Tag: environment

Svalbard tourism chills scientists

Growing numbers of tourists are leaving a worrisome footprint on Svalbard's fragile environment, according to the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA). In a...

Equinor gives up drilling down under

After years of massive protests that also hurt Norway's national reputation, state oil company Equinor is dropping plans to drill for oil and gas...

Labour keen to shoot more wolves

Norway's Labour Party is drawing fire over a controversial new proposal to make it easier to shoot more wolves in Norway. As the wolf...

‘Sell off Equinor’s foreign operations’

Investment funds and analysts aren't the only ones questioning the long-term value of Norway's state oil company Equinor. Now a member of the Norwegian...

Svalbard worth more than ever

Nearly a million Norwegians have been sitting through hours of more "slow TV" this week on a daily basis, apparently mesmerized by the beauty...

New ‘climate cure’ after warm January

It's official: January ended as the next-warmest ever in Norway, with nine counties setting new records for high temperatures in the middle of what's...

Court agrees wolf hunts were invalid

WWF won a long-sought victory this week when an appeals court ruled that two out of three wolf hunts authorized by state officials in...

Climate change ‘is happening now’

It was raining again on Monday in Oslo, where no snow has fallen in January for the first time since measurements began 83 years...

Climate activists to appeal latest loss

Environmental organizations and concerned climate activists are appealing to the Norwegian Supreme court after a lower court ruled Thursday that oil production in the...

Equinor, NHO strike back at oil critics

NEWS ANALYSIS: It was no coincidence that Norway's state oil company Equinor launched a new initiative to cut its own carbon emissions earlier this...
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