Norway opens first stretch of hydrogen highway
More than a dozen hydrogen-powered cars participated in a rally race of sorts to mark the opening of a 560-kilometre stretch of highway that is conven...
Finland rejects Russian call to change freight system
Finland’s transport minister was joined by the Finnish hauliers’ lobby in rejecting a proposal by the Russian Federal Customs Service that wants to mo...
Nordic region must lead way in climate change
At their summit in Iceland, environment ministers from the Nordic region stressed in a public statement that “The Nordic Region must show the way and ...
Finland’s Olkiluoto nuclear plant site could be shut down
The Finnish Nuclear and Radiation Safety Authority (STUK) has sent a letter to Areva, the French company building the Olkiluoto nuclear power plant, s...
Global Seed Vault celebrates first anniversary
The revolutionary Global Seed Vault, a depository of millions of seed samples from around the world, has just celebrated its first anniversary. The un...
Denmark failing to meet Kyoto targets
The Danish think tank, Poyry, has published a new report suggesting that Denmark will not meet its 2012 targets under the Kyoto Protocol using its cur...
Norway’s prime minster rides shotgun in road rally
Jens Stoltenberg, the Prime Minister of Norway, ripped around the Norway Rally circuit as World Champ Sebastien Loeb’s passenger in a celebration of n...
Finnish company applies to build nation’s sixth nuclear reactor
Finland is debating whether it needs a sixth nuclear power plant, and several firms are vying to win the contract to build it. The Finnish utility com...