Tag: environment

Climate experts called in to save skiing

Norwegian sports officials are applying to host the Nordic Ski World Championships in Trondheim in 2021, even though the prospects for having enough snow...

Svalbard waits for ‘Putin effect’

Residents of Norway's Arctic archipelago of Svalbard are literally banking on the Norwegian government extending financial aid for their troubled coal mining operations, despite the environmental paradox that...

Stordalen on the road to recovery

Gunhild Stordalen, the high-profile Norwegian doctor and environmental activist who fell deathly ill late last year, was back in the public eye this week. Her...

State won’t shut Arctic coal mines

Despite stated concern for the climate and the need to cut carbon emissions, Norwegian politicians look unlikely to shut the country's controversial coal mines...

‘All talk, no action’ on emission cuts

Norwegian politicians are not doing enough to cut carbon emissions in Norway, claim a majority of Norwegian youth in a new national survey. The number...

Huge new oil field caught in conflict

Norway's new Johan Sverdrup oil field, located just 140 kilometers off the coast of Stavanger, may be as important for the Norwegian economy as the country's...

Norway passes the climate buck again

NEWS ANALYSIS: The Norwegian government has once again avoided making any national commitment to cut carbon emissions within Norway itself. Instead, the Norwegians will be able...

State makes way for more oil and coal

Just as Norway's state oil company Statoil was announcing plans to become more climate-friendly, the government unveiled plans to accommodate more climate-unfriendly oil and gas...

Statoil starts to clean up its act

NEWS ANALYSIS: Norway's state oil company Statoil, faced with much lower prices for what it sells, is launching a more offensive climate strategy. It's...

Activist Stordalen begins recovery

Environmental and nutrition activist Gunhild Stordalen, diagnosed last fall with a life-threatening disease, has been released from the hospital in the Netherlands where she's...
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