Tag: climate

Mixed reaction after well comes up dry

Climate and environmental activists were jubilant and a German oil company  disappointed after it abandoned a highly controversial offshore oil drilling project this week....

Climate change tops all political issues

Climate change has, for the first time, topped an annual list that ranks Norway's most important political issues. It remains unclear, however, whether Norwegians...

Alarms ring over Equinor pollution

Norway's environmental directorate has uncovered serious violations at a string of Equinor facilities, ranging from chemical spills at offshore platforms to leaks of climate...

Norway rolls up the welcome mat

New studies show that a solid majority of Norwegians are fed up with mass tourism and want to impose more taxes on tourists, especially...

Oil Fund under new political pressure

Norway's huge Oil Fund is often used as the country's politically correct investor abroad. Now several Norwegian politicians want to also use it as...

More oil found as anti-oil trial begins

Norwegian state oil company Equinor seems to believe that the best defense is a good offense. Not only did it announce a large discovery...

Storm stops oil drilling protest

Stormy seas and bad weather prevented climate and environmental activists from trying to stop a large drilling rig's controversial oil exploration efforts near a...

Thunberg shames Norwegian leaders

Young Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg shamed Norwegian and other Nordic leaders once again on Tuesday when she refused to accept the Nordic Council's...

Liberals lose their climate credibility

Veteran environmentalist Frederic Hauge has joined the ranks of those giving up on Norway's embattled Liberal Party. He and fellow activist Gaute Eiterjord claim...

Protests washed over ‘Our Ocean’ show

NEWS ANALYSIS: After years of earning billions off its own offshore oil, gas, seafood and shipping industries, the Norwegian government hosted a heavily promoted...
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