Tag: environment

Smaller plates, less waste

Hotels in Norway and Sweden took part last summer in an interesting experiment that produced even more interesting results: Smaller plates provided to guests...

Glaciers keep shrinking

Most of the glaciers in Norway are now smaller than they've been for several hundred years, according to new measurements taken by the Norwegian...

CO2 levels rise again on Svalbard

The impact of global warming has mostly fallen off the front pages of Norwegian newspapers recently, but new evidence from Norway's far northern archipelago...

New conflicts gush over oil drilling

Just a day after the winner of this year's Rafto Prize warned in Bergen that oil companies are "destroying lives" with environmentally irresponsible drilling,...

Industrial firms celebrate support

It's not often that Norwegian industrial firms, labour and business organizations are all in agreement but they were collectively celebrating this week after the...

‘Fish and oil don’t always mix’

The secretary general for environmental organization WWF in Norway isn't backing down from concerns over huge new efforts to find more oil and gas...

Arctic drilling plans called ‘immoral’

Environmental organizations were quick to vent their fury over new plans, announced Tuesday by Norwegian oil company Statoil, to dramatically expand oil exploration activity...

Shipowner forced to close Rotterdam terminal

Norwegian shipowning firm Odfjell has had to close its major tanker terminal in Rotterdam after Dutch authorities uncovered serious safety violations. Odfjell has also...

Calls rise for less oil sector activity

Unhappy oil rig workers aren't the only ones calling for a reduction in the tempo of oil exploration and production on Norway's continental shelf....

State OKs major windmill project

Norwegian authorities have approved plans to build five new wind-power plants in the western county of Rogaland. The project, involving erection of large windmills,...
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