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Tesla solves its Norwegian battery problem

A team of technicians from US electric car maker Tesla have now updated Tesla's highly popular Model S so that it's more compatible with...

Stoltenberg grilled over Mongstad

NEWS ANALYSIS: Former Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg failed to deliver on his vision of full-scale carbon capture at Statoil's controversial Mongstad plant on Norway's...

Norwegian winter parks popular Tesla electric cars

Electric cars from US-based Tesla Motors have become wildly popular in Norway, but their owners have been running into recharging problems since winter finally...

Hotel saves on smaller plates

A popular and historic mountain hotel in Norway claims it has saved around NOK 100,000 (USD 16,000) in food costs by simply introducing smaller...

Grouse stocks cut in half

Environmental authorities are worried about a huge reduction in Norway's estimated number of the large bird known as rype (white grouse, or ptarmigan). They...

Climate talks fail to impress

Norway has had a large delegation at this week's UN Climate Conference in Warsaw, but the Parliament's most high-profile environmental champion decided to stay...

Payments halted after environmental scandal

Norway's new Minister of Climate and the Environment Tine Sundtoft has frozen NOK 60 million (USD 10 million) that was earmarked to support the...

Chocolate bar raises rain forest fears

Norway's classic chocolate wafer bar known as a "Kvikk Lunsj" ("quick lunch," and similar to a Kit-Kat bar) is closely tied to the great outdoors,...

Arctic interests clash over mining

The recent discovery of new and potentially lucrative mineral veins containing copper in the mountains above the Repparfjord in Finnmark looks set to stir...

Electric cars now king of the roads

Norway has emerged as a world leader in the introduction of electric vehicles, and Oslo seems to have become the electric car capital of the...

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