Climate activists say Norway's energy minister is speaking 'nonsense'

Norway’s power minister was told Tuesday he was speaking "nonsense" arsenic he met pinch activists protesting a upwind workplace they opportunity hinders nan authorities of nan Sami Indigenous group to raise reindeer successful Arctic Norway.

The activists, chiefly teenagers, are blocking nan entranceway to respective ministries successful nan Norwegian capital. They are protesting a upwind workplace that's still operating contempt a ruling by Norway’s Supreme Court successful October 2021 which said that nan building of nan upwind turbines violated nan authorities of nan Sami, who person been utilizing nan onshore to raise reindeer for centuries.

Oil and Energy Minister Terje Aasland told nan activists - immoderate of whom donned nan Sami’s accepted bright-colored dress - that nan authorities will make a "new decision" connected nan upwind farm, but he could not springiness immoderate specifics "until we person a capable knowledge ground for it."

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"I afloat respect nan authorities of indigenous peoples," Aasland said to demonstrators sitting extracurricular nan entranceway to his ministry.

Norwegian Minister of Petroleum and Energy Terje Aasland speaks connected Aug. 4, 2022, successful Notodden, Norway. Climate activists accused Aasland of speaking "nonsense." (Per Ole Hagen/Redferns)

Activist Ella Marie Hætta Isaksen told Aasland, "I can’t guidelines you sitting present talking nan aforesaid nonsense."

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"We cannot commencement talking astir nan early until you admit nan past and nan ongoing usurpation of quality authorities that is going connected correct now," added Isaksen.

Police said that they had removed 9 group from nan beforehand of nan Norwegian Finance Ministry connected Tuesday.

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The activists person been protesting extracurricular nan Energy Ministry since Thursday. But they began blocking nan entrances to different ministries connected Tuesday. On Monday, Swedish ambiance activist Greta Thunberg concisely joined nan demonstrators.