Norway spews out more emissions

Norway bills itself as an environmentally friendly nation, but its own greenhouse gas emissions rose nearly 5 percent last year. The 53.7 million tons of CO2 equivalents unleashed by Norway into the atmosphere amounted to the highest level since emissions first started being calculated in 1973. The new figures from state statistics bureau SSB (Statistics [...]

Emissions fall but few are cheering

Norway’s emissions have fallen to their lowest level in 14 years, but the government won’t take credit and environmentalists aren’t cheering either. The decline is pegged directly to the global finance crisis that led to lower industrial activity, and not to political efforts. State statistics bureau SSB reported that so-called “climate emissions” (klimautslipp, carbon emissions [...]

State may delay ‘moon landing’

Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg called ambitious plans for carbon recapture at Statoil’s Mongstad gas power plant the equivalent of a ‘moon landing’ for Norway, but now it faces further delays. Meanwhile, more Norwegians seem positive about nuclear power as a means of reducing carbon emissions. Newspaper VG reported over the weekend that Oil and Energy [...]

Norwegians not so green after all

A new study suggests that the vast majority of Norwegians are putting responsibility for emissions cuts on everyone but themselves. At the very least, as consumers they’re not putting their money where their mouth is. The study, conducted by the Copenhagen Consulting Company and reported in newspaper Dagens Næringsliv (DN) on Wednesday, shows that many [...]