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Emissions rising: Oil still to blame

Norway is a major player in international efforts to cut the global carbon emissions blamed for climate change, but now ranks among the worst in Europe...

Norway to bargain hard climate deal

Norway, caught between being climate-friendly and protecting its oil and gas industry industry, looked set to drive a hard bargain as the UN climate summit gets...

Warmth threatened ski season opener

Organizers of next weekend's annual opening of the Norwegian ski season, with various races at Beitostølen in the mountains above Valdres, feared they'd have to cancel the...

Winds blew right for Statoil boss

Irene Rummelhoff, Statoil's new top boss in charge of renewable energy, was grinning from ear to ear this week after the company could announce some...

Confusion reigns in Norway’s capital

The three leaders of Oslo's new city government immediately set off widespread confusion when they unveiled their political platform on Monday. The Greens' ever-smiling Lan Marie...

Russia ‘surprises’ Norway up north

Norwegian Foreign Minister Børge Brende got what he called a "positive surprise" on Thursday when his Russian counterpart, Sergej Lavrov, told him that Russia was...

UN climate chief: ‘Let the oil lie’

Christiana Figueres, the UN climate chief who earlier has called for an end to coal mining on Svalbard, is reluctant to criticize Norway for...

Female wolf shot in east Oslo forest

A female wolf believed to be the mother of pups born earlier this year was shot and seriously wounded by a moose hunter in...

Minister optimistic about climate talks

Tine Sundtoft, Norway's often-criticized minister for the environment, insists she'll be heading to the UN's climate talks in Paris with plenty of funding and measures...

Norway found guilty of poor urban air quality

The European Free Trade Association (EFTA) has found Norway guilty of violating the EU's air quality directive, after registering widespread local air pollution in Oslo, Bergen and...
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