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Oslo Airport first to supply Air BP renewable biojet via main fuel hydrant system; initial batch from Neste
2016-01-23 13:55:33| Green Car Congress
Oslo Metro System Uses Matrox Encoders in Network-Based Signage
2015-12-01 13:51:00| Railway Technology
Clear Channel Norway installed Matrox Maevex H.264 encoders and decoders to deliver advertising content on 176 digital screens in 3 Oslo metro system stations.
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Oslo wants to ban cars city center and divest billions from fossil fuels
2015-10-21 02:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: There goes Norway making the rest of the world look like crap again. The Guardian reports that the Oslo city government recently proposed a ban on private vehicles in the city center after 2019. In addition, the city government - a coalition of the newly elected representatives from the Labour Party, the Socialist Left, and the Green Party - plans on divesting its $9 billion pension fund from coal, oil, and gas companies. The capital of Norway`s city center isn`t highly residential - only 1,000...
Oslo Becomes First Capital City in World to Divest From Fossil Fuels
2015-10-19 21:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: The City of Oslo has, today, become the first capital city in the world to ban investments in fossil fuels, as it announced it will divest its $9 billion pension fund from coal, oil and gas companies. Todays announcement follows a previous pledge in March to ban investment in coal. Lan Marie Nguyen Berg, of the Green Party in Oslo said: We are very happy to announce that Oslo will take responsibility for the climate, both through our own policies and our investments. The time for climate...
Oslo, Norway to Ban Cars in Its City Center By 2019
2015-10-19 21:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: Oslo will ban cars from its city center by 2019, becoming the first European capital to adopt a permanent prohibition on cars in its downtown area. The newly elected city council announced that the city would also build at least 60 kilometers (37 miles) of new bike lanes by 2019 and provide a massive boost of investment in public transportation. Business owners in central Oslo fear that the car ban will reduce revenues, but leaders of the new council said the ban could even increase visitors to...