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Norway suspends its mining exploration project
No mining exploration in Norwegian Arctic waters in 2025.
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Good news!
Norway, which had planned to open up its Arctic territorial waters to mineral exploration in 2025, has now abandoned this initiative.
This political decision comes as part of budget negotiations within the Norwegian government. This concession, granted to the Socialist Left, which has a minority in the government, means a suspension that will apply in 2024 and 2025.
When it was announced at the beginning of 2024 that Norway would be issuing prospecting licences in its Arctic waters, there were numerous protests from NGOs and the European Parliament.
The announcement of the suspension comes at a time when a few days ago WWF Norway launched a lawsuit against the Norwegian government, calling for mining exploration to be suspended pending impact studies.
Photo credit: Bruno Jargot - CC BY 2.0 Deed / Wikimedia
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