Norway eyes sea change in deep dive for metals instead of oil Reuters 1/12/2021
By Nerijus Adomaitis
OSLO (Reuters) - Norway s oil and gas reserves have made it one of the world s wealthiest countries but its dreams for deep-sea discovery now centre on something different.
This time, Oslo is looking for a leading role in mining copper, zinc and other metals found on the seabed and in hot demand in green technologies.
Norway could license companies for deep-sea mining as early as 2023, its oil and energy ministry told Reuters, potentially placing it among the first countries to harvest seabed metals for electric vehicle batteries, wind turbines and solar farms.
Norway top court rejects climate groups’ Arctic oil appeal
Norway’s top court dismissed an attempt by climate activists to halt Arctic oil exploration by Western Europe’s biggest petroleum-producing nation. by Bloomberg 22/12/2020, 1:18 pm
The Songa Offshore Songa Enabler rig, operated by Statoil ASA, operates in the Snohvit gas field in the Barents Sea off the coast of northern Norway, on Monday, April 24, 2017. Photographer: Mikhael Holter/Bloomberg
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Norwayâs top court dismissed an attempt by climate activists to halt Arctic oil exploration by Western Europeâs biggest petroleum-producing nation.
The Nordic government beat back a lawsuit by environmental groups in the countryâs Supreme Court, which ruled on Tuesday the authorities had acted lawfully by awarding exploration licenses in the Barents Sea to companies including Equinor ASA, Aker BP ASA and Lundin Petroleum AB.
Greenpeace and Nature and Youth, a local environmental organization, argued in the lawsuit that the 2016 license award in the Arctic Barents Sea breaches Norwayâs constitution and its commitments under the Paris Agreement.
Norway s top court dismissed an attempt by climate activists to halt Arctic oil exploration by Western Europe s biggest petroleum-producing nation.
(Bloomberg) Norway’s top court dismissed an attempt by climate activists to halt Arctic oil exploration by Western Europe’s biggest petroleum-producing nation.
The Nordic government beat back a lawsuit by environmental groups in the country’s Supreme Court, which ruled on Tuesday the authorities had acted lawfully by awarding exploration licenses in the Barents Sea to companies including Equinor ASA, Aker BP ASA and Lundin Petroleum AB.
Greenpeace and Nature and Youth, a local environmental organization, argued in the lawsuit that the 2016 license award in the Arctic Barents Sea breaches Norway’s constitution and its commitments under the Paris Agreement.