Climate Changed
Norway's Oil Industry Must Become Emissions-Free, Labor Says
- Oil production is Norway’s biggest emitter of greenhouse gases
- Oil lobby boss says Labor plan is ‘very demanding ambition’
Photographer: Kristian Helgesen/Bloomberg
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Norway should set a deadline for its oil industry to become completely emissions-free, the leader of the country’s biggest opposition party said.
The proposal amounts to a hefty ambition to fulfill for Norway’s oil industry, the country’s biggest emitter of greenhouse gases by far, even as more offshore platforms are receiving power from shore rather than burning gas for electricity.