Tag: environment

Statoil finally sells out of oil sands

Norwegian oil company Statoil finally did what climate activists, environmentalists and several top Norwegian politicians have been urging for years: Sell off the last...

More oil exploration sparks objections

Just a week after the Norwegian government finally secured what it calls "the greenest budget" in history, Oil Minister Tord Lien was moving forward with...

Oslo revives proposed ban on diesel-driven vehicles

Higher levels of air pollution in the Norwegian capital so far this winter have prompted city politicians to revive plans to ban vehicles using...

Pipeline protests reach Parliament

SEE THE VIDEO: Protests in Norway against construction of the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline in the US have not subsided. Scores of protesters gathered in...

Lofoten fends off the oil industry

The battle that's raged for years over oil exploration and production off Norway's scenic northern coastline reached what key players called a "turning point" during the weekend....

Politicians avoid real emission cuts

As Norwegian politicians continued to quarrel this week over raising fuel taxes to cut carbon emissions, climate activists gathering in Oslo put the quarreling in perspective. They...

Environmental groups want to banish balloons

Leaders of several environmental organizations plus the state anti-littering agency were astonished when Norway's national football federation released hundreds of balloons over Oslo's Ullevaal...

Climate ‘anchored’ in Marrakech

It took 10 hours of overtime talks, but Norway's Environment Minister Vidar Helgesen thinks the landmark UN climate agreement struck in Paris last December...

New statistics may save the wolves

Never have state wildlife officials registered so few predator attacks on Norway's freely grazing livestock as in the past year. Hopes are rising that the...

Wolves’ fate left up to this man

Norway's government minister in charge of environmental and climate issues, Vidar Helgesen, will now have to decide the fate up to 24 wolves that...
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