Tag: environment

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...

Shale gas protests spoil Statoil’s party

Statoil was celebrating 10 years as a stocklisted company this week and promising more growth, but not everyone was keen to congratulate Norway's biggest...

Statoil expands amidst controversy

Norwegian oil company Statoil is barreling ahead with major expansion plans for its oil and gas production, despite ongoing complaints from the country's environmental...

Russia admits nuclear weaknesses

Russia's atomic energy agency Rosatom has admitted that Russia's nuclear power plants are seriously underprepared to deal with a natural disaster on the scale...

Compromise triggers new hunts

All of Norway's political parties have finally struck a new agreement to govern predator management policies, under which as many as 30 male bears...

Salmon lice grow ‘dramatically’

A report by the state food authority reveals that lice levels have increased "dramatically" over the last year, especially among salmon, trout and young...

‘Monster Masts’ activists strike again

Campaigners protesting the building of overhead power lines in Hardanger Fjord - nicknamed "Monster Masts" by detractors - took part in a sit-in protest...
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