Long-Awaited Judgment in Norway on the Future of Oil Exploitation in the North Sea

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OSLO (ANP/RTR) - The permits granted by the Norwegian government for the development of three offshore oil fields are invalid. The Norwegian Supreme Court ruled this on Friday in a lawsuit filed by environmental organizations Greenpeace and Young Friends of the Earth...

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Norway's Supreme Court ruled today that three government-issued permits for oil exploration in the North Sea were invalid because they failed to take sufficient account of their impact on greenhouse gas emissions. The court agreed with the arguments of climate activists who had questioned the validity of the permits. They argued that the environmental impact assessment had failed to take into account emissions from...

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Norwegian decision that permits for oil fields were invalid does not mean that the oil fields may not be used.

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The organizations Greenpeace and Nature and Youth filed a lawsuit against the Norwegian state three years ago.

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The state has not assessed the climate consequences of three disputed oil fields in the North Sea well enough. But that does not mean the projects must be stopped, the Supreme Court has ruled.