Tag: climate
Experts predict a mild winter ahead
Climate researchers and state meteorologists are forecasting a much milder winter than the past two in Norway, while ski resort operators have been forced...
Norway backsliding on climate issues
Environmentalists were calling Norwegian Oil & Energy Minister Ola Borten Moe "a public relations agent" for Statoil on Friday, while industrial firm Aker reportedly...
UN leader in Oslo, ‘listens to critics’
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon was back in Oslo on Monday as part of a Nordic tour that, in Norway, included the launch of...
Oil & Energy Minister under siege
Norway's relatively new government minister in charge of oil and energy, Ola Borten Moe, has managed to infuriate the Norwegian environmental movement to a...
Funds to save rainforests pile up
Norway has committed billions in funding to help preserve the world's rainforests but much of the money remains sitting in bank accounts, reports Oslo-based...
Shale gas protests spoil Statoil’s party
Statoil was celebrating 10 years as a stocklisted company this week and promising more growth, but not everyone was keen to congratulate Norway's biggest...
Statoil expands amidst controversy
Norwegian oil company Statoil is barreling ahead with major expansion plans for its oil and gas production, despite ongoing complaints from the country's environmental...
Union boss stirs emissions storm
One of the most powerful men in Norway, union boss Roar Flåthen, has set off uncertainty over the government's commitment to cutting greenhouse gas...
Government quarrels over emissions
Norway's left-center coalition government has stayed united and in power for nearly six years, but quarrels continue. Now the three parties making up the...
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...
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