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‘Arrogant’ oil chiefs face more grilling

Some of Norway's most powerful oil chiefs, both past and present, have been called in to a new disciplinary hearing in Parliament this month....

Thin ice killed an environmental activist

UPDATED: Norwegian environmentalists were mourning the death this week of Kurt Oddekalv, long one of the country's most high-profile and radical amongst them. Oddekalv...

‘Master plan’ for climate draws flak

The Norwegian government rolled out its new "master plan" for meeting climate goals on Friday, just a day after state meteorologists confirmed that last...

Arctic oil prevails over ‘The People’

Norway's Supreme Court (Høyesterett) ruled in favour of the state on Tuesday in a long-running landmark case billed as pitting "The People vs Arctic Oil."...

Norway no longer ‘best place to live’

NEWS ANALYSIS: Oil has long fueled Norway's hugely successful welfare state, but now it's helped knock the country off the top of the UN's...

Equinor’s refinery ‘leaking for years’

Norwegian state oil company Equinor is having to deal with even more bad news, following release of an internal report on chronic leaks from...

High court ponders future of Arctic oil

Opponents of offshore oil activity in Norway's Arctic areas received flowers to mark the end last week of their landmark case against the state...

Anti-wolf regions sabotage fundraiser

Around 20 rural communities around Norway were being branded as petty and divisive heading into the weekend, because of their announced plans to boycott...

Oslo on hold for carbon capture

They're billing it as "the biggest climate project in Norwegian industry ever," but the government's long-awaited carbon capture, transport and storage plan could have...

40 arrested after climate, oil protests

Climate activists were out early in Oslo on Monday morning, to demonstrate against Norway's pro-oil policies and the government's failure to declare a climate...
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