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Norway Apologises for 'Illegal' Wind Farms on Indigenous Land
Channel News Asia ^ | 03 Mar 2023

Posted on 03/02/2023 8:03:01 PM PST by nickcarraway

Norway's government on Thursday (Mar 2) apologised to indigenous Sami reindeer herders affected by wind farms that were declared illegal after they were built, following a week of protests by activists.

The country's highest court unanimously ruled in October 2021 that the expropriation and operating permits issued for the construction of 151 turbines in the Fosen region of western Norway were invalid.

The court found that the project violated the rights of Sami families to practise their culture of reindeer husbandry.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: alternativeenergy; caribou; green; norway; reindeer; reindeerherders; sami; windfarms; windpower; windturbines

1 posted on 03/02/2023 8:03:01 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

So much for wind turbines. Now what do they do??


2 posted on 03/02/2023 8:04:12 PM PST by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: nickcarraway

Wait...Norwegians are not indigenous in their own country??


3 posted on 03/02/2023 8:12:36 PM PST by Adder (ALL Democrats are the enemy. NO QUARTER!!)
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To: nickcarraway
Norway's government on Thursday (Mar 2) apologized to indigenous Sami reindeer herders

It's curious that Norway's government refers to the Sami as "indigenous." Norse settlement of Scandinavia predates Sami settlement of Northern Scandinavian.

4 posted on 03/02/2023 8:17:31 PM PST by Right_Wing_Madman
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Indigenous = The folks who stole the land, before the current folks stole the land.


5 posted on 03/02/2023 8:23:35 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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The wind turbines were killing the reindeer. While the reindeer were practicing their games and flying lessons they would fly into one of the spinning blades and be crushed or decapitated.


6 posted on 03/02/2023 8:30:07 PM PST by BipolarBob (The rumor has not been confirmed until the FBI officially denies it.)
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To: dfwgator
Indigenous = The folks who stole the land, before the current folks stole the land.

Except that definition doesn't apply here. The Norse/Germanic tribes stole Scandinavia before the Uralic Sami did.

7 posted on 03/02/2023 8:30:50 PM PST by Right_Wing_Madman
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To: BipolarBob

The word on the fjord is that Rudolf is still missing and may have been a victim of this evil wind dreams.


8 posted on 03/02/2023 8:33:17 PM PST by BipolarBob (The rumor has not been confirmed until the FBI officially denies it.)
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To: Sacajaweau
So much for wind turbines. Now what do they do??

I've heard that Norwegian wood is good ...

... and Norwegian company Jotul has been making great wood stoves since 1853.


9 posted on 03/02/2023 8:54:49 PM PST by TigersEye (The Democrat Party is criminal, unAmerican and illegitimate )
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That’s a gorgeous stove. But...but....is wood burning even allowed??


10 posted on 03/02/2023 8:58:58 PM PST by Sacajaweau ( )
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It is where I am. Which is not Norway. But where else is Jotul selling their stoves?


11 posted on 03/02/2023 9:10:26 PM PST by TigersEye (The Democrat Party is criminal, unAmerican and illegitimate )
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To: nickcarraway

If Norwegians are not “indigenous,” then were did they come from?


12 posted on 03/02/2023 10:09:03 PM PST by PGR88
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To: nickcarraway

One Greta protest, staged arrest and the woke world crumbles. She is such a wind bag.


13 posted on 03/03/2023 12:44:26 AM PST by centermass_socrates (Nothing to see here, just keep walking.)
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