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WWF-Norway says the government has breached the law ‘without adequately assessing the consequences’
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WWF-Norway says the government has breached the law ‘without adequately assessing the consequences’
The World Wide Fund for Nature's (WWF) Norwegian chapter said Thursday it would take legal action against Norway for opening up its seabed to mining before performing sufficient impact studies.
The organization argues that the Norwegian government failed to do the due diligence to ensure its exploration would have minimal ecosystem impacts.
A new report finds that the EU's demand for gas is set to decline significantly in line with climate targets, eliminating the need to expand supply from new fields or infrastructure. In the report, On Thin Ice, the authors model how EU’s gas demand matches future supply in various forecasted scenarios.