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Environment ministers of Arctic states meet to discuss climate
2013-02-07 09:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Times of India: For the first time, environment ministers of member countries of the Arctic Council are holding a meeting in a mine to discuss issues related to the region in the polar town of Kiruna in northern Sweden. On the first day yesterday, the politicians heard and discussed expert reports on the development of economy and multilateral cooperation in the Arctic region. "It is important to fix environmental issues in the Arctic cooperation," said Swedish environment minister Lena Ek. They also discussed...
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Draft Arctic Oil Spill Agreement Inadequate
2013-02-06 21:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: Environmentalists are warning that a meeting of environment ministers that took place Monday in Sweden has agreed on a weak and inadequate response plan in case of an oil spill in the Arctic Ocean. According to Greenpeace, an environment watchdog, a leaked copy of the document suggests that the eight member states that make up a group dubbed the Arctic Council have failed to agree on the technical details necessary for dealing with a large-scale disaster, even while it opens the way for increased...
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Will Nations Embrace Opportunity to Reduce Black Carbon Emissions and Slow Arctic Warming?
2013-02-05 22:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Arctic nations have an extraordinary opportunity to show global leadership to slow regional warming and melting by embracing a proposal to launch talks on an agreement to reduce emissions of the climate pollutant black carbon. Arctic environment ministers have the power to send a strong signal to the Arctic Council when they gather Feb. 5 and Feb. 6 in Jukkasjärvi, Sweden--only the second time ever--acknowledging black carbon reductions as a priority for regional environmental protection. The...
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Arctic oil spill plan 'useless'
2013-02-04 15:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Environmental campaigners say that a draft plan to respond to an oil spill in the Arctic ocean is inadequate and vague. The proposal has been in preparation for two years as oil companies look to increase exploration in the region. Greenpeace says it fails to get to grip with the risks of an accident in an extremely sensitive location. Ministers from the eight nation Arctic Council are due to discuss the plan at a meeting in Sweden tomorrow. As summer ice in the Arctic has declined in...
Arctic nations' oil spill plans too vague: Environmentalists
2013-02-04 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Plans by Arctic nations to start cooperating over oil spills are vague and fail to define corporate liability for any accidents in an icy region opening up to oil and gas exploration due to global warming, environmentalists said on Monday. A 21-page document by the eight-nation Arctic Council, seen by Reuters and due to be approved in May, says countries in the region "shall maintain a national system for responding promptly and effectively to oil pollution incidents." It does not say what...
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