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The government consulted the Norwegian Institute of Marine Research to run a study and they did and concluded it was a bad idea. The government and court in tur

• strangecasts 3y ago
  I found it strange that one of the stated reasons behind the verdict was that the court believed that Nature and Youth's alternate proposal [1] of storing the waste in underground depots would not be any more environmentally friendly than the alternative [2]: > "Viktigst er likevel at tingretten ikke finner mest sannsynlig at et driftsalternativ med lagring av avgangsmasser i dedikerte bergrom vil være miljømessig vesentlig bedre enn sjødeponi – alle miljøvirkninger tatt i betraktning." ("The most important fact is that the court does not find it likely that mining operations with storage of mining waste in dedicated subterranean depots would be a substantial improvement environmentally on storing it at sea - with all environmental consequences factored in.") [1] https://drive.google.com/file/d/10bcrk0Iyvn8eouBshKcNGxe35fcnSmUL/view https://drive.google.com/file/d/10bcrk0Iyvn8eouBshKcNGxe35fc... [2] https://www.tu.no/artikler/nederlag-for-miljobevegelsen-tingretten-tillater-dumping-av-gruveavfall-i-fordefjorden/542208 https://www.tu.no/artikler/nederlag-for-miljobevegelsen-ting...
• hulitu 3y ago
  > I expected better from a judge at least. The judge is paid by the government.