Tag: environment

Defense build-up bad for the climate

Norway's new US-produced F35 fighter jets will contribute to considerably higher carbon emissions in 2030, the government admits, and that's right when emissions are...

Solberg heckled by climate demonstrators

When Prime Minister Erna Solberg formally re-opened the Museum of Natural History in Bergen on Monday, demonstrators were on hand to protest her government's...

Norway can pay to avoid climate cuts

A loophole in Norway's agreement with the EU to cut Norwegian carbon emissions will once again allow the country made wealthy by its oil...

Norway won’t meet its UN climate goals

Not even what the government calls "the greenest state budget ever" will enable Norway to meet its climate goals for 2020, and its unlikely...

Greens: ‘Stop oil exploration now’

UPDATED: The national spokesperson for Norway's Greens Party is calling on the Conservatives-led government to immediately halt issuance of new oil and gas exploration...

More oil gushes as conflicts rage

Norway's state-owned oil and energy company Equinor publicly celebrated during the weekend as it started pumping up the first oil from its huge new...

Firms fail to report impact on the seas

Norway is a major shipping, seafood and offshore nation, yet the vast majority of its maritime businesses fail to chart or report their own...

Pressure grows to rein in oil industry

NEWS ANALYSIS: Norwegian officials are under increasing international pressure to get serious about restructuring the country's economy away from its reliance on polluting fossil...

Offshore wind stirs up a new industry

As school students all over the world were roaring about climate change again on Friday, Norway's state oil company Equinor could announce contracts for...

Oil minister ridicules Greens

A remarkable war of words has broken out between Norway's oil minister from the conservative Progress Party (which logged major losses in recent local...
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