adopt a flight tax to reduce emissions?
Is flying too cheap? That’s what one group of activists argues as they campaign for Finland to introduce a tax
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Permanent fund dividend fight splits Alaska Republicans, some aligned with Democrats
Typically, some of the most intense fights at the Alaska state Capitol are between factions of Democratic and Republican lawmakers.
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Russia’s Rosneft demands tax breaks to build pipeline to Arctic shipping lane: report
Rosneft makes clear that it can build a 600 km long pipeline to the Arctic Ocean and export millions of
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Finnish government considers allowing cities to charge congestion fees to slash emissions
The Finnish government has plans to reduce carbon emissions by allowing urban municipalities to charge road congestion fees, according to
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Swedish Centre Party promises tax break for rural northerners
Sweden’s Centre Party leader Annie Lööf says she wants to address the tax imbalance facing people living in the north
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In 3 communities of the Canadian Arctic, living wage surpasses $23 per hour
Anti-poverty organization Alternatives North released living wage estimates on Wednesday for Yellowknife, Inuvik and Hay River, in Northern Canada. All
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Arctic Profile: Running Tromso – the successes and the challenges
Arctic Profiles is an occasional Eye on the Arctic series where we check in with different Arctic regions to take
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Major changes to oil tax credits in Alaska budget
Alaska Governor Bill Walker’s budget proposal, rolled out last week, includes taxes on everything from fishing, mining and tourism to
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Alaska: Oil companies lose pipeline case
A federal agency has ruled that the oil-company owners of the trans-Alaska pipeline had so badly managed an upgrade project, they
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Business and environmentalists unite in Sweden
A number of major corporations are calling for higher taxes on carbon dioxide emissions and more ambitious climate goals than
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Keystone XL: Bad for Alaska Crude?
The fight over the Keystone XL Pipeline is likely to heat up in Congress this week. Senate Bill 1 would
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Politics, energy & climate: Arctic week in review
On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories on Eye on the Arctic this
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World oil price decline siphons billions of dollars expected by Alaska
While oil prices have dropped more than 50 percent in the last six months, the decline in the Alaska oil production tax
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