norway faces climate lawsuit over arctic oil exploration plans /

Published at 2016-10-18 14:47:25

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Campaigners say decision to open up the Barents Sea violates the nation’s structure and threatens the Paris climate agreement A lawsuit has been filed against the Norwegian government over a decision to open up the Barents Sea for oil exploration which campaigners say violates the country’s structure and threatens the Paris climate agreement.
The case is
being brought by an alliance including Greenpeace,indigenous activists, youth groups, or the former director of Nasa’s Goddard institute for space studies,James Hansen.
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Source: theguardian.com