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Norway made an outspoken right-wing lawmaker who once called wind turbines 'white monsters' its oil and energy minister

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Tags: energy.renewable, norway, politics, wind power, right wing, politicians, framstegspartiet, sylvi listhaug, oil and gas, fuels.fossil, arctic, drilling, climate policy, author.nerijus adomaitis, author.gwladys fouche, source.reuters, short read
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-norway-government-oilminister-listhau/norway-picks-wind-power-sceptic-as-oil-minister-amid-arctic-drilling-debate-idUSKBN1YM1G1

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Title
Norway picks wind power sceptic as oil minister amid Arctic drilling debate
Authors
Nerijus Adomaitis
Published
Dec 18 2019
Word count
357 words

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    determinism
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    Responsible journalist in the room: "how?"

    “The oil and gas industry is not a problem. It is part of the solution to make the world greener,” Listhaug told reporters on her arrival at the oil and energy ministry.

    Responsible journalist in the room: "how?"

    4 votes
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      1. determinism
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        A worthy exercise. Thanks for that.

        A worthy exercise. Thanks for that.

        3 votes
  2. thundergolfer
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    I’ve been listening the Ezra Klein’s podcast series on Climate Change, and it seems we are in deep trouble unless drastic action is taken, and with Scandinavian countries like Norway pulling moves...

    I’ve been listening the Ezra Klein’s podcast series on Climate Change, and it seems we are in deep trouble unless drastic action is taken, and with Scandinavian countries like Norway pulling moves like this it is continuing to look like drastic action ain’t happening.

    3 votes