Sweden rejects applications for thirteen offshore wind farms – government believes building them would have unacceptable consequences for national defence
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Norway's national football stadium has the world's largest vertical solar roof – new solution for northern regions, yielding 20% more energy than traditional panels
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Heat-treated seeds could offer farmers a chemical-free solution for pest control – following success in Sweden and Norway, ThermoSeed looks to expansion into Asia
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Finland is building the world's largest heat pump – will provide enough heat for 30,000 homes, saving roughly 26,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions each year
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Could Britain's soaring taxes push energy companies to Norway? Taxes on oil and gas profits have risen from 40% to about 78%, prompting several to think about pulling out.
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Hidden water reserve twice the size of Loch Ness discovered in drought-stricken Sicily
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IKEA has been accused of contributing to the rapid deterioration of Romania's biologically rich forests – campaigners say suppliers benefitting from corrupt environment in the country
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Ecuador river is granted the right to not be polluted in historic court case
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Industrial-scale thermal storage unit in Pornainen, southern Finland, will be the world's biggest sand battery when it comes online within a couple of years
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Norway will not go ahead with plans to permit seabed mining of critical raw materials on its continental shelf if initial exploration suggests it cannot be done sustainably
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Denmark's second-largest city is trialling a first-of-its-kind deposit scheme to tackle single-use coffee cups
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Scottish company Gravitricity is using the Pyhäjärvi mine in Finland to build its first full-scale prototype gravity energy store
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Greta Thunberg and four other climate activists are due to appear in court today after being arrested at a protest outside a gathering of fossil fuel bosses in London
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Norway hit by hurricane-force winds – is climate change making Europe's extreme storms worse?
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Norway's Arctic deep sea mining plan will inevitably sink – industrialising the ocean floor in the middle of a climate crisis is not only reckless, it's cruel
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UK and Denmark launch Viking Link underwater cable project – potential to transport enough electricity to power up to 2.5 million UK homes
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Finland and Italy seek to hinder restrictions on single-use packaging ahead of next week's gathering of EU ministers in Brussels
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Denmark, Finland and Panama aim to remove more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere than they emit – that will take giving nature a boost
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Site Zero recycling plant in the city of Motala should double the amount of plastic packaging being recycled in Sweden
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Finns have been fishing for herring for generations, but new reduced EU quotas are threatening the traditional livelihoods of coastal communities
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Norway is among the countries with the most heat pumps per capita, along with neighbouring Finland and Sweden
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Scientists at the Askö research base in Sweden are investigating a methane mystery – levels in the atmosphere are rising rapidly and nobody is quite sure why
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Global demand for drinkable water is on the rise – Norwegian company Waterise is responding by desalinating the sea into clean, drinkable water
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Sweden's right-wing government says it will turn its back on plastic bag tax from November 2024
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Study shows some Swiss residents changed behavior in response to Fridays for Future youth protests inspired by Greta Thunberg
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Migrant hunters in Greece show off captured 'trophies' after wildfire season
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Dozens of reindeer have been killed for crossing into Russia, as Norway fixes Arctic fence to stop the Sámi herds crossing the border
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Finland, Europe's leading producer of fox fur, has begun slaughtering 120,000 foxes and mink to stem an outbreak of avian flu that has hit fur farms
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From solo protest to global movement – five years of 'Fridays for Future' in pictures
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Campaign launched on Thursday to boycott the Faroe Islands over their highly controversial slaughter of pilot whales and dolphins
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Respect existence or expect resistance – protests in Norway against wind farm on Sámi land
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The Faroe Islands' annual whale hunt has begun, sparking condemnation from animal rights groups – though it remains a complex cultural issue
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Denmark should aim to reduce beef and dairy production by introducing a farming emissions tax in order to reach its ambitious climate targets
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Cash-strapped Finnish zoo is preparing to return two giant pandas on loan from China as it can no longer afford their upkeep
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Sweden and France could be set to join forces to build new nuclear power stations in the Nordic nation
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Research group Whale Wise are investigating how net entanglement is affecting humpback whale populations in Iceland using drones
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Baltic Pipe pipeline between Norway and Poland received its first direct deliveries of Norwegian gas – Danish terminal started operations following delays
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Russia's war in Ukraine has forever changed Europe's energy landscape – Norway finds itself at the forefront of an energy crisis
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Norway-Poland gas pipeline opens in key move to cut dependency on Russia – could be at full capacity a month early due to good progress on work in Denmark
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Finnish utility Fortum plans to add 560 megawatt capacity by reactivating an idle coal-fired power plant on Finland's west coast
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Environmental defenders celebrate a ‘huge’ win for ‘unique’ Tasmanian rainforest
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The construction of two energy islands off the coast of Denmark is being sped up to help wean the country off Russian fossil fuels
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Norway's breeding programme sees arctic foxes return in high numbers – foxes still listed as under threat of becoming extinct in Scandinavia
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Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg has created an energy system that makes it possible to capture and store solar energy for up to eighteen years
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Denmark has authorised the construction of a new pipeline between Norway and Poland to reduce Warsaw's dependence on Russian gas
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A 'blue blob' in the North Atlantic Ocean has been slowing down the melting of Iceland's glaciers, a new study suggests
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World's longest undersea power connection was today switched on, allowing Norway and the UK to share renewable energy
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Lahti in Finland is the European Green Capital for 2021 – a recognition from Brussels for cities that have impressive environmental credentials
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Climate Change Performance Index – Scandinavian countries power the European Union's climate action but coal-reliant eastern member states lag behind
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A major project to transport natural gas from the North Sea to Denmark and Poland has taken a significant step forward
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