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August 2, 2016

Norway wants to use its oil riches to become global leader on climate

  • Norway is accused of environmental hypocrisy, grandstanding overseas with environmental projects while its oil and gas industry pump out ever larger quantities of carbon.
    • By MARK LEWIS
    Associated Press

    STAVANGER, Norway — Norway wants to get rid of gasoline-fueled cars, plans to become carbon neutral by 2030 and spends billions on helping poor countries reduce their carbon footprints. Meanwhile, it's pushing ever farther into the Arctic Ocean in search of more oil and gas.

    “We know there is a paradox,” admits Vidar Helgesen, Norway's climate and energy minister. “We have been living well from oil and gas. But there is no country in the world that has done more to undermine the oil and gas industry than Norway.”


     
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