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Yellowknifers’ plastic going to landfill—but politicians could still explore solution

Liny Lamberink, CBC News @linylamberink
Posted: Friday, April 5, 2024 at 09:34
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N.W.T.’s waste reduction act now allows for extended producer policy program Roughly 60 tonnes of plastic collected at blue bin

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Geopolitics Geopolitics (Iceland) Iceland Politics 

Arctic Council creates new expert group on nuclear emergencies

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, December 12, 2019 at 11:16
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Two fatal accidents during the summer of 2019 was a wake-up call for radiation emergency authorities monitoring northern waters. On

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Environment Environment (Norway) Norway 

Norway greenlights copper mine with tailings to be dumped in Arctic fjord

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, December 2, 2019 at 10:36
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Protests from the indigenous Sami people, local fishermen and environmental groups were turned down by the government. “Allowing this to happen

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General 

Northern Canada store’s “greener” poppy option limited by legion trademark rules

Karen McColl, CBC News
Posted: Monday, November 11, 2019 at 11:30
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The Royal Canadian Legion distributes more than 19 million poppies a year, which in turn raises millions of dollars in

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General 

Compost facility upgrades in Whitehorse, northwestern Canada to help keep up with demand

Kaila Jefferd-Moore, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, July 30, 2019 at 11:51 — Last Updated: Tuesday, July 30, 2019 at 13:54
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The Whitehorse compost facility is getting an upgrade as the amount of waste diverted from the landfill grows. In 2018,

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General 

Abandoned research station in Canada’s High Arctic to be cleaned up

CBC News
Posted: Monday, July 29, 2019 at 16:01
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A tiny remote island in Canada’s high Arctic is going to be cleaned of abandoned shacks, fuel drums and debris

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(Pictured here, plastic pollution in Thailand.)
Environment Environment (Finland) Finland General News 

Citizens’ initiative prompts Finnish lawmakers to consider microplastics ban

Yle News
Posted: Monday, August 20, 2018 at 16:40
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A citizens’ initiative proposing that Finland ban the importation, production and sale of cosmetics containing microplastics has received the 50,000

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Environment Environment (Norway) General News Norway 

Plastic on Svalbard: “I could never believe it was this bad”

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, August 2, 2018 at 10:58 — Last Updated: Friday, August 3, 2018 at 15:24
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Norwegian Coast Guard crew shocked by the amount of plastic waste along the shore at a remote Svalbard island. The

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Environment Environment (Russia) General News Russia 

Russian Navy sends clean-up team to Arctic trash dump

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, May 14, 2018 at 09:34 — Last Updated: Monday, May 14, 2018 at 10:06
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Russia’s Northern Fleet sends an ecological clean-up team to Kotelny island to collect and crush oil drums dumped during the

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The pipes of Kola Mining Company's nickel melter in Nikel on the Kola Peninsula. (Atle Staalesen/Barents Observer)
Environment Environment (Russia) General Russia Special Features 

Norway is polluting Murmansk says Russian official

Trude Pettersen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, April 24, 2015 at 14:36 — Last Updated: Friday, April 24, 2015 at 14:38
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More than half of the pollution in Murmansk Oblast comes from Europe, and especially Norway, a representative from the regional

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General Society Society (Sweden) Sweden 

Veggies often rejected because they’re ugly

Radio Sweden
Posted: Monday, December 22, 2014 at 15:47 — Last Updated: Monday, December 22, 2014 at 17:49
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It seems that grocery stores – and people – are discriminating against ugly vegetables, the newspaper Dagens Nyheter reports. The

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Environment Environment (Finland) Finland General 

Finland: ministers call for more action on environmental crimes

Yle News
Posted: Friday, September 12, 2014 at 15:21 — Last Updated: Monday, September 15, 2014 at 19:47
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A proposal to lower the threshold for bringing criminal charges in cases of environmental damage has gained the support of

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Environment Environment (Sweden) Special Features Sweden 

Plastic waste threatens oceans say Swedish researchers

Radio Sweden
Posted: Thursday, July 24, 2014 at 10:45
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Researchers in Sweden are calling on people to use less plastic in an effort to help protect the oceans as

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Wide shot of the Centennial Flame with the Parliament building behind
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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