Norway wants to turn its huge oil fund greener
Oil-rich Norway moved Friday to target its huge sovereign wealth fund's investments more closely at boosting green businesses, but environmentalists said the proposals were not strong enough.
Oil-rich Norway moved Friday to target its huge sovereign wealth fund's investments more closely at boosting green businesses, but environmentalists said the proposals were not strong enough.
Energy & Green Tech
Apr 4, 2014
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Norway maintained on Tuesday its quota of previous years to hunt up to 1,286 whales in its waters in 2014, despite whalers repeatedly catching less than the limit.
Ecology
Apr 1, 2014
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Negotiations over mackerel fishing quotas have fallen apart, Iceland said Thursday, extending a dispute dubbed "the mackerel war" that has been a thorny issue in the country's EU membership bid.
Ecology
Mar 6, 2014
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Norway's intelligence service played down the risks of conflict in the Arctic Monday, arguing that reports of a scramble for the region's oil and gas were more myth than reality.
Earth Sciences
Feb 25, 2014
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A newly developed white fish filleting machine could give this Norwegian industry a much-needed boost.
Robotics
Jan 29, 2014
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Each winter, Norway spends NOK 1.6 billion keeping its roads fit for use. Researchers have many reasons for wanting to get costs down.
Materials Science
Jan 10, 2014
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A Norwegian satellite-based system aims to ensure that helicopters and light aircraft are prevented from colliding with power lines and other obstacles.
Engineering
Jan 7, 2014
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More than a thousand new species –nearly one-quarter of which are new to science – have been discovered in Norway since a unique effort to find and name all of the country's species began in 2009.
Plants & Animals
Dec 19, 2013
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Norwegian whale hunters announced a big increase in their annual catch Wednesday but it remained less than half the limit set by the government.
Ecology
Oct 2, 2013
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A team of researchers from Philadelphia and Norway has determined the structure of an enzyme complex that modifies one end of most human proteins and is made at elevated levels in numerous forms of cancer. A study in Nature ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 4, 2013
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