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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...

‘Scandal’ looms at Statoil refinery

Top officials of Norwegian oil company Statoil were summoned on Friday to the offices of state oil industry regulators for the second time this week. They...

Oslo won’t ban cars downtown after all

A cease-fire has been reached in Oslo's version of "car wars." Street parking continues to be replaced by bicyle lanes, but the Norwegian capital's new Labour- and...

Labour confederation may block oil drilling off Lofoten

A majority of the trade union federatations making up Norway's largest labour confederation LO may vote in favour of keeping the waters off Lofoten,...

‘People’ sue state over Arctic oil

Two environmental organizations, backed by what they called a wide range of Norwegian groups and individuals, went ahead on Tuesday with plans to sue the...
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