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Oil & Energy Minister under siege

Norway's relatively new government minister in charge of oil and energy, Ola Borten Moe, has managed to infuriate the Norwegian environmental movement to a...

Scenic valley’s fans win award

The scenic valley of Maridalen in Oslo is known as a rural oasis on the fringe of an urban environment. Now its biggest support...

Explosion on ship rocked Sandefjord

UPDATED: The former whaling port of Sandefjord was rocked by a loud explosion on board a ship berthed at a chemical plant Tuesday afternoon....

‘Guilty’ plea fuels oil sands opposition

Greenpeace was among environmental groups calling on Norwegian oil company Statoil to finally heed ongoing calls for it to pull out of its controversial...

Statoil finds more oil in North Sea

Norwegian state-controlled oil company Statoil announced Tuesday that its latest discovery in the North Sea can be even bigger than officials thought when it...

Part of Sellafield nuclear plant closes

Part of the British nuclear energy plant Sellafield is to be closed down as a consequence of the after-effects of the Fukushima incident in...

Workers abandon bankrupt carmaker

Norway's long-struggling electric carmaker Think has survived several earlier bankruptcies but now its future as a Norwegian firm seems to be over. Think's laid-off...

Funds to save rainforests pile up

Norway has committed billions in funding to help preserve the world's rainforests but much of the money remains sitting in bank accounts, reports Oslo-based...

Wolf pact may emerge with Sweden

Norwegian conservation authorities will likely work more closely with their Swedish counterparts in managing wolves that pay no attention to national boundaries. The result...

Oslo’s developing waterfront, in a photo collage

Oslo has been undergoing massive waterfront redevelopment for years, and for better or worse. Some argue the city is being walled in with large...
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