Thread: Climate campaigners are taking Norway's government back to court to oppose its plans to open the Arctic for oil drilling

Climate campaigners are taking Norway's government back to court to oppose its plans to open the Arctic for oil drilling (theguardian.com)

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The Australian government has been forced to talk about climate change, so it’s taking a subtle – and sinister – approach (theguardian.com)

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How Big Tech helps India target climate activists: Companies such as Google and Facebook appear to be aiding and abetting a vicious government campaign against Indian environmental campaigners (theguardian.com)

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Norway under pressure to scale back fossil fuel expansion plans – campaigners say development of huge Rosebank field in North Sea would drive climate breakdown (theguardian.com)

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Alarming Shrinkage of Norway’s Ålfotbreen Glacier – “Cannot Survive the Current Climate” (scitechdaily.com)

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Resting atop a shingled sandstone landscape, the Norwegian glacier has been in decline since the late 1990s. Ålfotbreen glacier rests on ledges of sandstone among the fjords of Norway’s western coast. The ice cap is vulnerable to changing temperatures and has been in decline since the late 1990s. Un...

Architect of Paris climate accord says Morrison government's emissions stance is 'anti-science' (smh.com.au)

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The Australian government has formally recognised the extinction of a tiny island rodent, the Bramble Cay melomys - the first known demise of a mammal because of human-induced climate change.

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Radical climate action 'critical' to Great Barrier Reef's survival, government body says (smh.com.au)

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On 'hottest day in history of France,' world told 'do not look away' as police tear-gas climate campaigners in Paris (commondreams.org)

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Denmark’s new government raises climate change to highest priority (climatechangenews.com)

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Norway's climate record is not as clean as you think (news.sky.com)

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Norway's bold plan to tackle overtourism and climate change at the same time (outsideonline.com)

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Special report on the ocean and cryosphere in a changing climate - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (ipcc.ch)

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Norway's fifth and newest Unicef ambassador is 15-year-old Penelope Lea – the second-youngest ambassador of all time and the first climate activist to be chosen (thelocal.no)

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The European Union, Iceland and Norway agree to deepen their cooperation in climate action (ec.europa.eu)

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Norway's government risks splitting after a coalition partner threatened to pull its support over the repatriation of a woman who joined Islamic State in Syria (bloomberg.com)

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Norway says its new giant oil field is actually good for the environment – critics call it climate hypocrisy (edition.cnn.com)

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Norway's right-wing Progress Party is quitting the government over a decision to bring home from Syria a woman suspected of affiliation to the Islamic State (bbc.com)

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Norway's PM Erna Solberg named one of her top lieutenants to the key position of finance minister as her new minority government prepares to navigate a hostile parliament (bloomberg.com)

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Ice loss from Greenland and Antarctica is tracking the worst-case climate warming scenario set out by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), scientists say (theguardian.com)

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Greta Thunberg calls for digital strikes amid coronavirus fears – urging fellow climate campaigners to avoid mass protests and listen to local authorities (dw.com)

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As climate change makes winemaking a torrid business in southern Europe, viniculture is taking off in Scandinavia (theguardian.com)

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Don't even think about socially isolating from coronavirus in a vacation home – this was the message from Norway's government this weekend (bloomberg.com)

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Norway should add a number of restrictions to the kinds of weapons its $1 trillion wealth fund is allowed to invest in, a government-appointed commission said (bloomberg.com)

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Amid protests, Norway's government has begun tearing down a landmark building adorned with giant murals by Pablo Picasso (theguardian.com)

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Norway grants asylum to man claiming persecution by Polish government – Rafał Gaweł's prison sentence for fraud was retaliation by rightwing regime, Norway says (theguardian.com)

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Norway funds satellite map of world's tropical forests – funding for the project comes through its International Climate and Forests Initiative (bbc.com)

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Norwegian Air said it is facing a “very uncertain future” after the government of Norway refused to grant further financial assistance to the airline (theguardian.com)

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Norway will extradite a man to France who is suspected of taking part in an attack that killed six people in a Jewish restaurant in Paris thirty-eight years ago (reuters.com)

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Norway's supreme court has approved government plans for oil exploration in the Barents Sea, rejecting a lawsuit by environmental groups (dw.com)

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