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NEWS ABOUT: Oslo

Oslo stories: 4 news summaries
OPINION

Climate Activists Torqued By Obama Nobel

With US the biggest obstacle to action, they hope prize acts as stick

Oct 14, 09 10:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Taliban and conservative commentators in the US aren’t the only ones steamed by  Barack Obama's Nobel Peace Prize. “It’s hard for me to emphasize enough the thickness of the international resentment towards America at the climate negotiation level,” Ben Jervey writes. The argument is simple:... More »

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climate change • Oslo • Nobel Peace Prize • carbon emissions • environmentalists • President Obama • committee • Copenhagen climate change conference

ANALYSIS

 Human Waste Helps 
 Oslo's Carbon Footprint 

Buses in Norway's capital will run on methane distilled from feces

Feb 2, 09 4:21 PM CST
(Newser) - Norwegian officials have hit on a novel, if gassy, alternative to carbon-spewing gasoline, Dave Demerjian writes in Wired. Starting in September, Oslo will capture methane, a byproduct of the process at its sewage treatment plants, and use it to power city buses. Norway hopes to use the gaseous human contribution... More »

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environment • Norway • methane • Oslo • public transportation • alternative fuels • carbon emissions • carbon-neutral

Hirst Sculpture Springs a Leak

Oslo museum discovers puddle of formaldehyde from vitrine

Sep 28, 07 7:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - Damien Hirst won fame and fortune for his installations of animals preserved in formaldehyde, but now, writes the Telegraph, his vitrines are in less-than-perfect shape. The Astrup Fearnley Museum in Oslo recently discovered liquid seeping out of sculpture Mother and Child Divided, which preserves a cow and calf sliced into... More »

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art • Damien Hirst • Oslo

Shop 'Til You Drop—At Store Sleepover

BYOEarplugs to Oslo for Ikea's
weeklong pajama party

Jul 26, 07 9:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - In a quirky corporate experiment, Swedish shopping giant Ikea welcomed visitors this week to spend the night in one of its Oslo showrooms—free. Sleepover guests bunk in special rooms, from a luxury suite to a family room. But the fluorescent lights stay on all night, and guests have to... More »

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Ikea • Oslo

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