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Electric and biofuel buses roll into Finnish cities

10 July 2019 Yle News 0 Comments biofuels, buses, Electric vehicles, Helsinki, mass transit, transport

Buses running on biogas and electricity are slowly becoming a more common sight in Finland, as transport companies and municipalities

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Finnish government considers allowing cities to charge congestion fees to slash emissions

9 July 2019 Yle News 0 Comments carbon neutral, emissions, POLICY, taxes, traffic, transport

The Finnish government has plans to reduce carbon emissions by allowing urban municipalities to charge road congestion fees, according to

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Fuel shortage hits small community in Arctic Canada

28 June 2019 CBC News 0 Comments fuel, Gjoa Haven, Nunavut, supply, transport

There was no fuel in Gjoa Haven, Nunavut, in the Canadian Arctic, for most of this week after the hamlet’s

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Sweden’s cars pollute more than previously thought

26 June 201926 June 2019 Olof Wijnbladh, Radio Sweden 0 Comments cars, emissions, transport

Those looking to buy a new car next year can expect it to cost more, because new, more stringent emissions

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Northwestern Canada: How a changing Yukon River is reshaping an age-old ice bridge

18 June 2019 Meagan Deuling and Jonathan Ore, CBC Radio 0 Comments climate change, Dawson City, ice bridge, roads, transport, Yukon, Yukon River

The residents of Dawson City, in northwestern Canada, have an intimate relationship with the Yukon River. It’s why settlers first

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Arctic Norway to get advanced EV charging network

12 June 2019 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Electric vehicles, Finnmark, Fortum, Renewables, transport

17 high-power 150 kW chargers and eight fast chargers will make it possible for practically all kinds of electric cars

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Northern Canada: Rail link downed by Alberta wildfire won’t raise fuel prices in Northwest Territories, minister says

7 June 2019 Richard Gleeson, CBC News 0 Comments Alberta, energy, forest fires, Imperial Oil, Northwest Territories, NWT, oil, rail, transport, wildfires

The added expense of trucking fuel north from Edmonton, Alberta for the annual barge resupply won’t be passed along to

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Northern Alberta wildfire cuts rail link between Canada’s Northwest Territories and the South

31 May 201931 May 2019 Alex Brockman, CBC News 0 Comments Alberta, forest fires, Northwest Territories, NWT, rail, roads, Steen River, supply, transport, wildfires

A key bridge on the railroad used for shipping diesel fuel to the Northwest Territories (Canadian central Arctic) is damaged,

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New Russian icebreaker will boost year-round shipping on Northern Sea Route

27 May 201927 May 2019 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments energy, icebreakers, LNG, Northern Sea Route, shipping, transport

With two powerful nuclear reactors, Rosatomflot’s third LK-60Ya icebreaker will help Russia export even more gas to Asia by 2022.

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Sámi youth oppose proposed Arctic rail line in northern Finland

22 May 201924 May 2019 Yle News 0 Comments Arctic railway, indigenous, rail, reindeer, Saami, Sami, transport

As lawmakers have gathered at Helsinki’s House of the Estates for government formation negotiations over the past several days, demonstrators

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New icebreaking tanker chooses southern route for maiden voyage

14 May 201914 May 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments icebreakers, NIkolay Yevgenov, Northern Sea Route, shipping, transport

The maiden voyage of top ice-class LNG tanker Nikolay Yevgenov goes through the Suez Canal and not the Northern Sea

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Barge season in Canada’s Northwest Territories to get ‘early start’

9 May 20199 May 2019 Hilary Bird, CBC News 0 Comments Cambridge Bay, Kugluktuk, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, NWT, Paulatuk, shipping, transport

An official with the Northwest Territories’ Marine Transportation Services (MTS) says they will be getting an “early start” to this

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Authorities in Arctic Finland plan zones for controversial rail line

30 April 201930 April 2019 Yle News 0 Comments indigenous, Infrastructure, Lapland, rail, Saami, Sami, transport

The Regional Council of Lapland decided on Monday to include a controversial rail line from Rovaniemi to Kirkenes, Norway in

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Russia is building a new Arctic with private investments

23 April 201926 April 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments coal, energy, fossil fuels, gas, LNG, Northern Latitudinal Passage, Northern Sea Route, oil, transport

A system with major tax breaks is to make private investors place billions in Russia’s new regional infrastructure. “We have

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Longread – Guardian of the road in Northern Canada

4 April 20195 April 2019 John Last, CBC News 0 Comments ice roads, Northwest Territories, NWT, roads, transport

Mickey Hempler has kept drivers safe on a remote northern winter road for two decades — but he won’t be

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