The oldest ichthyosaur fossils have been found in Norway’s Arctic
WASHINGTON — Ichthyosaurs were a successful group of marine reptiles that prospered during the age of dinosaurs, some reaching up to around 70 feet...
Green groups sue Biden administration over Willow oil project
WASHINGTON — Six environmental groups filed a lawsuit on Tuesday over the Biden administration's approval of ConocoPhillips' Willow oil and gas project in Alaska,...
Analysis: Legal challenges could delay Alaska’s Willow oil project
WASHINGTON — The oil industry on Monday cheered the U.S. government's greenlighting of ConocoPhillips' multibillion-dollar oil drilling project in Alaska's Arctic, but court challenges...
Norway to buy six Sikorsky helicopters for $1.1 billion to monitor...
OSLO — Norway's military plans to buy six Seahawk helicopters for 12 billion crowns ($1.14 billion) from Lockheed Martin's Sikorsky, the defense minister said...
Biden administration approves massive Willow oil project in Alaska
LOS ANGELES/WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is approving a scaled-back version of ConocoPhillips' $7 billion oil and gas drilling Willow project in Alaska, the...
Biden issues limits on oil drilling in Alaska, Arctic Ocean
U.S. President Joe Biden's administration on Sunday announced new steps to ban oil and gas drilling in the Arctic Ocean and limit onshore drilling...
Winter military exercises are under way in northern Norway
Some 20,000 soldiers from nine countries along with 50 aircraft and 40 vessels are taking part in the Joint Viking winter exercise currently under...
Sweden, Finland and Turkey hold NATO talks, agree to more meetings
STOCKHOLM/ISTANBUL — Turkey has acknowledged that Sweden and Finland have taken concrete steps to meet Ankara's concerns over their bids to join NATO and...
Hungarian ruling party lawmakers give no date for Nordic NATO ratifications
HELSINKI — Hungarian ruling party lawmakers visiting Finland and Sweden could not confirm a date for the Hungarian parliament's pending ratification of the two...
Global warming is changing Canada’s boreal forest and tundra
Global warming is affecting the boreal forest — what happens will depend on the climate, vegetation and the frequency and intensity of wildfires. Changes...
