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Dreaming of a White Christmas

Nornickel plans significant reduction of smelting operations in Nikel to achieve a target of 50% reduction in sulfur dioxide pollution on the Kola Peninsula.
December 15, 2017

In 2023, the risky part of Andreeva Bay nuclear cleanup starts

Donor countries agree to fund an additional study on how to extract the damaged spent nuclear fuel from Tank 3A.
December 08, 2017

Arctic nations and fishing powers sign ‘historic’ agreement on fishery

Officials from five Arctic countries and five major distant fishing powers reached an “unprecedented” agreement Thursday on a legally binding international accord that will protect nearly three million square kilometres of the Central Arctic Ocean from unregulated fishing.
December 01, 2017

Environment ministers on Barents coast to discuss Arctic sea safety and climate change

Visiting Vardø near Norway’s maritime border to Russia, the ministers will learn about Arctic sea traffic safety management.
November 24, 2017

Oil spill in Komi village colors local stream black

There is an oil spill 500 meters from my house, right in the village, says deputy chairman of environmental group Save Pechora
November 17, 2017

Historic climate lawsuit starts in Oslo

To drill or not to drill, that's the question for Oslo District Court as two environmental groups claim Norway’s government violates its constitutional obligation to protect the environment when it opened for more Barents Sea oil drilling.
November 14, 2017

Europe's northernmost cross-border highway to get charger network for electric cars

Bellona teams up with regional authorities to see how and where charger should come between Murmansk and the border to Norway.
November 13, 2017

Arctic oil tankers threaten walrus

Environmentalists fear that shipping in the Pechora Sea poses a serious threat to one of the biggest populations of walrus.
October 30, 2017

Ocean acidification could doom key Arctic fish species: study

Ocean acidification combined with warming of the world oceans and loss of oxygen is having a severe impact on key Arctic marine species such as polar cod in the Barents Sea, according to a new study conducted by German scientists.
October 26, 2017

Russia, Norway agree to reduce Barents Sea cod quota

The Barents Sea is still a highly productive and profitable fishery area.
October 13, 2017

Efforts to ban heavy fuel oil in the Arctic gather steam

The international campaign to end the use of heavy fuel oil (HFO) by ships plying the waters of the increasingly accessible Arctic is gathering steam ahead of an important meeting of the world maritime body next year.
October 12, 2017

Finland’s biggest environmental crime case returns to court

An environmental crime trial about mining company Talvivaara’s past operations began at the Rovaniemi appeals court on Monday.
October 12, 2017

Fears toxic splash in Barents Sea and Baffin Bay from Russian rocket

Inuit in Canada and Greenland are calling on Ottawa and Copenhagen to demand the postponement of a Russian rocket launch scheduled to deliver a European Space Agency satellite to orbit next week and look for alternative launch vehicles that use non-toxic propellants for any future launches.
October 09, 2017

«Nikel will get cleaner»

Emissions from the huge plant are being slashed and the border town becoming cleaner, representatives of Nornickel told locals during the Days of Cross-Border Cooperation.
October 09, 2017

After collapse, researchers find a comeback for capelin in Barents Sea

Norwegian and Russian fishermen have reason to hope for good catch as the small fish is found in abundance after years of extreme low.
October 04, 2017

Nornickel lowers smelting at Kola, for environmental reasons

«The project will halve the emissions of sulfur dioxide into the atmosphere,» the company says.
October 04, 2017

Barents bishops ask Arctic Council to promote fossil-free future

Changes in the Arctic caused by climate changes are extremely serious, both ecologically and spiritually, the Council of Christian Churches in the Barents Region writes in a call to Timo Soini, Chairman of the Arctic Council.
October 03, 2017

Forest protection well below target in Finland, despite UN obligations

Old-growth forests are hard to find in Finland, the home of a historically dominant paper and pulp industry with an inexhaustible appetite for timber.
October 02, 2017

Conservationists want to make Lake Inari a national park

A local conservation association in the municipality of Inari, Finland, wants to restrict the construction of cabins on the shores of Lake Inari, and proposes that the great lake and its surroundings is made a national park.
September 25, 2017

Russian General Prosecutor makes clear pollution of Arctic must stop

The country Prosecutor’s Office opens a special Arctic unit and warns companies that it will crack down on polluters in the region.
September 19, 2017

Environmental groups call on Arctic cruise industry to reduce pollution in Iceland

Recent air samples taken in Iceland suggest cruise ships arriving and departing from Reykjavik are negatively affecting air quality, according to environmental groups.
September 07, 2017

Water in golden river Lemmenjoki gets muddy every year

Gold prospectors and local people have very different views about the extent of muddiness and its impact on nature.
August 29, 2017

Taking the pulse on life in the Barents Sea

Norwegian and Russian researchers launch the most comprehensive ecosystem mapping of the two countries’ joint Arctic waters.
August 23, 2017

Greenpeace activists released after oil-protest

Six activists, including the captain of «Arctic Sunrise», have been fined for violating the safety zone around the Norwegian oil-rig in the Barents Sea.
August 21, 2017

With sulfuric acid production started, sulfur dioxide emission drops in border area

«Production of sulfuric acid from copper-nickel ore is unprofitable, but we are going to do it because we are not only working here, we are living here,» says Alexey Tyukin, Technical Director of Kola Mining and Metallurgical Company.
August 18, 2017

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