Norway gave Statoil the go-ahead to start drilling the world's most northerly oil well in the Barents Sea by rejecting an appeal by environment group Greenpeace to block the exploration. Oil drillers in Norway are moving further north as mature fields in the south deplete and the Arctic ice retreats opening new areas that were previously unaccessible. A Ministry of Climate and Environment spokesman on Friday confirmed a statement from Statoil that it had rejected Greenpeace's appeal and drilling could go ahead. Greenpeace had argued that Statoil's drilling plans posed a threat to Bear Island, an uninhabited wildlife sanctuary that is home to rare species including polar bears, as an oil spill would be nearly impossible to clean up in the Arctic because of the harsh conditions. Read More http://ift.tt/1wzqE2Z
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