Tag: climate
Norway ’embarrassed’ at the UN
Norwegian government leaders were not granted speaking time when the United Nations held its summit on climate ambitions during its annual General Assembly in...
Plastic bag sales slump
Sales of plastic bags at grocery stores have fallen by as much as 40 percent since the stores jacked up their price from NOK...
Dubious weather records set in August
Extremely wet weather in the south and unusually warm weather in the north contributed to scores of new precipitation and temperatures records in Norway...
Extreme weather scares more voters
A new survey shows that climate issues suddenly top a list of voter priorities in Norway, less than a week before local elections are...
More rain causes more problems
Heavy rain continued to fall over Southern Norway during the weekend, setting off more flooding and continuing to disrupt traffic. The costs of damage...
‘A crisis of national dimensions’
UPDATED: After a week of extreme weather and widespread flooding in Southern Norway, state officials could finally announce that water levels were receding during...
Sparks fly over electrification plans
NEWS ANALYSIS: As storms blamed on climate change continued to ravage Southern Norway this week, top government officials were in sunny Northern Norway to...
‘Extreme’ weather moves into Norway
Pouring rain and strong winds were creating millions of kroner worth of damage in southeastern Norway on Monday, as the extreme weather system dubbed...
Cruise crackdown gets underway
Thousands of tourists were once again streaming off a large cruise ship in Oslo on Tuesday, but no longer from prime berthing space in...
State snubs Sami again, protests loom
The Norwegian government has once again snubbed and angered the country's indigenous Sami population, by dragging out any program to reduce or remove wind...
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