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Athabaskan Council: Arctic Warming Violates Our Human Rights
2013-04-24 04:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment News Service: The Arctic Athabaskan Council today filed a petition to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, requesting a declaration that Canada is undermining the human rights of Athabaskan peoples by allowing emissions of black carbon to warm the Arctic. The Arctic Athabaskan Council is an international treaty organization established to defend the rights and further the interests of American and Canadian Athabaskan First Nation governments in the eight-nation Arctic Council, of which it is an authorized...
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Norway gives nod to impact study for drilling around Arctic islands
2013-04-23 01:00:00| Offshore Technology
The Norwegian Government on 21 April gave the go-ahead for an impact study on an environmentally-sensitive area in the Arctic region, taking a step towards opening up the area for oil and gas exploration.
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Norway's ruling party backs oil drilling around Arctic islands
2013-04-21 13:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Norway took a major step towards opening up an environmentally sensitive Arctic area to oil and gas exploration when the ruling Labour Party gave the go-ahead on Sunday for an impact study. Exploration in the waters around the Lofoten islands just above the Arctic circle is becoming one of the most contentious issues for parliamentary elections in September. The picturesque area had been off limits because it is home to the world's richest cod stocks, with environmental groups and the tourism...
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Threat to life on Arctic frontline
2013-04-21 01:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: A deep sea mission of genuine exploration Legacy of Britain's great flood Can UK science navigate around the Valley of Death Is graphene really a wonder-material? As the days lengthen with the approach of spring, the northernmost reaches of Scandinavia are about to witness the annual migration of huge herds of reindeer. After spending the winter inland in Finnmark, Europe's last great wilderness, the animals are moved to pastures near the coast for the summer. The reindeer play a central...
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Reaching an Arctic accord
2013-04-20 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: The central Arctic Ocean has been covered in ice for eons, but under the influence of global warming, nearly half of it is now open water for part of the year. Commercial fishing has not yet begun there, but the urge to begin fishing is almost overwhelming. The waters of the central Arctic, an area the size of the Mediterranean, hold the last untouched fishing stocks on this planet. At present, they also lie beyond the boundaries of settled international law more than a million square miles outside...
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