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Prasad responds Carbon taxes work when there's substitutability and revenue is locked down for environmental goals	Guest author	27 Mar 2008	Gristmill
This is a guest post by Northwestern University assistant professor of sociology Monica Prasad, who wrote an op-ed in Tuesday's New York Times called "On Carbon: Tax, Don't Spend." It elicited responses from David Roberts and Charles Komanoff. ----- Thanks to David and Charlie for picking up on and responding to my carbon tax op-ed. I've learned a lot from Grist, so I was happy to see this. Some responses to their criticisms. David's beef is with the ...
Topics: business, carbon tax, climate, Denmark, economy, Norway (all these topics)

Salt for the Earth Energy could be harvested from mixing of fresh and salt water		19 Mar 2008	News
Posted at 1:28 PM on 19 Mar 2008 Through an osmotic process we don't pretend to understand, the mixing of fresh and salt water at the world's river mouths produces enough energy to feed 20 percent of the world's electricity demand, say Dutch scientists. Could we start running our gadgetry on salt power? Small projects in Norway and the Netherlands are testing out ways to harvest estuary energy, but membranes needed ...
Topics: energy, Netherlands, news, Norway, renewable energy (all these topics)

Whaling and Gnashing of Teeth Norway says whale consumption is good for the planet		04 Mar 2008	News
Posted at 4:53 PM on 04 Mar 2008 Eating whale meat is better for the planet than eating beef, pork, or chicken, according to a comparative carbon-emissions calculation by Norwegian lobbying group the High North Alliance. Says the alliance's Rune Froevik, in what may be a bit of an exaggeration, "Basically it turns out that the best thing you can do for the planet is to eat whale meat compared to other types ...
Topics: Australia, climate, food, grassroots activism, greenhouse-gas emissions, Greenpeace, Japan, news, Norway, oceans, whaling (all these topics)

The Norway We Were Norway aims to be carbon neutral by 2030		17 Jan 2008	News
Posted at 7:45 AM on 17 Jan 2008 Norway has announced it aims to be carbon neutral by 2030, 20 years earlier than its previous goal set last spring. Up to two-thirds of the emissions cuts will be made in Norway itself (though officials aren't sure precisely how yet). The other third will be offset by about $550 million a year in carbon credits, earned through combating deforestation in developing countries. Some green groups called the ...
Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, news, Norway (all these topics)

Norway to Go Norway will ban mercury		26 Dec 2007	News
Posted at 9:31 AM on 26 Dec 2007 Come Jan. 1, Norway will completely ban mercury in manufacturing, imports, and exports. "Mercury is among the most dangerous pollutants. Good alternatives to mercury exist already and it is therefore right to introduce this ban," says Environment Minister Erik Solheim, with due formality. Norway's standards exceed that of the European Union, which will ban mercury in thermometers in the first half of 2009 and in exp ...
Topics: European Union, mercury, news, Norway, progress, toxics (all these topics)

Clean Up That Oil, Stat! Up to a million gallons of oil spill in North Sea		12 Dec 2007	News
Posted at 4:47 PM on 12 Dec 2007 Perhaps jealous of the recent oil spills in San Francisco, Russia, and South Korea, Norway has had a spill of its very own. Oil company StatoilHydro says a mistake transferring crude from an offshore oil platform to a tanker resulted in up to a million gallons of black liquid flowing into the North Sea. The spill, likely the second-largest in Norwegian history, occurred 125 miles from sho ...
Topics: news, Norway, oil (all these topics)

Clinton Global Initiative: Blair on political will and economic strength Tony Blair downplays the importance of political will in the U.S.	Brian Beutler	27 Sep 2007	Gristmill
Tony Blair, oddly, just downplayed the importance of political will in the United States, and then, in an aside, said he thinks 'the political will is there.' I think he's been talking to George Bush too much. Building American political will is the key challenge facing us if we want to see a global mitigation regime emerge. Still, the topic of the plenary is 'Economic Growth in the Face of Resource Scarcity and Climate Change,' and on that point, Blair pointed ...
Topics: climate, international politics, Norway, politics, United Kingdom, United States (all these topics)

Truth in advertising Norway bans generic green terms from auto advertising	David Roberts	07 Sep 2007	Gristmill
This is funny and kind of awesome: No car can be 'green,' 'clean' or 'environmentally friendly,' according to some of the world's strictest advertising guidelines set to enter into force in Norway next month. 'Cars cannot do anything good for the environment except less damage than others,' Bente Oeverli, a senior official at the office of the state-run Consumer Ombudsman, told Reuters on Thursday.
Topics: advertising, cars, consumerism, green living, messaging, Norway (all these topics)

