This could cause 'irreversible' damage to the marine ecosystem.

Arctic seabed mining will cause ‘irreversible harm’ to wildlife – Greenpeace - Environmental group is urging Norway to put its plans to open up Arctic seas to deep sea mining on hold.

Norway’s central bank held its key policy rate at 4.5%, a level that is expected to remain unchanged until the end of the year as a weak krone continues to threaten efforts to bring inflation down.

Electric car registrations outpaced gas-powered for the first time this month, thanks in part to tax breaks funded by a booming petroleum business.

The Nordic country just became the first in the world to have more electric vehicles on the road than gas-powered cars, the BBC reported on Tuesday. With 2.8 million private vehicles registered in Norway,