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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...

Arctic Fund Management dumps Hydro

Norwegian aluminum producer Norsk Hydro has had a rough year and at least one funds manager in Oslo seems to have lost patience. Newspaper...

Drought boosted environmental groups

As Norwegians sweltered through their hottest summer on record, many of them seem to have been inspired to join climate- and environmental advocacy groups....

Bottle deposit charges rise

It's called "panting" in Norway, but it has nothing to do with losing one's breath. Rather it's the customary practice of returning bottles to...

Equinor hailed over wind power project

Norway's state oil and energy company Equinor was winning widespread and unusual praise on Wednesday from environmental organizations and politicians, after it announced plans...

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