Tag: environment

‘Greener’ government grows in Oslo

The two winning parties in the Oslo city election, plus a minor potential partner, are finally hashing out a prospective platform for a new...

Ministerial chat in China after all

Norway's currently controversial Oil & Energy Minister Ola Borten Moe became the first top government official in nearly a year to be admitted to...

Ministers’ quarrels upset the boss

Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg is not pleased that ministers in the left-center government coalition he leads have been openly quarreling during the past week....

Minister Moe takes Sp to the right

NEWS ANALYSIS: Oil & Energy Minister Ola Borten Moe has been stirring up controversy and quarrels in the government for the past few weeks,...

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...
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