Tag: environment

Car owners feel ‘bullied’ in Oslo

Oslo's new city government has been speeding up measures to make the Norwegian capital more climate-friendly, but some of its efforts are backfiring with residents. Sudden and harsh new...

Police may not enforce anti-diesel law

There may not be much teeth in a new local law approved by Oslo's new city government that will forbid owners of diesel-powered vehicles...

Oslo to restrict use of diesel vehicles

Oslo's new left-center city government was going ahead this week with placing restrictions on the use of vehicles fueled by diesel. No diesel driving...

Ryanair to drop flights from Rygge

UPDATED: Cut-rate airline Ryanair is following through on its threat to stop flying from the private- and county-owned Rygge Airport in Moss, south of Oslo....

Cold weather sets off smog alerts

Both Bergen and Oslo were reporting unusually high levels of air pollution again this week, as freezing temperatures and a lack of wind trapped everything...

Svalbard grapples with great change

It's cold again now, but residents of Norway's Arctic island group of Svalbard were basking in highly unusual temperatures on New Year's Eve that resembled...

Bergen restricts driving to ease air pollution

The New Year got off to a smoggy start in Norway's West Coast city of Bergen. It's best known for lots of rain and...

Polar bears make a surprise comeback

Researchers from the Norwegian Polar Institute had some good news to report just in time for the Christmas holidays: Polar bears seem to be...

Svalbard bailed out while bracing for weekend hurricane

State meteorologists were warning that Norway's Arctic archipelago of Svalbard could be hit by a hurricane Friday night, with the bad weather extending into...

Climate minister leaves on high note

Of all the government ministerial changes announced on Wednesday, the abrupt replacement of Climate and Environment Minister Tine Sundtoft was the biggest surprise. She...
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