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DNB ‘shamed’ again over Dakota pipeline

Major Norwegian bank DNB is fending off more trouble over its involvement in the highly controversial Dakota Access Pipeline project in the US. An equally controversial...

Sami still standing with Standing Rock

News this week that US President Donald J Trump plans to defy Native Americans and resume construction of the disputed Dakota Access Pipeline has...

Whale and birds killed by plastics

A whale that was found clearly sick and in distress in the waters off Sotra, western Norway, last week has set off a national alarm...

Legal loophole may allow new wolf hunt

The Norwegian government, which dramatically pared back a major wolf hunt in Norway this winter on the grounds it could be illegal, was all but ordered...

Solberg faces more opposition over the Arctic

Business, political and environmental leaders gathered in Tromsø this week, along with indigenous peoples and researchers, for the annual Arctic Frontiers conference. It was...

Stunning sunsets ‘a scream in nature’

As sunshine broke through thick morning fog over the Oslo Fjord on Tuesday, residents may be able to later witness more of the spectacular...

Oslo shifted into reverse on diesel ban

The top city official in charge of transport and the environment decided late Tuesday to reverse a ban on diesel-driven vehicles into Oslo earlier...

Wolf saved despite new license to kill

The Norwegian government is standing by its decision to stop a hunt that would have killed off at least two-thirds of the country's wolf...

Labour’s love lost on Lofoten debate

Labour Party leader Jonas Gahr Støre has finally confirmed that Norway's scenic Lofoten islands need some tender loving care, with parts of their offshore waters protected from oil...

Statoil insists it’s also ‘going green’

Even as Statoil promoted a "fantastic portfolio" of oil drilling projects for 2017 this week, three of them in the sensitive Arctic, top officials insist the Norwegian...
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