Norwegen plant 19 neue, staatlich geförderte Öl- und Gasförderungsprojekte in Nordsee und Nordatlantik. Greenpeace und die Umweltorganisation NoU haben dagegen Klagen eingelegt, weil neue fossile Erschließungsprojekte im Widerspruch zum Pariser Abkommen stehen. https://taz.de/Greenpeace-gegen-Norwegens-Regierung/!5944078/

Eine neue Studie ergibt, dass die Konzentration von PFAs oder "Forever Chemicals" im norwegischen Polareis die Ökosysteme dort bedroht und zusammen mit der globalen Erhitzung für kombinierten Stress sorgt.

Der deutsche Wirtschaftsminister Habeck verhandelt in Norwegen den Bau einer Pipeline, durch die zuerst Erdgas und dann Wasserstoff geliefert werden soll. Ein weiterer Schwenk der Bundesregierung auf Druck der Fossillobby: Der "blaue" Wasserstoff wird aus Gas gewonnen, wobei CCS zum Einsatz kommen soll.

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ReconfigBehSci on Twitter: “RT @fascinatorfun: Ouch. Norway 4117 new cases is equivalent to over 50k in the U.K. But the kickers are the sheer speed of increase (43%…” / Twitter. (n.d.). Retrieved December 23, 2021, from https://twitter.com/SciBeh/status/1468139950939901952

Anders Engström 🦩. (2021, February 10). Animerad påminnelse om utveckligen i Sverige jämfört med våra nordiska grannländer #COVID19SWEDEN https://t.co/jrhZcvk3K3 [Tweet]. @dibbuk. https://twitter.com/dibbuk/status/1359566727571529736

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Anthony Costello. (2021, February 7). There is a lot of nonsense about Zero Covid being an extreme position, only possible in repressive states (er..S Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Norway, Finland, NZ??) and our UK strategy reflects a more sensible centrist view. So compare the UK with successful countries...(1) [Tweet]. @globalhlthtwit. https://twitter.com/globalhlthtwit/status/1358382786114183171

Andrew Account for lags Kunzmann. (2022, January 30). Wait two years before we can tell who took the correct approach. OK, we’ll check back in March. Https://t.co/9ypiVCK428 [Tweet]. @1987Andrewk. https://twitter.com/1987Andrewk/status/1487727392286248963

Progressive International. (2021, November 29). BREAKING: 2.5 million nurses from 28 countries have filed for a UN investigation of human rights violations by the EU, UK, Switzerland, Norway, and Singapore for blocking the waiver on Covid-19 vaccine patents as new strains proliferate: Http://covid19criminals.exposed https://t.co/Rj37RqDA4J [Tweet]. @ProgIntl. https://twitter.com/ProgIntl/status/1465202919687348227

homeschooling Norway

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This must be how the (now closed) ride at Disney got it's name.

• Social benefits like free education, healthcare and pensions.
• Redistributive taxation.
• Relaxed employment laws.
• History in family-driven agriculture. Culture of small entrepreneurial enterprises.
• High rates of taxation.