Tag: environment

Labour unleashes storm over Lofoten

Battle cries were raging on Thursday after the Labour Party finally made a long-expected but hotly contested decision to pursue the prospect of drilling...

‘Let’s drill off Lofoten this year”

Oil and Energy Minister Ola Borten Moe now wants to open up waters off scenic Lofoten for oil drilling later this year, stirring up...

Wolf pair marking territory in Oslo

Wildlife researchers had some sensational news for Oslo residents this week: They're almost certain that a pair of wolves have been marking territory this...

Arctic drilling dispute heats up

As top government officials and business leaders huddled in southern Norway this week to discuss energy and environmental issues, oil and gas exploration plans...

South Pole expedition ends in court

An expedition to the South Pole led by one of Norway's most famous adventurers, Børge Ousland, continued in an Oslo court this week, after...

Oslo river hit by more pollution

Environmental experts were worried on Thursday that yet another polluting spill into the river that divides the west and east sides of Oslo would harm...

Climate deal OK’d, but disappoints

Government ministers from Norway and Brazil have managed to push through an extension of the closest thing the world has to an agreement to...

Norway tackles tough climate job

Norwegian cabinet minister Bård Vegar Solhjell faced a tough job this week when he arrived in Doha to help extend the Kyoto Protocol at...

Lofoten reprieve likely short-lived

A recommendation from Norway's oil minister to postpone oil exploration and production off Lofoten is no victory for the fishing industry and environmentalists trying...

Drilling off Lofoten can reap billions

UPDATED: Norway's oil and energy minister, bullish on the prospects for the country's oil industry, was smiling  after a new report claimed that drilling...
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