http://www.polarhusky.com/entry.html From GALDU, Monday, July 21 "SEATTLE -- As news spreads of Ontario´s commitment to protect over 55 million acres of Canada´s Boreal Forest, an area the size of the United Kingdom, leading international scientists and conservationists are expressing their strong support for Premier Dalton McGuinty´s science-based leadership."&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a target=blank href="http://www.galdu.org/web/index.php?odas=3018&giella1=eng">Read the Article >></a> http://www.polarhusky.com/entry/in-the-news-nobel-prize-winning.html Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:27:04 GMT From Canada.com, Wednesday, July 23 "OTTAWA - Nearly a quarter of the world's undiscovered petroleum resources lie in the Arctic, confirms a U.S. study that should only intensify pressure on countries such as Canada to stake their claims to the Far North."&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a target=blank href="http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=6d05bd93-3b65-42f5-818e-7190d513a8e2">Read the Article >></a> http://www.polarhusky.com/entry/in-the-news-arctic-holds-up.html Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:56:44 GMT July 23-27, 2008 Sami camp offers glimpse of authentic Finnish culture From the Duluth News Tribune, Thursday, July 24 "A traditional Sami camp complete with reindeer has been erected outside of the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center as part of FinnFest, offering a glimpse into what life is like for indigenous cultures living within the Arctic Circle."&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a target=blank href="http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/index.cfm?id=70869&section=homepage">Read the Article >></a> http://www.polarhusky.com/entry/sami-camp-at-finnfest-in-duluth.html Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:47:57 GMT From SIKU News, Thursday, July "The list of species at risk includes the spotted seal, belugas, the North Atlantic Right Whale and narwhals. Vulnerable species include the polar bear and various types of salmon."&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a target=blank href="http://www.sikunews.com/art.html?catid=6&artid=5172">Read the Article >></a> http://www.polarhusky.com/entry/in-the-news-at-risk-of.html Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:41:38 GMT From the Anchorage Daily News, Wednesday, July 16 "For the first time in decades, federal officials allowed drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge this summer. It wasn't for oil, though."&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a target=blank href="http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/ap_alaska/story/466626.html">Read the Article >></a> http://www.polarhusky.com/entry/in-the-news-glacier-provides-history.html Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:43:08 GMT From Norden, Wednesday, July 16 "People in 25 different countries have now availed themselves of the opportunity to confront their prejudices at the human library. The concept, which is supported by the Nordic Council of Ministers and the Council of Europe, has won prizes in Australia and Austria."&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a target=blank href="http://www.norden.org/webb/news/news.asp?id=7954&lang=6">Read the Article >></a> http://www.polarhusky.com/entry/in-the-news-human-library-goes.html Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:29:20 GMT From SIKU News, Monday, July 7 "Saami culture and traditions are often used by local and county councils in their marketing and for tourism purposes, at the same time as Saami rights are routinely disregarded, says the new report."&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a target=blank href="http://www.sikunews.com/art.html?catid=10&artid=5124">Read the Article >></a> http://www.polarhusky.com/entry/in-the-news-ombudsman-against-ethnic.html Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:10:46 GMT From Aftenposten.no, Thursday, July 10 "Norway's indigenous Sami people are about to be met a bit more often on their own terms. A new government mandate calls for public servants to learn at least a little of the Sami language."&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a target=blank href="http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article2530780.ece">Read the Article >></a> http://www.polarhusky.com/entry/in-the-news-new-focus-on.html Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:06:58 GMT From SIKU News, Wednesday, July 9 "Some of the eight walrus tagged last summer in Greenland have gone to Baffin Island. Satellite transmitters on eight walruses tagged in Greenland show each of the animals has gone off in different directions."&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a target=blank href="http://www.sikunews.com/art.html?catid=6&artid=5135">Read the Article >></a> http://www.polarhusky.com/entry/in-the-news-walrus-tracking-shows.html Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:56:15 GMT From BBC News, Tuesday, July 8 "World leaders say they will aim to set a global target of cutting carbon emissions by at least 50% by 2050 in an effort to tackle global warming."