Tag: environment
Environmental minister fears dealmaking between US and China
Erik Solheim, Norway's government minister for both environmental issues and foreign aid, has traveled to the UN climate talks in Copenhagen with high hopes...
Norwegian salmon under threat
Local media has been full of coverage lately of trouble in Norway's important salmon industry. Conservationists fear wild salmon is threatened by parasites stemming...
Biodiesel tax clears Parliament
Norway's Labour Party hammered through the controversial repeal of a tax exemption on biodiesel during the night. Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg's victory, however, is...
Biodiesel tax hurts Labour's image
The credibility of Norway's Labour Party on environmental issues suffered another blow this week, when it continued to promote a new tax on biodiesel...
Biodiesel tax 'a shame for Norway'
A Labour Party-led government proposal to levy a new tax on biodiesel fuel has set off howls of protest from both environmentalists and commercial...
Industry gears up Lofoten campaign
Even though Norway's government has turned down proposals for new oil drilling off scenic Lofoten and Vesterålen during its new four-year term, the oil...
Norwegians not so green after all
A new study suggests that the vast majority of Norwegians are putting responsibility for emissions cuts on everyone but themselves. At the very least,...
Svalbard coal mine sparks conflicts
Environmental activists ended their protests over a controversial coal mine on the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, but not because of any support from the...
Voters 'forgot' the environment
Many politicians thought that environmental issues would play a major role in the recent parliamentary election in Norway, but it appears voters forgot their...
'Oil spill ship' finally leaves Norway
The bulk cargo vessel Full City was finally towed out of Norway on Monday, six weeks after it grounded in a storm off Telemark and...
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