Tag Archives: Ministry of Petroleum and Energy
July 23, 2018
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Petrol power: Gas rises to top of post-coal electricity options for Longyearbyen, government-ordered report states
December 21, 2016
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Climate change skeptic takes over ministry that governs Svalbard – and he didn’t realize it’s part of the job

Only a few weeks after Norway’s Conservative-led government teetered on the brink of collapse, it has taken a turn to the right with appointments that include putting a climate change skeptic in charge of the ministry that governs Svalbard – a responsibility he admits he was unaware of when he started the job Tuesday.