Tag: environment

Anti-wolf activists howl in Oslo again

Killing two more wolves on New Year's Day wasn't enough to satisfy those who view the predator as a threat to their livestock or...

Conflicts fly behind ‘Green Capital’ year

NEWS ANALYSIS: Oslo's political leaders were basking in the spotlight on Friday, ready to officially kick off the city's year of being hailed as...

Pollution fears rise around Svalbard

A particularly senstive area of Svalbard was under threat of oil pollution this week, after a trawler grounded in bad weather in a remote...

Oslo prepares to protect its wolves

Oslo city officials are making moves to protect predators in the vast forests surrounding the Norwegian capital. Many residents have reacted positively to wolves...

Climate debate will still flare in Norway

NEWS ANALYSIS: Norway nurtures an environmentally conscious image, but the country still has a long way to go in tackling its own climate challenges....

Climate agreement still ‘not enough’

Norway's climate and environment minister, Ola Elvestuen, admits that it was "difficult to find a balance" among the 196 countries that finally hammered out...

Norway falls in climate rankings

Norway's Climate and Environment Minister Ola Elvestuen was worried before he traveled to the UN's climate summit in Poland this week, and he had...

Electric ‘city cars’ getting ready to roll

Scores of identical small electric cars have been neatly parked for the past week or so on property owned by state railway NSB in...

Ousted Solheim fires back at UN

Erik Solheim was back home in Oslo last weekend, and vigorously trying to defend himself after having to resign as head of the United...

Solheim resigns as UN climate chief

Erik Solheim, the former Norwegian government minister and leader of the Socialist Left party (SV), has admitted to making mistakes in how he tried...
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