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All-season road project linking Northwest Territories and Nunavut in Northern Canada gets first major funding

14 August 201914 August 2019 CBC News 1 Comment mining, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, NWT, roads, transport

The Canadian and N.W.T. governments announced $40 million in funding Wednesday toward pre-construction work on an all-season road that would

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Two dead in plane crash in Yukon, northwestern Canada

7 August 2019 CBC News 0 Comments aircraft, Mayo Lake, plane crash, transport, Yukon

Two people who died in a plane crash in the Yukon on Tuesday have been identified. Shawn Thomas Kitchen, 24,

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Finland’s green scheme to invest €40m in cycling and walking

5 August 2019 Yle News 0 Comments climate change, cycling, global warming, transport

The Antti Rinne government will be taking forward a proposal by the former Juha Sipilä-led administration to increase walking and cycling in Finland by 30 percent

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Electric car sales skyrocket in Arctic Norway

5 August 20195 August 2019 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Electric vehicles, Finnmark, Renewables, transport

Sales rose 140% in the first half 2019 in Finnmark, Norway’s northernmost region, compared to the same period last year.

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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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