Tag: environment

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...

Beavers move from the forest into town

After nearly becoming extinct in the late 1800s, Norway's beaver population is now estimated to number more than 70,000. After making their mark in...

Illegal emissions at Equinor gas plant

State oil company Equinor's large natural gas plant at Melkøya outside Hammerfest has reported illegal emissions and pollution every year for the past 10...

Norway may finally meet climate goals

Carbon emissions in Norway declined 3.4 percent last year, according to new updated numbers from state statistics bureau SSB. Emissions totalling 50.3 million tons...

Greenpeace hails Oil Fund exclusions

Environmental organization Greenpeace is hailing Norway's sovereign wealth fund, which was built up on oil revenues, for excluding four oil companies because their emissions...

Oslo Fjord ailing as birds die, fish gone

Something is seriously wrong with the Oslo Fjord and no one seems to fully understand why. Both fish and mussels have been disappearing, while...

Plastic pellet spill tied to container ship

Weeks after millions of small white plastic pellets started washing up on the shoreline of the Oslo Fjord, the source of the spill has...
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