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Prime minister joins clean-up crews

Prime Minister Erna Solberg spent time on Saturday clearing up trash on a beach in the Oslo Fjord. It was part of nationwide efforts...

Whaling ‘stains’ Norway’s reputation

Norway launched its annual and still-controversial whaling season over the weekend, setting off a new wave of protests. A coalition of international whale protection...

Oil Fund asked to dump pipeline, coal

The president of Norway's Sami Parliament (Sametinget) accompanied women from the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe to a meeting in Oslo this week, where they appealed to...

DNB pulls out of Dakota Pipeline

Norway's biggest bank, DNB, has responded to public protests and political criticism over its involvement in the highly controversial Dakota Access Pipeline project in...

WWF moves to halt a new wolf hunt

The Norwegian government, under heavy pressure from ranchers, hunters and others who feel threatened by wolves, is now seeking a quick change in the law that...

Avalanche forced delay in orchid delivery

Norway's agriculture minister, Jon Georg Dale, had to cancel a trip to Svalbard with a delegation from Myanmar this week because of the "uncertain...

Power plant closure ‘great’ for climate

Norway's biggest oil and energy company, Statoil, was finally being hailed on Tuesday after it announced that it was shutting down its gas-fueled power plant at Mongstad on the...

‘The People’ won in mock trial over Arctic oil

Just days before a landmark legal challenge to oil activity in Norway's Arctic won a date in court, a mock trial on the controversial...

Arctic drilling suit heads for court

UPDATED: Environmental organizations Greenpeace and Natur og Ungdom (Nature and Youth) have won a court date for Norway's first climate case, aimed at halting oil...

New national park plans stalled in Parliament

Plans to create two new national parks, one in the hills and forests just east of Oslo called Østmarka, have been voted down by...
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