Climate change: Greenland halts gas and oil exploration
Greenland is stopping its gas and oil extraction due to the environmental and climatic impacts being “too high” compared to potential fina...
The State of the Arctic: New findings from AMAP on Climate, Pollution and Human Health support urgent need for action
Press Release – Ministers of the eight Arctic States will meet for the twelfth Arctic Council Ministerial in Reykjavik, Iceland, 20 May 2021 to ...
Kings Of The Arctic Need Their Hotspots Better Protected
Arctic Hotspots are defined by scientists as those part of the Arctic ocean where marine mammals find their food, mate, grow up and rest. Not just the...
Icelandic agriculture set to be carbon neutral by 2040
According to a new agreement outlined by the Icelandic Ministry of Industry and Innovation, agriculture in Iceland is set to be fully carbon neutral b...
Norwegian wind farm hit with lawsuit filed by indigenous reindeer herders
The Norwegian wind farm, Øyfjellet, has recently seen a lawsuit filed by the Sámi herders of Nordland county, due to the apparent breaking of an agree...
Carbon tax to triple in Norway due to new climate procedures
Norway’s carbon tax is set to triple as part of a new set of procedures put forth by the Norwegian government to achieve the country’s cli...
Did Alaska Really Deliver Presidential Votes By Dogsleds?
In the days and weeks after the November USA Presidential 2020 election – which now feels like a century ago – Alaska was lampooned for ta...
The Time Is Now For A Globally Respected US Arctic Policy
It will take slightly more than rejoining the Paris Agreement, but the time is now for a globally respected Arctic Policy, states Dr. Dwayne Ryan Mene...