Norway or the Highway Norway disallows manufacturers from advertising cars as		07 Sep 2007	News
"green" Posted at 1:31 PM on 07 Sep 2007 We've got a thing for Norway -- really, nothing beats a good fjord. And nobody can literalize like the Norwegians, who next month will begin prohibiting automobile manufacturers from advertising their vehicles as "green," "clean," or "environmentally friendly." Says one national official, "If someone says their car is more 'green' or ...
Topics: advertising, business, cars, news, Norway (all these topics)

The Climate Changed and All Norway Got Was Everything Norway contemplates far-north drilling, melting ice reveals new islands		21 Aug 2007	Daily Grist
The Climate Changed and All Norway Got Was Everything Norway contemplates far-north drilling, melting ice reveals new islands As climate change alters the landscape of the Arctic, Norwegians are having a rough go of it. They face a more hospitable climate, an even better financial situation, and more land. "It's very challenging for a very wealthy nation, knowing this will be a positive change," said ...
Topics: climate, news, Norway, oil and gas drilling (all these topics)

You Put Your Seed in There Norway reveals design for 'doomsday' seed vault		09 Feb 2007	Daily Grist
You Put Your Seed in There Norway reveals design for "doomsday" seed vault Architecture geeks are salivating over Norway's release of the design of an agricultural "doomsday vault." The structure, which will cost $5 million to build and $125,000 a year to run, will hold seeds for the world's 1.5 million distinct crop varieties. You know, in case the guy who survives the apocalypse gets the nibbles. Li ...
Topics: food and agriculture, news, Norway (all these topics)

All Heil Breaks Loose Six decades after World War II, Nazi U-boat poses threat to Norway		11 Jan 2007	Daily Grist
All Heil Breaks Loose Six decades after World War II, Nazi U-boat poses threat to Norway What's scarier than a Nazi U-boat slinking along your shores? A Nazi U-boat sunk along your shores, with 65 tons of mercury still inside. In coastal Norway, residents are keeping a wary eye on a 62-year-old casualty of war that could pose a whole new danger. With time and seawater causing corrosion in a number of the submarine's 1,857 canisters of ...
Topics: news, Norway, toxics (all these topics)

There's Always the Phone Norway launches carbon-offset program for officials flying abroad		03 Jan 2007	Daily Grist
There's Always the Phone Norway launches carbon-offset program for officials flying abroad World leaders like to kick off the year with stirring energy-related pronouncements (see: "addicted to oil"). But this New Year's Day, in a speech peppered with grand statements, Norway Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg made a concrete pledge: the country will begin buying credits to offset the greenhouse-gas emissions of ...
Topics: climate, news, Norway, placemaking (all these topics)

Seedom Is on the March Millions of seed varieties to be secured in new Arctic vault		20 Jun 2006	Daily Grist
Seedom Is on the March Millions of seed varieties to be secured in new Arctic vault Construction kicked off yesterday on a high-security vault to be dug into a frozen mountainside on a remote Norwegian island in the Arctic, to protect that most precious of commodities: seeds. The vault will be sized to hold 3 million seed varieties, the source of every known crop on the planet. (Did you know there are 100,000 va ...
Topics: Arctic, food and agriculture, news, Norway (all these topics)

Ah, to live in Norway	David Roberts	13 Jun 2006	Gristmill
Billions with a B: OSLO - Norway is setting up a 20 billion Norwegian crowns ($3.24 billion) fund to promote renewable energy such as wind and hydropower while spurring energy savings, the government said on Monday. It said the cash would help Norway achieve a goal of raising available power by 30 terawatt hours (TWh) by 2016, compared with 2001, from renewable energy sources and by greater efficiency. Its previous goal was a saving of 12 TWh by ...
Topics: energy, Norway, renewable energy (all these topics)

The Missing Minke Japanese, Norwegians, and Icelanders spout off in favor of whaling	Colin Woodard	04 Apr 2006	Main Dish
If you're into eating whales, Kouji Shingru's shop is the place for you. Located on a pedestrian-only street in Tokyo's bustling Asakusa neighborhood, Shingru's compact establishment has it all: deep red whale steaks and fillets in vacuum-sealed packages, cured whale on a stick, snack-sized bags of whale jerky, and a wide selection of canned whale morsels packed in brown sauce. A ...
Topics: Iceland, Japan, Norway, oceans, whaling (all these topics)

