Making SMRs “the Lego bricks” of nuclear power (Montel)
While some hail SMRs as the technology that will usher in a new nuclear age, others see them as repackaging obsolete technology in a new, more expensive form.
Greenland’s Inuit falling through thin ice of climate change (AFP)
Ittoqqortoormiit (Greenland)
The thunder of icebergs crashing into the turquoise sea of eastern Greenland is the sound of one of the planet’s most important ecosystems teetering on the edge of collapse.
Baltic herring threatened by warming sea (AFP)
Kotka (Finland)
The fifth generation of a fishing family, Holger Sjögren has been fishing for herring off the coast of Kotka for five decades. Over the decades, the Baltic Sea, nestling between the industrialised countries of Northern Europe, has become one of the most polluted marine ecosystems on the planet.
Inuit hunters blame cruise ships as narwhal disappear (AFP)
Ittoqqortoormiit (Greenland)
Taught to hunt by his grandfather, Peter Arqe-Hammeken, 37, tracks narwhal during the brief Arctic summer. But they are getting rarer and rarer. In this fjord brimming with icebergs, the quiet of the hunt has been broken by new arrivals—cruise passengers rushing to see Inuit culture before it is too late.
Climate warming pits geese against farmers in Finland (AFP)
Parikkala (Finland)
Finland’s eastern Karelia region, home to boreal forests and wetlands, climate change is pushing local farmers into conflict with wildlife.
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Climate change supercharges threat from forest-eating bug (AFP)
Deep in the Finnish woods, the moss and blueberry shrubs hide a deadly threat to the boreal forests that are as important to the planet as the Amazon rainforest.
Finland’s foresters decry ‘unfair’ EU climate plans (AFP)
Askola (Finland)
Standing next to a freshly-cut clearing the size of seven football fields, Finnish forest engineer Matti Jappila pointed to growth rings in an up to 300-year-old tree stump.
Ukraine war sparks debate on Swedish-speaking Åland Islands (AFP)
Mariehamn (Finland)
Sprayed between Sweden and Finland, the autonomous Åland Islands are a picturesque archipelago once part of Russia and demilitarised since 1856. But the region’s unique status is the object of intense debate following Finland and Sweden’s Nato applications.
Suomen liikenteen päästötavoitteet nojaavat vahvasti biopolttoaineisiin, mutta raaka-aineiden kestävyyden yllä on kysymysmerkki.
Sademetsähakkuita lahjusrahoilla: Bioenergian tuet kätkevät korruption ja ympäristötuhon (Kansan Uutiset)
Korruptiotuomioissa rypevä palmuöljyteollisuus rohmuaa kovalla kädellä yhä syrjäisempiä sademetsiä Indonesiassa, samalla kun hallituksen mittavat tuet ohjaavat palmuöljytuotteet Suomen markkinoille.
Pictured: Finnish rifle in the hands of ISIS fighter (News Now Finland)
A Finnish-made assault rifle has ended up in the hands of a militant loyal to the Islamic State in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula region, the first time an ISIS fighter has been pictured with a Finnish weapon
Investigation: Finnish-made Patrias, some with Russian heavy weapons, deployed in Yemen battle zone (News Now Finland)
An investigation by News Now Finland has uncovered the first video evidence that Patria vehicles used by Emirati forces, some fitted with Russian heavy weapons, have been deployed to western Yemen where much of the fiercest fighting has taken place in recent months.
A company in Sumatra that receives palm fruit from national park plantations, where elephants and tigers are critically endangered through habitat loss, is one of Neste’s main suppliers.
Investigation: New biofuel law puts palm oil products in your tank that Nestle fights to claim as waste (News Now Finland)
There’s a huge amount of money riding on the definition of what is a ‘waste product’ and what is a ‘by-product’, and Finland is at odds with other European countries.
Elias Huuhtanen - Journalist 