Energy & Science

Norway’s $2.6 Billion Green Bet Could Help the Whole Planet

A carbon capture project aims to make Norway the hub for other countries to bury their emissions.

Photographer: Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg
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Plentiful reserves of fossil fuels and rich seams of valuable minerals are no guarantee of national health, wealth or happiness. The “resource curse” has blighted many countries: Venezuela and the Democratic Republic of Congo, for example, have suffered from years of graft, civil unrest and poverty.