Recent data has shown that Norway’s CO2 emissions increased by nearly five percent in 2010. Read the full story

Emissions from the petroleum industry declined in Norway during 2009. According to reports from the operating companies; volatile hydrocarbons, carbon dioxide and nitrogen oxide were all at lower levels than in previous years. Read the full story

Finland’s forests are absorbing double the amount of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere than they were 20 years ago. Wooded areas in the country can now take up 42 million tonnes of the greenhouse gas annually, over half of the 70 million tonnes emitted by Finland in 2008. Read the full story

Svandis Svavarsdottir, Iceland’s Minister for the Environment says that the country will not seek any special emissions exemptions at the UN climate conference this December in Copenhagen. The Minister said this during an address at the two day environmental conference underway at the Hilton Nordica Hotel in Reykjavik. Read the full story

In a few months, Indian carmaker Tata Motors is planning to begin selling an electric version of its hatchback car called the Indica in Norway. Working in conjunction with a Norwegian firm, the company will make the Indica widely available throughout the country in 2009 if sales go well.

Tata’s managing director, Ravi Kant, told Reuters that “this is one of the technologies that we are looking at, as you know that electric cars are almost zero emission. Right now we want to Read the full story