In Norway, the Supreme Court Invalidates Three Oil Licences in the North Sea, Contested by Environmentalists
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The Norwegian Supreme Court Invalidates Three Oil Licences in the North Sea, a "Historical Judgment"
If it does not have an immediate effect on production, the decision of the highest court in Oslo obliges the state to calculate the total emissions of each of the extraction projects and to assess their impact on global temperatures.
The ruling comes in a lawsuit filed by environmental organizations Greenpeace and Young Friends of the Earth.
Ruling requires government to reassess climate impact of emissions from burning extracted fossil fuels
For the judges, "environmental impact assessments and assessments carried out by the authorities were insufficient".
Energy Minister Terje Aasland (Ap) states that production on the Norwegian shelf will continue as before, despite the Supreme Court having declared the approvals of three oil and gas fields invalid. However, the state must process the permits again. As iNyheter reported earlier on Friday, the state lost the climate lawsuit against Greenpeace and Natur og Ungdom in the Supreme Court. The ruling concerns the approvals […] The post Aasland rejects …
Norway's Supreme Court ruled today that permits for the exploitation of oil and gas at three sites in the North Sea are illegal, because the government in Oslo is not adequate.
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