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Norway’s Oil Workers Fear for Future as Rigs Go Remote

OSLO — A shift to operating oil rigs remotely from land, which has been accelerated by lower crude prices, has rekindled concerns among Norwegian unions over the impact on the safety of offshore workers and the loss of well-paid jobs. …

Remote Alaska Volcano Begins Erupting

A volcano is erupting on a remote, uninhabited Alaska island. John Power with the Alaska Volcano Observatory says the eruption at Cleveland Volcano is a slow effusion of magma that is forming a lava dome, and not an explosive eruption …