Why Denmark's plan to speedrun the EU's new climate target is in trouble – bloc's biggest players want to delay a vote on the 2040 emissions-cutting milestone
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Finland and Poland are both considering rewetting dried-out peatbogs to form defence barriers against a potential Russian ground invasion
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China begins building world's largest dam, fuelling fears in India
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Norwegian town of Ulefoss sits on top of a rare earth deposit – the reserves could help to reduce the EU's dependency on China for the elements needed in tech such as phones
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Denmark wants to champion the EU's beleaguered green deal in its presidency. But convincing other states won't be easy.
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Nearly 70% of Swedish territory is covered by forests, with half belonging to the private sector – what does that mean for the nation's economic and environmental ambitions
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Heritage Foundation and allies discuss dismantling the EU
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As global leaders, Canada and Norway's co-operation is timely in the face of surging energy demand
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Baltic states leave Russian power grid in closer EU integration
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Chinese solar firms go where US tariffs don't reach
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Sweden urges UK to join European mini-nuclear reactor pact – Britain would make ‘great partner’ for bulk order of reactors, says Ebba Busch
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Riches thought to lie beneath Greenland have been coveted for more than a century – but how easy are they to access, and will climate change make any difference
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Ukraine forces a halt to flow of natural gas from Russia to Europe
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Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson has been released from prison in Greenland after Denmark rejected a Japanese request to extradite him
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Kyiv will not extend gas transit deal, Ukraine tells Slovakia
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Melting glaciers force Switzerland and Italy to redraw part of Alpine border
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Finland's Fortum starts using US nuclear fuel in bid to reduce Russian dependence
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Somalia bans fishing trawlers from its waters
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Russia appears prepared to create “environmental havoc” by sailing unseaworthy oil tankers through the Baltic Sea in breach of all maritime rules, says Swedish foreign minister
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Botswana threatens to send 20,000 elephants to Germany
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European Commission will open office in Greenland, made strategically important by rare resources and melting ice
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Ant geopolitics
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Norway defends deep-sea mining, says it may help to break China and Russia's rare earths stronghold
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Nations at climate summit agree to move away from fossil fuels
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Denmark is preparing to make a significant pledge toward a new climate disaster fund, breaking ranks with other developed countries
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Why does Norway want to extract seabed minerals – an explainer
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Palm oil giants Indonesia, Malaysia start talks with EU over deforestation rule
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Digging into India's drive to acquire critical minerals
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Cash-strapped Finnish zoo is preparing to return two giant pandas on loan from China as it can no longer afford their upkeep
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Sweden and France could be set to join forces to build new nuclear power stations in the Nordic nation
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Russia's war in Ukraine has forever changed Europe's energy landscape – Norway finds itself at the forefront of an energy crisis
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Norway is extending the life of its last Arctic coal mine – will now operate until 2025 amid Europe's energy crisis
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German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock signed a deal with Denmark to boost investment in hydro and wind power
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Can Finland and Sweden help decarbonize EU economies? Geopolitical realities and pandemic-related supply chain issues are increasing the pressure on EU
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Germany and Norway are considering building a hydrogen pipeline linking the two nations to reduce Europe's dependence on Russian energy supplies
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The last of the marsh Arabs
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For an ecological realpolitik
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Palm oil labor abuses linked to world’s top brands, banks
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The geopolitics of climate change
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Struggling to keep up, Finland exports plastic waste – a quarter of all plastic waste will be sent to facilities in Sweden or Germany for sorting and repurposing
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Donald Trump’s US border wall, vulnerable to flash floods, needs large storm gates left open for months
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China is forcing the world to rethink recycling
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The European Union, Iceland and Norway agree to deepen their cooperation in climate action
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Asian countries take a stand against the rich world’s plastic waste
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Will damming this river lead to war?
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How US recycling is changing now that China won’t take it
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Hundreds of US cities are killing or scaling back their recycling programs
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What happens now that China won't take US recycling: Many waste-management companies are simply burning recyclables or sending them to landfills
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If sea levels rise and Pacific nations go under water — what happens to maritime boundaries?
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No more of your junk
7 votes