“A Nice Little Country of Petroholics”
So said Frederic Hauge of Bellona on the issue of Norway’s dilemma of being an oil and gas powerhouse, to the Washington Post today. Sami President in Norway Aili Keskitalo was also interviewed and she pointed out that Sami will still be here when the oil has dried up and climate change is impacting traditional livelihoods such as reindeer husbandry in particular. The Director of the Norwegian Polar Institute claims that he was misquoted in the article, when quoted that Norway will be a beneficiary of climate change. The ‘High North’ or so it is called in political circles in Norway is receiving a lot of attention domestically and internationally and the Norwegian military are also making their own plans.
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Posted: August 21st, 2007 under arctic, oil and gas.
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