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arctic shipping oil spill
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Once the slick is gone: New tool helps scientists monitor chronic oil in Arctic wildlife

The loss of sea ice is making the Arctic more accessible than ever, thus increasing the probability of major oil spills as ship and tanker traffic multiplies.

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nunavut climate impacts
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Nunavut’s strategy for climate change

The onset of climate change, bringing gradual change to average weather patterns across Canada each year, is having a big impact in Nunavut and the wider Arctic.
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nunavut climate activism
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Nunavut government seeks youth to help fight climate change

The Government of Nunavut wants youth to help tackle climate change. The Climate Change Secretariat created a youth committee to do that, and those chosen to join will be able to advise the territorial government on its climate-change policies, as well as raise awareness about climate change in their home communities.

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polar bears climate extinction
nunavutnews.com

Researchers peg polar bear demise to emissions; some Inuit hunters say bears will survive

Many polar bear populations could be extinct or on the verge of extinction in 80 years if greenhouse gases rise at a high rate, a new scientific study by six researchers predicts.

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The hidden costs of New England’s demand for Canadian hydropower
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The hidden costs of New England’s demand for Canadian hydropower

As Vermont and New Hampshire pursue renewable Canadian hydropower, indigenous populations near dam sites pay the price.
Politics
Trudeau highlights climate-change plan in Arctic, which is vulnerable to warming
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Trudeau highlights climate-change plan in Arctic, which is vulnerable to warming

Trudeau said that policy is meant to tackle priorities identified by northerners, and that it includes development alongside environmental protection.
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Climate change is revealing arctic landscapes not seen for 40,000 years
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Climate change is revealing arctic landscapes not seen for 40,000 years

A new study of Baffin Island's glaciers suggests that modern temperatures represent the warmest century in 115,000 years.
ORIGINAL REPORTING
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Fossil fuel industry seeks legal shield from climate lawsuits

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California regulators push back against car dealers' campaign on emissions rule

An Indigenous village in Yasuni National Park in Ecuador with trees in background and low grass in foreground.

Ecuador ordered to protect uncontacted Indigenous groups from oil drilling

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Trump administration seeks to reframe climate change as beneficial

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US Supreme Court clears way for climate lawsuits against Big Oil

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Farmers face funding cuts as Trump administration reconsiders climate-linked grants

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Community activists plead to be heard through “closed doors” outside nation’s top energy conference

Community activists plead to be heard through “closed doors” outside nation’s top energy conference

Climate scientist Michael Mann speaks at a podium with a porjection of the famous hockey Stick climate graph.

A climate scientist’s legal win just got flipped on its head