Report from Norway
Environmental groups are suing the Norwegian government after it handed out new licences to drill in the Arctic for the first time in 20 years.
Greenpeace Norway and Young Friends of the Earth Norway (Vågenes Natur og Ungdom) filed a lawsuit following Norway’s issuing of 13 licences to drill in unexplored areas of the northern Barents Sea in May 2016, against the advice of marine and climate researchers.
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