What a dumb move.
Norway once again demonstrating that their regard for the environment only extends so far as it does not affect corporate profits.
Surely Slartibartfast doesn’t approve
Social democracy moment
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Norway is to allow mining waste to be dumped in its fjords after the government won a court case against environmental organisations trying to block the plan.
The court ordered Friends of the Earth Norway and Nature and Youth, the two environmental organisations who brought the case, to pay legal costs of about £110,000.
Truls Gulowsen, the head of Friends of the Earth Norway, said: “This contravenes the Aarhus convention, which states that access to justice in environmental matters should not be financially prohibitive.
Today we conclude that we advise against marine waste disposal as it could jeopardise a healthy, sustainable ecosystem in the Førde fjord.”
Huse said the fjord was an important breeding ground for cod as well a migration route for salmon from four rivers, and pointed to the risk of fine particles being dispersed over a wider expanse of the sea.
Earlier this week, Norway faced criticism after parliament voted to allow commercial deep sea mining on its seabed, despite warnings that it could be devastating to marine life.
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