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Contractor dumped supermarket rubble

A contractor in Nord-Trøndelag landed in hot water after dumping the remnants of a demolished Coop Prix supermarket beside a walking trail in Kopperå....

Norway helps EU fund carbon capture

Norway's former left-center government didn't manage to get its own much-hyped carbon capture project up and running at the Mongstad refinery on the west...

Sea eagles return to the Oslo Fjord

A pair of Norwegian sea eagles known as havørn has returned to the Oslo Fjord area and begun nesting on the large island of Håøya,...

WWF rings alarm over fresh shrimp

Environmental organization WWF is warning Norwegians against indulging in one of their most popular summertime meals: Fresh shrimps, normally served with bread and mayonnaise,...

Greenpeace fights ‘illegal’ boarding

UPDATED: The Greenpeace ship Esperanza, moored at the Hoop drilling site 175 kilometers from Bjørnøya (Bear Island) on Friday afternoon, was later boarded by Coast Guard...

New protest flares over oil drilling

UPDATED: Norwegian police moved in early Thursday to remove Greenpeace activists who had illegally boarded a Statoil-chartered offshore drilling rig in the Arctic. By...

‘Greens’ party rakes in support

It was just last fall that Norway's "Greens" party (Miljøpartiert de grønne) finally won a seat in Parliament. Now, eight months later, they've raked...

Parties unite over rig power plans

Norway's opposition parties have banded together to demand that oil companies power the entire Utsira High oil field by electricity from the shore, not...

Statoil rejects ethical proposals

Norway's mostly state-owned oil company Statoil rejected three  proposals from other shareholders for greener, more ethical operations, ahead of its annual general meeting in...

Conservatives launch green revolution

Norway's Conservative Party, eager to win back voter support after a series of political missteps in recent months, claimed it was launching a green...
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