&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a target=blank href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7494702.stm">Read the Article >></a> http://www.polarhusky.com/entry/in-the-news--g8-aims.html Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:51:46 GMT From the University of Minnesota Foundation, Tuesday, July 15 "At the U, the latest high-tech gizmos are more than 21st-century fads- they are pathways to new teaching and learning."&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a target=blank href="http://giving.umn.edu/extras/classroom/" >Read the Article >></a> http://www.polarhusky.com/entry/in-the-news-progrssor.html Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:44:25 GMT From GALDU, Thursday, June 12 "OTTAWA -- Canada's prime minister on Wednesday officially apologized to natives for more than a century of abuses at residential schools set up to assimilate indigenous peoples."&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a target=blank href="http://www.galdu.org/web/index.php?odas=2884&giella1=eng">Read the Article >></a> http://www.polarhusky.com/entry/inthenewscanadawearesorry.html Thu, 12 Jun 2008 20:44:08 GMT From Planet Ark, May 16, 2008 "WASHINGTON - Human-generated climate change made flowers bloom sooner and autumn leaves fall later, turned some polar bears into cannibals and some birds into early breeders, a vast global study reported on Wednesday."&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a target=blank href="http://news.scotsman.com/uk/Wildlife-heads-for-tipping-point.4090756.jp">Read the Article >></a> http://www.polarhusky.com/entry/inthenewsgiantstudypinpointschangesfromclimatewarming.html Fri, 16 May 2008 14:20:33 GMT From GALDU, May 15, 2008 "Polar bears were listed on Wednesday as threatened under the U.S. Endangered Species Act because their sea ice habitat is melting away"<br> <a target=blank href="http://www.galdu.org/web/index.php?odas=2798&giella1=eng">Read the Article >></a> http://www.polarhusky.com/entry/inthenewsclimatechangepolarbearsputonthreatenedspecieslist.html Thu, 15 May 2008 14:33:14 GMT From National Geographic News, May 12, 2008 "Greenland's caribou work up quite a hunger during their long migrations. But global warming now has the animals arriving late for dinner - and paying a heavy price."&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a target=blank href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/05/080512-caribou-warming.html">Read the Article >></a> http://www.polarhusky.com/entry/inthenewsfewercariboubornaswarmingcausesmissedmeals.html Tue, 13 May 2008 11:54:50 GMT From The Independent, May 10, 2008 "Olav Mathias-Eira is a reindeer-herder. So was his father. And his father's father. He is a member of the Sami community, one of the largest indigenous groups remaining in Europe, and his family have been herding reindeer in the same stretch of the Norwegian Arctic since the 1400s."&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a target=blank href="http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change-plea-from-tribe-of-herders-who-face-extinction-825424.html">Read the Article >></a> http://www.polarhusky.com/entry/inthenewsclimatechangepleafromtribeofherderswhofaceextinction.html Sat, 10 May 2008 20:35:10 GMT From The Times of India, May 7, 2008 "Scientists have suggested that due to the adverse effects of Arctic ice melting, the hybrid of a polar bear and grizzly bear - dubbed the 'grolar bear', might rise in numbers."&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a target=blank href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Earth/Flora__Fauna/Arctic_ice_melt_could_see_rise_of_Grolar_bear_/articleshow/3017967.cms">Read the Article >></a> http://www.polarhusky.com/entry/inthenewsarcticicemeltcouldseeriseofgrolarbear.html Wed, 07 May 2008 22:10:59 GMT From the Helsingin Sanomat, May 5, 2008 "Climate change could bring an unprecedented number of so-called climate, or environment refugees to Finland in the future."<br><a target=blank href="http://www.hs.fi/english/article/Warming+climate+could+bring+many+refugees+to+Finland/1135236075380">Read the Article >></a> http://www.polarhusky.com/entry/inthenewswarmingclimatecouldbringmanyrefugeestofinland.html Mon, 05 May 2008 13:42:54 GMT From NPR, May 3, 2008 "In the Southwest U.S., biologists are talking about returning beavers to rivers they once inhabited in order to fight droughts â€â€� which are expected to get worse as the globe warms. Beaver dams create great sponges that store lots of water."&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a target=blank href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90160624&ft=1&f=1025">Listen to the Story >></a> http://www.polarhusky.com/entry/inthenewsbeaversoffersolutiontoclimatechange.html Mon, 05 May 2008 13:32:34 GMT From SIKU News, May 3, 208 "And this means no special rights for Saami..."&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a target=blank href="http://www.sikunews.com/art.html?artid=4791&catid=10">Read the Article >></a> http://www.polarhusky.com/entry/inthenewsanendtoethnicrightssaydemocratsinsweden.html Sun, 04 May 2008 01:12:03 GMT