Two Norway wind farms lose their licenses in a landmark Indigenous rights ruling

Norway's top court ruled that construction of wind turbines in the Fosen region interfered with Sami herders' cultural rights under international conventions.

By Nora Buli, Reuters, Terje Solsvik, Reuters October 11, 2021
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OSLO — Norway’s supreme court stripped two wind farms of their operating licenses on Monday in a case that could boost the legal rights of the country’s Indigenous Sami people.

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