Tag: environment

Greens keen to reform chicken industry

Norway's climate-friendly Greens Party wants to curb industrial production of chicken. Its youth group won broad approval at the party's recent annual meeting for...

Conflicts blow over windmill projects

The Norwegian government went to the dramatic extent on Monday of halting, at least temporarily, construction of a highly contested wind energy project on...

‘Prime Minister is not listening to us’

UPDATED: Thousands of Norwegian school students joined youth all over the world in cutting classes and demonstrating once again on Friday. Their latest school...

Crown Prince backs climate strikes

Thousands of Norwegian school students were mounting demonstrations around the country again on Friday, to demand that politicians do more to stop climate change....

Hurtigruten to fuel ships with biogas

At a time when climate concerns are putting increasing pressure on the cruise industry, Norway's coastal fleet Hurtigruten is responding with what it bills...

‘Worst over’ for Norsk Hydro

Employees and executives at Norsk Hydro could breathe a bit easier this week after a Brazilian court allowed the the large Oslo-based aluminum company...

Equinor caught in new carbon conflict

They got rid of "state" and "oil" in their corporate name, and even sold off their retail gasoline (petrol) stations to Circle K of...

Australians fight Equinor in Oslo

Australia is known for its famed Opera House in Sydney, so perhaps it was only natural for Australians angry with Norway's state oil company...

Glacier ice cube project cracks up

Politicians in the northern Norwegian community of Meløy have apparently listened to critics of a controversial project to sell exclusive ice cubes carved out...

Norway set to ban disposable plastic

This may be the last summer that Norwegians can buy disposable plastic items like spoons, forks, knives and cups for picnics or camping trips....
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