Tag: environment

New oil discovery ‘important’

Norway's state oil company Equinor called the discovery of more oil in the Barents Sea "important," when announcing this week that a well drilled...

Glacier recedes by a ‘dramatic’ degree

Another Norwegian glacier has shown "dramatic" signs of being threatened by climate change. The Nigard Glacier in Jostedalen lost fully 80 meters of its...

Calls rise to limit cruiseship arrivals

Increasingly fierce opposition to the numbers of large cruiseships docking in Norway in recent years is finally being heard. Officials in Bergen, Norway's busiest...

Giant skyscraper plan meets fury

Local opposition is strong to wealthy Norwegian industrialist Kjell Inge Røkke's plans to build a skyscraper at Fornebu in Bærum, west of Oslo. Residents...

Top management team quits Bellona

Norway's high-profile environmental foundation Bellona lost its entire management group this week after a disagreement with Bellona's founder Frederic Hauge. Their mass resignation follows a...

Electric car owners start losing benefits

Owners of electric cars in Norway, and especially in the capital, have enjoyed lots of benefits meant to encourage their purchase. Many are starting...

Solheim’s travel hits UNEP funding

Sweden and Denmark have both decided to withhold funding for the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), after reports about its director Erik Solheim's extensive and...

Solheim responds to the UN’s criticism

Veteran Norwegian politician Erik Solheim is now responding to harsh criticism that's erupted over his extensive and expensive travel as head of the UN...

Climate change threatens Svalbard

After decades of warnings, Norway's Arctic settlements on Svalbard are suddenly facing more dramatic effects of climate change. Its current, highly visible consequences on...

Former minister scolded by the UN

Norway's former minister of both the environment and foreign aid, Erik Solheim, is facing a severe scolding from auditors at the United Nations over...
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