In Norway, the government and the opposition agreed to carry out deep-sea mining in the Arctic Ocean.
In Norway, the minority government and two major opposition parties agreed on deep-sea mining in the Arctic Ocean, despite the objections of environmental groups.
According to the news of the Norwegian News Agency (NTB), it was announced that an agreement was reached between the minority government formed by the Labor Party and the Center Party and the opposition parties, the Conservative Right Party and the Progress Party.
It was stated that the Norwegian parliament will gradually approve the projects planned to be carried out in Stortinget, southwest of Norway’s Svalbard archipelago in the Arctic Ocean.
Environmental groups warn that this step will threaten biodiversity in the region.
Martin Sveinssonn Melvaer, a member of the Norwegian environmental group Bellona, said he believes that the extraction of minerals from the seabed is a dangerous deviation from the fight against climate change.
Frode Pleym, president of Greenpeace in Norway, noted that the decision in question was a “disaster” for the sea and that Norway allowed irreversible interventions in unexplored areas of nature.
In June, the Norwegian government announced that it wanted to open part of its continental shelf for commercial deep-sea mining, in line with the country’s strategy to reduce dependence on oil and natural gas in search of new economic opportunities.
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