Tag: environment

Chernobyl fallout still felt in Norway

Fallout from the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant continues to affect Norwegian farmers 25 years later, as environmental organizations demanded that the...

Leak closes Statoil’s Njord field

The discovery on Easter Sunday of a gas leak at the Njord oil and gas field, operated by Norwegian part state-owned company Statoil, has...

Delegation visits British nuclear plant

A Norwegian delegation has visited the controversial British nuclear processing station at Sellafield in northwest England, and criticized the plant operators for becoming "more...

Grandparents apologize to Canada for Statoil

Norwegian state oil company Statoil appeared in front of a Canadian court on Wednesday for the first preliminary hearing of a case in which...

Gasoline prices hit new all-time high

Even though Norway is an oil-producing nation, it's always had high prices for gasoline (petrol) because of heavy taxes to discourage use of private...

‘Catastrophe’ hits historic river

For the past 30 years, politicians, bureaucrats and environmentalists have prided themselves on cleaning up the river that runs through Oslo from the hills...

Chlorine spill fouls river

The river running through Oslo from the hills to the fjord, Akerselva, was polluted last week by a chlorine leak from, ironically enough, one...

Critics blast government’s bombs

Norway's left-center government unleashed two environmental bombs within 24 hours of each other this week, timed to explode when millions of Norwegians are both...

Masts won the battle of Hardanger

UPDATED: Overhead power masts will be built after all in the scenic Hardanger area of Norway's southwest mountains, the government confirmed on Tuesday. Cabinet...

Ship grounding sets off oil spill

UPDATED: An Icelandic-owned container ship ran aground and immediately started leaking oil Friday around the scenic islands of Hvaler on Norway’s southeast coast. The...
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