Tag: environment

Wolf hunt resumed

Norway's government minister in charge of the environment has allowed another controversial wolf hunt to resume, even as legal action to halt it proceeds...

Norway lowered its emissions

As an oil-and gas-producing nation, Norway has long been guilty of generating more carbon emissions at a time when other countries are cutting theirs....

Oil Fund turns ‘climate activist’

Risk assessments already being made by Norway's huge sovereign wealth fund known as the Oil Fund may now help reverse climate change. The fund's...

Aker Solutions wins new Statoil contracts

Aker Solutions emerged as the first big winner this week of contracts tied to development of Statoil's long-delayed oil field Johan Castberg off the...

‘Crazy,’ but the oil will keep gushing

NEWS ANALYSIS: It's been less than two weeks since a major lawsuit popularly called "The People vs Arctic Oil" drew to a close in...

Bottle deposit to double next year

Norway's standard bottle deposit of one krone, paid on purchase and refunded upon return of the bottle to recycling machines, is set to double...

Politicians shamed into closing garage

Unpopular politicians at Oslo's City Hall have been removing or taxing street parking while having access to free parking themselves at City Hall's own...

20,000 free parking spots to disappear

The City of Oslo started removing more free street parking on Monday. City officials are targeting the affluent west side district of Frogner first,...

Threats lodged against city politician

Lan Marie Nguyen Berg of the Greens Party has received so many threats from angry city residents that the City of Oslo is reporting...

Climate activists hail oil divestments

NEWS ANALYSIS: After years of trying to steer the Norwegian government away from more investment in its oil industry, because of the damage it...
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