Tag: environment

Higher oil prices fuel Barents plans

Oil prices have now nearly doubled since the beginning of the year, and that's refueling huge and risky interest in Norway's offshore portions of the Arctic. While seafood producers voluntarily...

Barents port keen on the oil business

KIRKENES: When the Norwegian government's new surveillance vessel Marjata berthed at its home port here this month, many locals hoped it signalled the arrival...

Oslo’s parking program backfires badly

Oslo's new Labour-led city government has already irritated residents owning cars who suddenly found themselves facing much higher street parking fees or no place to...

Arctic oil plans hailed and bashed

UPDATED: The Norwegian government's decision to open up new areas of the Barents Sea to oil and gas exploration is "embarrassing and shameful," claim...

Thousands turned out to clean beaches

UPDATED: Record numbers of people signed up as volunteers to help pick up trash along Norway's long coastline over the weekend, from Svalbard in the...

Erik Solheim confirmed for UN post

UPDATED: Norway's former government minister for the environment is set to become chief of the entire world's environmental program. As newspaper Dagens Næringsliv (DN) reported on...

Tesla has trouble paying its bills

Last week, the founder of the highly successful electric car company Tesla Motors was posing with government officials in Norway. This week comes news...

Tesla founder thanks Norway

Elon Musk, the billionaire founder of the highly successful US-based Tesla Motors, was back in Norway this week and full of appreciation for how Norwegian officials...

Norwegian Air plays its climate card

The US government's top transport official was in Norway this week, but he reportedly had no time to meet one-on-one with the boss of the Norwegian...

City bosses collided with own car rules

Oslo's two top political leaders have been all but run over in recent days by critics who view them as little more than hypocrites who don't...
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