New briefing reveals Norway’s electrification of Melkøya gas plant as the perfect storm of climate injustice

September 7, 2023By Silje LundbergFeatured, North Sea, Press Releases No Comments

With this decision, the Norwegian Government locks-in decades of continued gas production in the Arctic. The fact that the Government has green-lighted new power lines over Sámi lands, while the human rights violations against the Sámi people are ongoing, is not only absurd, it’s a disgrace.

Norway’s electrification of Melkøya gas plant: The perfect storm of climate injustice

September 7, 2023By OCI TeamBriefings, Featured, North Sea No Comments

This briefing, titled, Norway’s Electrification of Melkøya Gas Plant: The Perfect Storm of Climate Injustice, reveals not only the project’s disastrous climate implications for the Norway and the Arctic, but also the human rights violations in the decades-long governmental oppression of the Indigenous Sámi people and their ancestral lands.