Contributor ReportsArctic reindeer vanishing
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Oslo :: Norway | updated Mon Nov 16 21:29:20 -0800 2009 | green-news
Reindeers are associated with Santa Claus and, while Santa continues to hold sway, a time may shortly come when reindeers would be mere images on the walls. The effects of global warming are felt in the Arctic regions of Norway...
ReachNorway uses salt to make electricity
Source: Inquirer.net
Oslo :: Norway | updated Wed Nov 25 07:20:36 -0800 2009 | green-news
Norway unveiled the world's first osmotic power plant on Tuesday, harnessing the energy-unleashing encounter of freshwater and seawater to make clean electricity. "While salt might not save the world alone, we believe osmotic power will be an important part of...
Norway opens first osmotic power plant
Source: Press TV
Oslo :: Norway | updated Wed Nov 25 20:32:29 -0800 2009 | green-news
Osmotic power is a renewable and emissions-free energy source that Norwegian firm Statkraft has been researching into for 10 years. The company hopes to be capable of making a substantial global contribution to eco-friendly power production. “This new technology generates...
Markets need progress in Copenhagen, says Norway's SWF
Source: International Business Times
Oslo :: Norway | updated Mon Dec 07 09:05:54 -0800 2009 | green-news
Financial markets need global climate talks getting underway in Copenhagen to iron out a plan to price emissions more effectively and seal the switch to a low carbon economy, Europe's biggest investor told Reuters on Monday. Norway's oil revenue-fueled $440...
Personal photos land in AT&T ad campaign
Source: Star Tribune
Oslo :: Norway | updated Fri Dec 04 19:48:53 -0800 2009 | green-news
Minneapolis photographer Per Breiehagen inadvertently turned some personal shots in his native Norway into the AT&T holiday ad campaign. Breiehagen, who has covered assignments from the North Pole to Antarctica for National Geographic and the New York Times Magazine, was...
A living tree the only green option
Source: The Herald
Oslo :: Norway | updated Sat Nov 28 01:52:51 -0800 2009 | green-news
And of course, artificial Christmas trees came into vogue in the 20th century, but some of us just have to have the scent and feel of the real thing. Now a third option is becoming increasingly popular: a living Christmas...
Business Books: Arctic melts, but no big "Cold Rush" for oil
Source: International Business Times
Oslo :: Norway | updated Fri Nov 27 05:35:03 -0800 2009 | green-news
The Arctic is thawing fast because of global warming but a big "Cold Rush" for offshore oil and gas looks unlikely because of icebergs and high costs, a new book says. A retreat of Arctic ice in summers is changing...
Harnessing the power of salt, Norway tries osmotic power
Source: The Age
Oslo :: Norway | updated Sun Nov 22 12:16:40 -0800 2009 | green-news
Taking a step further in the planet's hunt for clean power, Norway is to unveil on Tuesday the world's first prototype of an osmotic power plant on the banks of the Oslo fjord. The project is small-scale but could prove...
Coming soon to a sky near you … 400 sea eagles
Source: The Scotsman
Oslo :: Norway | updated Fri Nov 20 16:40:35 -0800 2009 | green-news
Coming soon to a sky near you … 400 sea eagles Published Date: 21 November 2009 UP to four times as many sea eagles will be soaring through Scotland's skies by the middle of the next decade compared with today,...
New maintenance contracts announced by Statoil
Source: New Europe
Oslo :: Norway | updated Mon Nov 16 02:52:17 -0800 2009 | green-news
Maintenance contracts on the Norwegian Shelf worth a total of 49 billion Norwegian crowns have been announced by Norwegian oil company Statoil this month, Norway Post reported on 9 November. The contracts were announced at a meeting with 200 representatives...
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