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Despite a looming climate lawsuit, Norway offers oil companies a fresh set of blocks

If approved, some of these blocks in the Barents Sea would be among the northernmost offshore oil drilling sites in the world. 

By Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer November 19, 2020
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As the Norwegian government awaits the Supreme Court’s verdict in a historic climate lawsuit that challenges Arctic drilling, it has announced another 136 oil blocks in northern waters.

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