Europe’s largest battery recycling plant opens in Norway
Norway has started the operations of Hydrovolt, the largest battery recycling plant in Europe, located in Fredrikstad in the south of the country. The...
High number of arctic fox in the wild due to Norway’s breeding program
Over the last twenty years, over 450 arctic fox cubs have been bred and released into the Norwegian countryside, marking a new era for the animal in N...
Icelandic cross-country skiers to cross Greenland ice sheet
A total of fourteen Icelandic cross-country skiers are set to embark on a trip to cross the Greenland ice sheet. The trip will be led by mountain guid...
Russian oil tankers blocked off Danish coast by Greenpeace activists
On Thursday 31st March, Greenpeace activists blocked the pathway between two tankers carrying Russian oil off the coast of Denmark. Greenpeace called ...
Offshore wind power in Sweden: country plans to increase capacity
A plan has been unveiled by the Swedish government to develop offshore wind power turbines with an annual clean energy generation capacity of 20TWh to...
Swedish iron ore mine requested to be scrapped by UN
Calls to scrap plans for an iron ore mine in Sweden have been made by two UN human rights experts to protect indigenous Sami people. David Boyd, a spe...
Greenland loses more than 5 billion tons of ice over past 20 years
According to Polar Portal, Greenland has lost more than 5,100 billion tons of ice over the past 20 years, which equals enough water to flood the entir...
Greenland sees higher temperatures linked to global warming
According to the Danish Meteorological Institute, Greenland has seen temperatures higher than usual for this time of year, which has been linked to gl...