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New storm bearing down on Svalbard

No rest for the weary: Just hours after the extreme weather system known as Urd abated on Tuesday, state meteorologists were issuing new warnings of...

More oil exploration sparks objections

Just a week after the Norwegian government finally secured what it calls "the greenest budget" in history, Oil Minister Tord Lien was moving forward with...

Politicians avoid real emission cuts

As Norwegian politicians continued to quarrel this week over raising fuel taxes to cut carbon emissions, climate activists gathering in Oslo put the quarreling in perspective. They...

Evacuation orders lifted on Svalbard

Residents of Norway's Arctic archipelago of Svalbard who'd been evacuated earlier this week because of storm damage fears were allowed to return to their homes...

More evacuations ordered on Svalbard

UPDATED: A powerful storm that bore down on Norway's Arctic archipelago of Svalbard prompted local officials to close several roads on Monday and evacuate residents...

Norway and Russia strike new fishing deal

For the second time in recent weeks, Norway and Russia have shown they can rise above political tensions to strike agreements on some key...

‘People’ sue state over Arctic oil

Two environmental organizations, backed by what they called a wide range of Norwegian groups and individuals, went ahead on Tuesday with plans to sue the...

Arctic oil pact can defy climate goals

Despite all the international tension at present, Norway and Russia have once again managed to strike an important agreement, this time on how to...

Troubled ‘Goliat’ rig back in business

Improvements to an emergency generator were among the maintenance tasks that allowed Italian oil compani Eni to crank up production again this week on its long-troubled Goliat oil...

Russia sets off ‘busy week in the Barents’

With the Russian military stepping up its training exercises in the Arctic, and Norway keen to follow the action with not just one but...
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