Tag: environment

Wolf plan met by howls of protest

New proposals for maintaining a wolf population in Norway left all sides howling Friday in the ongoing wildlife management debate. The government claims it mostly...

Record little ice, record thin ozone

As Southern Norway basked in unseasonably warm sunshine this week came news of record little ice in the Arctic and reports that the Barents Sea...

Oil field starts up in disputed Barents

Italian oil company Eni could finally start up oil production at its Goliat field in the Barents Sea over the weekend, two years after...

Little progress as coal dust settles

NEWS ANALYSIS: Norway made international headlines last year, and won lots of positive feedback, when the Norwegian Parliament ordered the country's huge sovereign wealth...

Solberg calls in political troops

UPDATED: After a friendly dinner at her residence Monday night, Prime Minister Erna Solberg gathered the leaders of the parties supporting her minority government...

Oslo revives plan for local national park

The City of Oslo's ambitious new top politician in charge of transportation and the environment is reviving plans to turn part of the city's...

Reaction mixed to huge windmill plan

Both praise and objections were blowing around Norwegian plans announced on Tuesday to go ahead with what's billed as the largest land-based windmill project...

City slightly eases parking ban

Sheepish Oslo city officials now say they won't ban parking on city streets featuring key bike lanes unless predicted snowfall amounts to at least five...

Oslo goes green, also at lunch

Norway's Greens Party (Miljøpartiet De Grønne, MDG), which won government power in Oslo last year and scored major gains nationwide, is continuing to make its...

Oslo promises more parking for locals

Residents of central areas within the Norwegian capital are being promised more preferential parking privileges, in an attempt to ease the impact that harsh new parking restrictions...
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