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The People vs Arctic Oil: Historic climate trial ends

Posted by Neilza Polidore - 22nd November 2017
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Joanna Sustento in water with banner reading "Choose people over oil". Statoil rig Songa Enabler in the background. She lost her entire family, except for her brother, to Super-typhoon Haiyan in 2013 which left large parts of her hometown, Tacloban, in ruins.

Oslo, Norway 22 November, 2017 – Today was the last day in court where three environmental organisations have taken on the Norwegian government for opening up new areas in the Arctic to oil drilling. The plaintiffs have been arguing that drilling for new oil violates the Norwegian Constitution and contravenes… Read More

Why, with your help, we’re taking the Norwegian Government to court

Posted by Neilza Polidore - 26th October 2017
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Arctic Sunrise protests Arctic oil drilling in the Barents Sea, August 2017
All rights reserved. Credit: Will Rose / Greenpeace

For the first time in 20 years the Norwegian government is opening up a new oil frontier in the Arctic and it puts our precious wildlife and planet at risk. We believe this contravenes their own constitution that says the State shall ensure for everyone, including future generations, the right… Read More