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Paradox or hypocrisy? Norway s renewables vs oil and gas debate

Paradox or hypocrisy? Norway s renewables vs oil and gas debate Now a major player in renewables, especially hydroelectricity, Norway s nearly €1.1 trillion sovereign wealth fund largely derives from its oil and energy bonanza (Photo: Benedicte Meydel) Oslo and Trieste, Today, 07:06 Environmental awareness is high in Norway. Spending time outside in nature is for many a rule of life, and holidays are often spent in their hytter – cabins in the forest or on the coast, known for their minimalist style. Norway recycles 97 percent of its plastic-drinks bottles. In Oslo as in Stavanger, the country s oil capital, or in Tromsø, in the Arctic, people prefer to travel by public transport, bicycle or electric car. Some 54 percent of all new cars sold last year were electric; the parliament has decided that all new cars sold by 2025 should be zero emissions.

Toxic fluorocarbons - Not just in ski waxes

 E-Mail Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in ski wax have been receiving a lot of attention recently, but waxes constitute only a limited part of the problem of the PFAS group of toxicants. PFAS are a large group of man-made fluorocarbon toxicants, and you are most likely full of them. The toxic substances don t break down and instead accumulate, both in nature and in your body. Due to their extensive use, humans and animals all over the world are continuously exposed to PFAS, says Håkon Austad Langberg, a PhD candidate at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) who has studied several of them in the last few years.

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