Norway’s Supreme Court is set to rule on whether the country can keep searching for new Arctic oil
The case will decide whether Arctic oil drilling infringes on the right to a clean environment enshrined in Norway's constitution.
Almost all of Norway’s electricity comes from hydropower and its domestic emissions are relatively low, meaning the country is often perceived as clean and sustainable. Yet this contrasts with the trillions it has accumulated from four decades of producing oil for export, increasing greenhouse gas emissions elsewhere. Norway is the seventh largest exporter of emissions in the world, and its emissions from exported oil and gas are 10 times greater than the country’s direct emissions.
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