https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Norway in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Norway's sovereign wealth fund, the world's biggest, is challenging companies to do more to protect the world's oceans, including combatting plastic waste pollution. https://www.thelocal.no/20180909/worlds-biggest-sovereign-fund-pleads-to-save-oceans Sun, 09 Sep 2018 15:22:51 +0200 worlds-biggest-sovereign-fund-pleads-to-save-oceans Norway and the World Band will work together to set up a fund to help fight plastic pollution of the world’s oceans. https://www.thelocal.no/20180611/norways-pm-pledges-to-spend-100-million-kroner-on-clearing-plastic-from-oceans Mon, 11 Jun 2018 19:02:57 +0200 norways-pm-pledges-to-spend-100-million-kroner-on-clearing-plastic-from-oceans Norwegian energy group Norsk Hydro, accused of causing environmental damage in northern Brazil, on Monday apologised for the unauthorised discharge of untreated water into a local river from its aluminium factory Alunorte, the largest in the world. https://www.thelocal.no/20180319/norways-norsk-hydro-apologises-for-spills-in-brazil-river Mon, 19 Mar 2018 15:18:22 +0100 norways-norsk-hydro-apologises-for-spills-in-brazil-river Norwegian aluminium and renewable energy company Norsk Hydro has been ordered to reduce production by authorities in Brazil over reports of pollution of local ecosystems. https://www.thelocal.no/20180228/norwegian-hydropower-company-in-hot-water-over-pollution-claims Wed, 28 Feb 2018 20:13:47 +0100 norwegian-hydropower-company-in-hot-water-over-pollution-claims Norway’s Crown Princess Mette-Marit has said that she failed in an experiment to cut out the use of plastic at the royal residence at Skaugum near Oslo. https://www.thelocal.no/20171227/norway-plastic-free-effort-at-royal-residence-failed-crown-princess Wed, 27 Dec 2017 13:10:26 +0100 norway-plastic-free-effort-at-royal-residence-failed-crown-princess An analysis of particles in mussels colonies on the coast of Norway has shown that four out of five of the molluscs contain microplastics. https://www.thelocal.no/20171211/four-out-of-five-norwegian-mussels-contains-plastic-report Mon, 11 Dec 2017 12:43:53 +0100 four-out-of-five-norwegian-mussels-contains-plastic-report The city council in Bergen has decided not to go ahead with a proposal to increase toll charges on vehicles during a period of increased air pollution, but will monitor the situation. https://www.thelocal.no/20171128/bergen-drops-plans-to-offset-pollution-with-toll-increase-for-now Tue, 28 Nov 2017 19:17:04 +0100 bergen-drops-plans-to-offset-pollution-with-toll-increase-for-now Authorities in Bergen are considering drastic measures should air quality in the city this week become as poor as forecasts suggest. https://www.thelocal.no/20171127/norwegian-city-considers-500-percent-toll-raise-to-combat-pollution Mon, 27 Nov 2017 16:21:52 +0100 norwegian-city-considers-500-percent-toll-raise-to-combat-pollution Diesel vehicles can once again use all of the roads in the Norwegian capital. https://www.thelocal.no/20170118/oslo-lifts-temporary-ban-on-diesel-vehicles Wed, 18 Jan 2017 10:09:43 +0100 oslo-lifts-temporary-ban-on-diesel-vehicles Beginning on Tuesday, diesel vehicles will be banned from driving on Oslo streets because of acute levels of dangerous air pollution. https://www.thelocal.no/20170116/oslo-to-implement-temporary-ban-on-diesel-vehicles Mon, 16 Jan 2017 11:13:50 +0100 oslo-to-implement-temporary-ban-on-diesel-vehicles The air quality in ten locations in southern and eastern Norway was declared a health hazard on Monday morning. https://www.thelocal.no/20161128/dangerous-air-quality-throughout-much-of-norway Mon, 28 Nov 2016 12:20:39 +0100 dangerous-air-quality-throughout-much-of-norway The city council will quintuple road tolls on days with high levels of air pollution. https://www.thelocal.no/20160923/oslo-to-hit-drivers-wallets-in-effort-to-combat-pollution Fri, 23 Sep 2016 16:04:27 +0200 oslo-to-hit-drivers-wallets-in-effort-to-combat-pollution Norway's sovereign wealth fund, the world's biggest, has placed US group Duke Energy and three subsidiaries on its blacklist for causing "unacceptable" environmental damage, Norway's central bank said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.no/20160907/norways-sovereign-fund-bars-us-duke-over-pollution Wed, 07 Sep 2016 16:32:06 +0200 norways-sovereign-fund-bars-us-duke-over-pollution The release of pollutants into the environment increased by five percent in one year, show new figures from Statistics Norway that point the finger of blame at copper II oxide used to protect boats. https://www.thelocal.no/20130702/norwegian-boat-owners-push-up-pollution-levels Tue, 02 Jul 2013 14:35:00 +0200 norwegian-boat-owners-push-up-pollution-levels Norway has been singled out by a United Nations organization over its practice of dumping thousands of tonnes of mining waste into its fjords, where ocean salt water mixes with fresh mountain water. https://www.thelocal.no/20111102/mine-waste-stains-industry-revival Wed, 02 Nov 2011 13:59:56 +0100 mine-waste-stains-industry-revival Oslo bureaucrats have commissioned an expert group to provide shock therapy for the city’s thickly polluted winter air, a remedy expected to produce a ban on modern diesel-driven cars in the capital. https://www.thelocal.no/20111011/diesel-cars-set-to-idle-in-winter Tue, 11 Oct 2011 15:16:31 +0200 diesel-cars-set-to-idle-in-winter