Norway’s Oil Fields to Run on Green Power as They Export Carbon
- Nation wants to reduce emissions produced by offshore fields
- Plan only targets a fraction of carbon from Norway’s oil, gas
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Norway is trying to make its dirtiest industry as clean as possible. The multi-billion-dollar plan will do little to reduce the nation’s overall climate impact.
The Nordic country will use land-based green hydropower to electrify dozens of offshore oil and gas platforms. That will help meet national climate targets, and so allow the lucrative industry to keep pumping fossil fuels for decades more.