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‘It smells so bad’: glut of wild salmon creates stink in Norway and Finland
The irony of having too many salmon as global populations fall is not lost on locals, who have seen the pristine Tana River littered with the rotting corpses of an invasive Pacific species that is pushing out the local Atlantic species.
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Get out of Russia while you still can, ex-oligarch warns Western energy giants
Nearly two decades ago, Mikhail Khodorkovsky’s oil and gas empire was confiscated by the Kremlin. Now European firms could be next.
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Finland drained its peatlands. He’s helping bring them back
Tero Mustonen has led a successful effort to restore roughly 80 areas of ecologically critical peatlands across his native Finland. In an interview, he talks about the importance of bringing Indigenous knowledge to rewilding initiatives in far northern regions and beyond.
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Europe's most powerful nuclear reactor kicks off in Finland
Finland’s much-delayed and costly new nuclear reactor has completed a test phase lasting more than a year and has started regular output. It has significantly boosted the Nordic country’s electricity self-sufficiency.
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Russian oil finds ‘wide open’ back door to Europe, critics say
Middlemen are cashing in as Russian crude finds indirect routes to the European market, politicians and industry insiders allege.
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Russian nuclear fuel: The habit Europe just can’t break
The EU managed to quickly cut down on Russian coal, gas and oil supplies, but can’t seem to do the same for nuclear.
Putin is staring at defeat in his gas war with Europe
Mild weather this winter is set to help Europe shrug off Russia’s energy threats next year, too.
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