Tag: environment
Burma boycott may soon fall
Norway is joining other countries around the world in moving away from years of sanctions against Burma and towards what they all like calling...
Stoltenberg secures funds for forests
Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg was being called "the king of the forest" on Thursday, after he succeeded in getting countries around the world...
Jens fends off critics at home
NEWS ANALYSIS: As Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg welcomed heads of state to Oslo, and got ready to host another climate conference and effort to...
New effort to save the rain forests
Top Norwegian officials signed a deal on Wednesday to help fund preservation of rain forests in Indonesia. The deal comes on the eve of...
Statoil won’t drop oil sands project
Norwegian state oil company Statoil faces loud protests over its involvement in a Canadian oil sands project, but insists on moving forward. The Norwegian...
Emissions fall but few are cheering
Norway's emissions have fallen to their lowest level in 14 years, but the government won't take credit and environmentalists aren't cheering either. The decline...
Survey reveals offshore risk
A new survey of workers on Norwegian offshore oil and gas fields reveals a lack of safety risk analysis. Some workers admitted that operations...
Wolves also divide ruling coalition
Wolves split coalition. Sp want culling. SV would allow more carnivores.
Gulf crisis plays into Lofoten conflict
It took them a while, but Norwegian environmental advocates and some top politicians are now sounding alarms over BP's oil rig disaster in the...
Opposition grills Stoltenberg
Last week Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg was being hailed for settling a border dispute with Russia's president. This week he was accused of lying...
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