Tag: environment

‘Food production must be changed’

Norwegians must join the rest of the world in eating less meat, and stop developing untouched natural areas, declared Norway's government minister in charge...

Glaciers melting at an alarming rate

Researchers, especially one who has studied Norway's second-largest glacier for the past 20 years, are sounding new alarms over how glaciers are melting. "It's...

Vega shares its world heritage

A modern landmark aimed at sharing the cultural heritage of a particularly beautiful part of Norway opened this summer on the main island of...

Two East Barents wells come up dry

State-owned oil company Equinor is disappointed while climate activists are relieved: Norway's Petroleum Directorate has reported that a second well drilled by Equinor and...

‘Norway buys itself out of climate vow’

NEWS ANALYSIS: The timing was ironic at best: Norway's state-owned oil company Equinor announced a new oil and gas discovery in the Norwegian Sea...

Blast ‘tragic’ for hydrogen vehicles

A major explosion at a hydrogen filling station west of Oslo on Monday has forced the shutdown of the few other such facilities currently...

Climate strikers defy the state’s snub

Norwegian school students aren't giving up their efforts to make politicians more responsive to their climate demands, especially after they were snubbed by the...

Collision spurred oil platform evacuation

More than 200 people on board Equinor's Statfjord A oil platform in the North Sea were evacuated during the night after a supply vessel...

Norway’s carbon emissions up again

Climate activists are calling it "embarrassing" but Environment Minister Ola Elvestuen wasn't surprised when state statistics bureau SSB (Statistics Norway) reported Monday that Norway's...

Norwegians value intact nature most

Wilderness, the silence of the great outdoors, and the sound of rushing water ranked highest in a recent overview of which nature experiences Norwegians...
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