UN warns about increasing soil pollution
UN warns about increasing soil pollution worldwide Pollution of the soil is a rapidly increasing threat to the environment, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization…
Pollution
Copper pollution threatens fjords
Copper pollution from fish farms threatens fjords in Hordaland The County Governor of Hordaland warns of unacceptable contamination of copper from fish farms in several…
UK Prime Minister: ‘Ban Single-use Plastics’
Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May announces Britain’s intent to forbid the retail sale of single-use plastic consumer goods; with a projected 2042 goal of completely…
Norsk Hydro sends CFO to clear up in Brazil
Norsk Hydro sends their CFO to take over in Brazil Eivind Kallevik is appointed as CEO of scandal struck Alunorte on a temporary basis. The…
Hydro is following orders of production cuts
Norsk Hydro is complying to production cuts in Brazil A court in Brazil has imposed Norsk Hydro’s alumina refinery Alunorte production cuts of 50 per…
Hydro is accused of pollution in Brazil
Norsk Hydro owned company is accused of pollution in Brazil A company owned by Norsk Hydro is accused of poisoning the drinking water of thousands…
Demands CO2 stamp on Government platform
Industrial and environmental organizations demand CO2 stamp on Government platform In a letter to the Government, several industry and environmental organizations demand that capture and…
Nine million died as a result of pollution in 2015
At least nine million people died because of pollution in 2015. According to a new report, three times as many as died because of AIDS,…
Record high temperature, sea level and air pollution in 2016
Record high temperature, sea level and air pollution in 2016 The Earth has set some sad records last year. Never before have temperatures or sea…
Unsold helium balloons sent into the air
Unsold helium balloons released into the air Salesmen who could not sell their helium balloons on May 17 have released the controversial balloons straight up…
Røkke to build a research vessel together with WWF
Will pay for the construction and operation Billionaire Kjell Inge Røkke will pay for the construction and operation of a research vessel that will…
Government to fight against micro-plastic pollution
Climate and Environment Minister, Vidar Helgesen, has given an alert about damaging marine litter and micro-plastic. According to Bergen’s Tidende newspaper, Helgesen asked the Environment…
Measures against pollution of the seas
One of the greatest environmental challenges we face is the pollution of the seas, and the problem is increasing. The Government now grant NOK 35…
Diesel ban in Oslo on days with high pollution
Oslo City Council has decided that diesel ban, date driving and closed parking spaces may be introduced this winter on days with high amounts of…
High air pollution in Oslo and the Oslo area
Air pollution is high in Oslo, Lillestrom, Sarpsborg and Fredrikstad. Children with respiratory diseases such as asthma should stay outside as little as possible, and…