Tag: environment
Arctic oil prevails over ‘The People’
Norway's Supreme Court (Høyesterett) ruled in favour of the state on Tuesday in a long-running landmark case billed as pitting "The People vs Arctic Oil."...
Norway no longer ‘best place to live’
NEWS ANALYSIS: Oil has long fueled Norway's hugely successful welfare state, but now it's helped knock the country off the top of the UN's...
Equinor’s refinery ‘leaking for years’
Norwegian state oil company Equinor is having to deal with even more bad news, following release of an internal report on chronic leaks from...
High court ponders future of Arctic oil
Opponents of offshore oil activity in Norway's Arctic areas received flowers to mark the end last week of their landmark case against the state...
Anti-wolf regions sabotage fundraiser
Around 20 rural communities around Norway were being branded as petty and divisive heading into the weekend, because of their announced plans to boycott...
Oslo on hold for carbon capture
They're billing it as "the biggest climate project in Norwegian industry ever," but the government's long-awaited carbon capture, transport and storage plan could have...
40 arrested after climate, oil protests
Climate activists were out early in Oslo on Monday morning, to demonstrate against Norway's pro-oil policies and the government's failure to declare a climate...
Beavers move from the forest into town
After nearly becoming extinct in the late 1800s, Norway's beaver population is now estimated to number more than 70,000. After making their mark in...
Illegal emissions at Equinor gas plant
State oil company Equinor's large natural gas plant at Melkøya outside Hammerfest has reported illegal emissions and pollution every year for the past 10...
Norway may finally meet climate goals
Carbon emissions in Norway declined 3.4 percent last year, according to new updated numbers from state statistics bureau SSB. Emissions totalling 50.3 million tons...
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