Tag: environment

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...

Glacier ice cube plan labelled as ‘insane’

Plans to carve the world's most exclusive ice cubes out of a glacier in Northern Norway are being blasted as "complete insanity" by the...

Greens to negotiate with the reds

Norway's triumphant Greens Party opted on Thursday to start negotiations with the Labour and Socialist Left (SV) parties on forming or at least supporting...

‘Extreme’ weather becomes the norm

A new climate report for Norway, updated by 37 researchers and meteorologists nationwide, confirms that torrential rain and flooding is already becoming normal as temperatures...

Greens plant their new seeds of power

NEWS ANALYSIS: A week after scoring their most stunning election victories ever, Norway's Greens Party is busy uprooting other parties' entrenched positions in local communities all...

Oslo mayor’s post up for grabs

Speculation was swirling Tuesday over who would emerge as the new mayor of Oslo, and which party will now lead the government of Norway's biggest...

Critics blast plans for Ringerike rail

It didn't take long for environmental activists, who normally hail new railway projects, to bash the government's recently announced plans to improve the train...
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