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John Kerry declares ‘World War Zero’ in response to climate crisis

This is the war we must wage and win, says former U.S. Secretary of State as he encourages everyone, from politicians and generals to activists and influencers around the world to join.
October 14, 2019

A lone climate activist from Murmansk is interrogated by FSB

Security officers approached Maria Bogdanova at her workplace and questioned her about a planned climate strike.
September 30, 2019

As the «Polarstern» enters Russian Arctic waters, military activity in area is on historical high

Just few days before international Arctic expedition MOSAiC crossed into the waters south of Franz Josef Land, the Northern Fleet held a major shooting exercise in the area.
September 24, 2019

Melting permafrost and natural disasters threaten security, says Russian PM Dmitry Medvedev

This week, he signed a government decree on the Paris Agreement.
September 24, 2019

Russia’s North rallies against dump for Moscow's trash exports

September 23, 2019

It was the warmest ever Arctic summer

The top of the world saw record-beating average temperatures flashing through all three summer months.
September 05, 2019

Warmer, drier summer than usual in most of Finland

With warm weather continuing in early September, this summer has brought more hot days than usual to most of the country, says the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI). It defines “hot” as 25 degrees Celsius (77F) or more.
September 03, 2019

Cross-border pollution blows bad as Nornickel smiles for growing EV demand

Festivity in the mining town of Zapolyarny as Nornickel-sponsored fast charger for electric vehicles opened on Thursday. At the same time, sulphur dioxide concentrations spiked to 250 micrograms per cubic meter on the Norwegian side of the border.
August 29, 2019

Gloom in horizon as Russia announces it will boost digging of coal

Climate crisis and environmental concern notwithstanding, the country says it aims for a big dig of the carbon-rich rock. Much of it will be extracted in new Arctic fields.
August 23, 2019

Nordic PMs sign climate declaration at Iceland meeting

A meeting of Nordic Prime Ministers ended in Reykjavik, Iceland on Tuesday with the signing of a joint declaration on climate action.
August 21, 2019

Norilsk tops world's list of worst SO2 polluters

1,9 million tons of sulfur dioxide from the chimneys in Norilsk were blowing over the Arctic tundra on the Taymyr Peninsula in 2018, according to an estimate in a NASA satellite study.
August 21, 2019

Last Cold War reactor lifted onshore

The Barents Sea is safer as the era of storing radioactive reactor compartments on water comes to an end.
August 19, 2019

Norway finds minor radioactive substances in air near border to Russia

The findings are not necessary connected with the recent accident at the nuclear weapons test site in northern Russia, Norwegian radiation control authorities makes clear.
August 15, 2019

Testing weapons with radiation source near populated areas a 'serious concern'

Nuclear safety expert Andrey Zolotkov with the Murmansk-based environmental group Bellona says there is always a risk of unforeseen circumstances as now seen with the missile blast and radiation spike in the White Sea.
August 13, 2019

Electric cars sale grows most in Norway’s northernmost county

Sales rose 140% in first half 2019 in Finnmark compared with same period last year.
August 04, 2019

Finnish Border Guard’s camera catches bear killing moose near Russia

Rare images of a brown bear attacking and killing an moose was captured by a camera in northeast Finland operated by the Border Guard over the weekend, according to a tweet issued by the agency on Monday.
July 24, 2019

"Komsomolets" leaks radioactivity

One sample taken from an open ventilation hole of the wreaked Soviet nuclear powered submarine shows levels of about 800 Becquerel per liter.
July 10, 2019

Scientists use ROV to check radiation at deep-sea sub wreak near Bear Island

Norwegian and Russian researchers sail joint expedition to the site where the submarine “Komsomolets” sank in 1989.
July 08, 2019

Floating nuclear power plant will be key element on Northern Sea Route, says Rosatom

The «Akademik Lomonosov» has been officially handed over to the Russian state nuclear power company.
July 04, 2019

Arctic fox across polar ice. Makes record run from Svalbard to Canada in 2,5 month

The 3,506 km long sprint of the small animal is stunning researchers.
June 27, 2019

Radioactive Cobalt-60 measured along Norway's border to Russia

«The levels measured are very, very low and we don’t know its origin,» says Bredo Møller with Norway’s radiation agency’s emergency preparedness unit at Svanhovd in the Pasvik valley.
June 24, 2019

North Russian naval town rallies against Moscow

The closed military town that builds Russia’s state-of-the-art nuclear submarines is turning into a stronghold of protest against the construction of a huge nearby garbage dump.
June 17, 2019

Finland must further reduce logging to preserve carbon sink, environmental institute says

Finland’s Natural Resources Institute (Luke) has revised its benchmark assessment of target carbon sink levels, after discovering an error in its calculations.
June 11, 2019

Early June heat wave over Northern Europe

Temperatures over 30°C on the White Sea coast and within the Arctic Circle on the Kola Peninsula.
June 09, 2019

Moscow’s new energy doctrine warns against green shift

International efforts against climate change are alright, but only as long as they do not encroach on the country’s oil and gas interests.
June 04, 2019

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