Norway's top court rejects climate challenge to Arctic oil exploration

Oslo (AFP) Dec 22, 2020

Norway's Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down a challenge from environmental groups trying to stop oil exploration in the Arctic, after a historic battle over the country's climate change commitments. By a vote of 11 to four, the top court rejected the argument of two organisations - Greenpeace and Young Friends of the Earth Norway - which said that the granting of 10 oil exploration lice