Norway stands by as StatoilHydro pushes on with tar sands move

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Norwegian government condemned by green groups after failing to block StatoilHydro's investment in a controversial Canadian tar sands project

The Norwegian government may have secured environmental plaudits for its pledge to become one of the world's first carbon-neutral countries. But that has not stopped it angering green groups this week,...

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