Norway - Arctic oil controversy
June 23, 2013, Sunday
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NORWAY'S parliament has opened up a new area on the fringe of the Arctic Ocean to offshore oil drilling, despite protests from opponents who fear oil spills in the remote and icy region.
Most of the Norwegian sector of the Barents Sea, which the Nordic country shares with Russia, is already open to petroleum activities. But environmentalists and some opposition lawmakers say the risk to Arctic sea ice is higher in a Switzerland-sized area straddling the Russian maritime border, and wanted to make parts of it off limits to drilling.
Parliament sided with the government Wednesday and opened the entire area to drilling. No activity can take place within 50 kilometers of the ice edge.
Most of the Norwegian sector of the Barents Sea, which the Nordic country shares with Russia, is already open to petroleum activities. But environmentalists and some opposition lawmakers say the risk to Arctic sea ice is higher in a Switzerland-sized area straddling the Russian maritime border, and wanted to make parts of it off limits to drilling.
Parliament sided with the government Wednesday and opened the entire area to drilling. No activity can take place within 50 kilometers of the ice edge.
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