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Environment Environment (Finland) Finland General 

Waste traffic in Finland feeds lucrative illegal industry

Yle News
Posted: Monday, August 5, 2019 at 10:05
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Finland’s environment ministry says there are insufficient monitoring resources to combat mounting environmental crimes in the country. “It’s a clear

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Environment Environment (Norway) General News Norway 

Minister downplays environmental impact of planned mine in Arctic Norway

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, April 15, 2019 at 14:48 — Last Updated: Monday, April 15, 2019 at 14:52
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Dumping of tailings into the Repparfjord on Norway’s Barents Sea coast will not be problematic in such a way that

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General News 

Contaminated sites in northwestern Canada now mapped online

Philippe Morin, CBC News
Posted: Friday, April 5, 2019 at 14:12
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The Yukon government has published a new map that marks contaminated sites throughout the territory. It includes everything from relatively

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Environment Environment (Norway) General News Norway 

Mining waste dump project in Norwegian fjord worries Russia

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, February 19, 2019 at 11:15 — Last Updated: Wednesday, April 17, 2019 at 11:45
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Norway’s go-ahead to a controversial copper mine in Repparfjord on the Barents Sea coast causes pollution concerns for maritime environment

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Environment Environment (Norway) General News Norway 

Controversial copper mine in Arctic Norway gets green light

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, February 14, 2019 at 14:07
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Indigenous Sami interests and environmental groups will appeal the Norwegian Government’s decision on Thursday to grant permission for controversial mine

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General News 

In Northern Canada, researchers pull big fish from lakes in hopes of reducing toxic mercury risk

Michael Hugall, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, November 6, 2018 at 14:02
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Researchers aim to limit the amount of mercury in the ecosystem in the Northwest Territories (Northern Canada) by removing contaminated

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General News 

Infamous tar pit in northwestern Canada gets clean-up after 73 years

Philippe Morin, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, October 24, 2018 at 15:09
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Workers are busy at the Marwell tar pit in Whitehorse, Yukon, cleaning up a 73-year-old mess. Project manager Paul Inglis

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Environment Environment (Finland) Finland General News 

Finnish company turns used batteries into fertilizer

Yle News
Posted: Friday, October 19, 2018 at 11:41 — Last Updated: Friday, October 19, 2018 at 11:45
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Finnish company Tracegrow has created a method for extracting substances inside used alkaline batteries that can be repurposed and used

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Finland General News Politics Politics (Finland) 

Finnish and Russian PMs talk environment, cooperation and money laundering probe in Helsinki

Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, September 26, 2018 at 16:48
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Finnish Prime Minister Juha Sipilä met with his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev in Helsinki on Wednesday afternoon. The premiers held

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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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General Society Society (Sweden) Sweden 

Swedish mining company found not responsible for poisoning Chileans

Radio Sweden
Posted: Thursday, March 8, 2018 at 11:39
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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 Environment Environment (USA) General USA 

Blog – America’s most toxic site is in the Alaskan Arctic

Mia Bennett
Posted: Wednesday, February 28, 2018 at 14:44 — Last Updated: Wednesday, February 28, 2018 at 15:07
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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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Blog Denmark/Greenland Environment Environment (Denmark/Greenland) General 

Blog: Greenland ice holds Cold War peril

Irene Quaile
Posted: Monday, September 26, 2016 at 15:04 — Last Updated: Monday, September 26, 2016 at 15:10
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It sounds like something from a science-fiction novel or a disaster movie. A hidden city under ice, housing 200 people,

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