{"id":347164,"date":"2024-10-17T13:14:56","date_gmt":"2024-10-17T11:14:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=347164"},"modified":"2024-10-17T13:14:59","modified_gmt":"2024-10-17T11:14:59","slug":"norway-court-rejects-environmental-injunction-against-oil-and-gas-fields","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=347164","title":{"rendered":"Norway court rejects environmental injunction against oil and gas\u00a0fields"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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By Paul Homewood<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While we are busy shutting down North Sea oil as soon as possible, Norway want to keep pumping for decades:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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OSLO, Oct 14 (Reuters) \u2013 A Norwegian appeals court said on Monday it had ruled in favour of the government in a case brought by environmental activists who sought <\/em>to halt<\/em><\/a> the development of three oil and gas fields.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Greenpeace and others had sued the Norwegian government to prevent the development of the new oil and gas resources, in the latest legal dispute linked to global climate change.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A lower court <\/em>ruled<\/em><\/a> in January that Norway\u2019s energy ministry failed to fully assess the climate impact from the future use of the fields\u2019 oil and gas, so-called scope three emissions, in a lawsuit brought by Greenpeace and its partner Nature and Youth.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At that time, the court also ordered temporary injunctions against the development of the three fields known as Yggdrasil, Tyrving and Breidablikk.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the appeals court in March put the injunctions <\/em>on hold<\/em><\/a>, giving the government and field operators Aker BP and Equinor leeway to continue working on the fields.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In September the government asked the appeals court to lift the injunctions, part of a wider effort by Oslo to overturn the lower court\u2019s verdict.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The appeals court on Monday said it had attached considerable importance in its decision to democratic considerations and to the court\u2019s right of review.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The concrete decisions to deal with the climate crisis, including a possible shutdown of petroleum activities, must primarily be made by parliament and the government,” the court said in its ruling.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Norway, which derives one quarter of its gross domestic product from oil and gas, says that while it seeks to pump hydrocarbons for decades to come it is complying with the Paris climate accords seeking to limit global warming.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/environment\/norway-court-rejects-environmental-injunction-against-oil-gas-fields-2024-10-14<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The key to this ruling is that decisions must primarily be made by parliament and the government. If only our left wing judges obeyed this obvious necessity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A Norwegian appeals court said on Monday it had ruled in favour of the government in a case brought by environmental activists who sought\u00a0to halt\u00a0the development of three oil and gas 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