Northern Blights Flame retardants are yet another toxic threat to polar bears		09 Jan 2006	Daily Grist
Northern Blights Flame retardants are yet another toxic threat to polar bears New research confirms that polar bears -- for years known to be victims of northward-spreading toxic substances -- are accumulating in their bodies worrying levels of flame retardants called polybrominated diphenyl ethers. The effects of this PBDE contamination are unknown, but similar chemicals are believed to be weakening the bears' ...
Topics: Greenland, news, Norway, toxics, wildlife (all these topics)

They Did It Norway Norway's high gas and auto taxes lead to lower gas consumption		02 May 2005	Daily Grist
They Did It Norway Norway's high gas and auto taxes lead to lower gas consumption Americans, who view cheap oil as a divine birthright and throw a tantrum when gas prices exceed $2, would surely view Norway as a strange and alien land if they, ahem, knew anything about it. Despite the Scandinavian country's huge oil reserves -- it is the world's third-largest exporter of black gold -- gas prices hover around $6.66 ...
Topics: energy, news, Norway, oil, placemaking (all these topics)

Norwegian Wood Porn activists go all the way to save the rainforest	Lissa Harris	05 Oct 2004	Main Dish
Warning: The following article contains naughty words -- but we can't help it, as they're the whole subject of the story. It also contains links to websites that are, as they say, "not safe for work." So all you kids, go play Pokemon or whatever it is you do these days. The rest of you, consider yourselves warned. How much do you love the rainforest? Photo: National Center for Atmospheri ...
Topics: green living, Norway, wilderness (all these topics)

Moon Lighting Moon-Driven Tidal Power Delivers Electricity to Norwegian Homes		22 Sep 2003	Daily Grist
Moon Lighting Moon-Driven Tidal Power Delivers Electricity to Norwegian Homes Turns out the sun isn't the only celestial body that can provide eco-friendly power; the moon is now getting into the game. This weekend, a number of homes in the far north of Norway started getting energy from a sub-sea power station driven by the rise and fall of the tides, which are determined by the gravitational pull of the moon. The power sy ...
Topics: Norway, oceans, water pollution (all these topics)

Turning the Tide		05 Nov 2002	Daily Grist
Turning the Tide The world's most northerly town, will soon be the first to take advantage of ocean tides to create electricity with a sub-sea power station. Similar tidal projects are also underway in Australia and Britain, but none has begun selling power. Later this month or early in December, tidal currents on the seabed near Kvalsund, at the Arctic tip of Norway, will begin churning the fish-friendly blades of a windm ...
Topics: Norway, oceans, renewable energy (all these topics)

Whale Like a Banshee		15 Oct 2002	Daily Grist
Whale Like a Banshee After a 10-year struggle to reclaim its whaling rights, Iceland has finally gotten the green light from the International Whaling Commission to resume commercial hunting. The commission outlawed commercial whaling in 1986, but Iceland and Norway refused to accept the ban. Norway negotiated to remain part of the commission and hang onto its hunting rights, but Iceland walked ou ...
Topics: Iceland, International Whaling Commission, Norway, oceans (all these topics)

Who's the Unfairest of Them All		05 Jun 2002	Daily Grist
Who's the Unfairest of Them All A major gas field development in the Arctic Circle's Barents Sea has won official approval from the European Free Trade Area, much to the dismay of environmentalists. Norway's state-owned energy group Statoil is running the $5.8 billion project, which will be the first commercial exploration of fossil fuel in the region and Europe's fi ...
Topics: Arctic, commercial and industry organizations, marine life, mining and drilling, Norway (all these topics)

Sharri Baby		22 Apr 2002	Daily Grist
Sharri Baby After years of mistrust and fear, Albanians and Serbs are coming together over a common interest: protecting the environment. In a project funded by the Norwegian and Dutch governments, environmental groups in Kosovo are setting up an electronic network to enable the former enemies to share resources and information on ...
Topics: air pollution, deforestation, European Union, green living, Kosovo, Netherlands, Norway, pollution and waste, wilderness (all these topics)

Swedish Neatballs		15 Oct 2001	Daily Grist
Swedish Neatballs Sweden is setting the world's standard for balancing economic growth with environmental protections, according to a report released last week by the Swiss-based World Conservation Union (IUCN) and the Canadian International Development Research Center. The report used standards-of-living indicators such as quality of social services, ...
Topics: business, Dominican Republic, Finland, Germany, green living, Japan, Norway, Sweden, United States (all these topics)

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