Norway picks wind power skeptic as oil minister amid Arctic drilling debate
"The oil and gas industry is not a problem. It is part of the solution to make the world greener," Sylvi Listhaug said Wednesday as she took office.
December 18, 2019
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OSLO — Norway made an outspoken right-wing lawmaker who once called wind turbines “white monsters” its oil and energy minister on Wednesday, as the government debates updating rules for petroleum industry activity in its Arctic waters.
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