Norway may have been beaten to the punch by Vatican City, but in a long-standing tradition of doing things better than the rest of us, the “Land of the Midnight Sun” clearly hasn’t given up its goal of becoming carbon neutral before everyone else. Originally slated to become a “zero-emission” state by 2050, the Norwegian government announced yesterday that they are ahead of schedule. Now, through a combination of cutting green house gas emissions, cultivating forests and trading carbon offsets, the country aims to accomplish that goal 20 years sooner than planned. Approximately two-thirds of gas/carbon reduction will be done within Norwegian territory, while the rest will be achieved through international emissions trading.

The decision to push forward the deadline came about after intense negotiations between the country’s center-left government and other leading political parties. In order to pay for the new, faster schedule, fuel tax will be raised by 10-øre (2 cents) per liter of diesel and by 5-øre per liter of petrol.

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Progress Party (FrP) proposed measures for a competetive education in Norway. They think improvement of the teachers’ status and the introduction of grading system from the fifth grade are essential.

The party’s education policy spokesperson, Mette Hanekam Haug, presented their ten steps to get a good education system in Norway. She said that the school will be the most important election issue for the Progress Party before the municipal elections in the next fall.

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