Tag: environment

From arrests to apology: Government ‘sorry’ it violated Sami human rights

It took a week of protest demonstrations in Oslo, but Sami reindeer herders in central Norway finally received a long-overdue apology from the Norwegian...

Wind turbine protests blow even harder

The Norwegian government is caught in a storm of increasingly angry protests over wind power turbines on the Fosen Peninsula, and over how government...

‘Rat-man’ plagues Bergen

An anonymous activist and self-professed vegan in Bergen has become a target of public condemnation for his campaign in support of rats. He thinks...

Norway ‘lacks political willingness’ to meet its climate goals

Despite all the gas and oil money pouring into Norwegian coffers (or perhaps because of it), Norway hasn't invested enough of it in alternative...

No applause for Norway’s ‘double standards’ on climate and nature

NEWS ANALYSIS: On the day after flying home from his latest UN summit on climate and nature preservation, Norway's government minister in charge of...

Svalbard tourism faces restrictions as temperatures keep rising

Norway's Arctic archipelago of Svalbard is in the midst of recording its mildest January in 90 years. Climate researchers think temperatures will keep on...

Electric car owners’ costs jump

UPDATED: Norwegian politicians have offered lots of electric car incentives over the years but they're quickly disappearing, even as Norway urgently needs to cut...

Climate measures fail to impress

Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre can't seem to win these days. Just as his Labour Party crashed in public opinion polls again, Støre also...

Norway’s ‘climate bomb’ contained

It's being called the beginning of the end of the oil age in Norway: State oil and energy company Equinor's decision to put development...

Gas leak and emissions ‘enormous’

Methane gas emissions were swirling over Scandinavia this week, after explosions on two Russian gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea blew out a total...
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