OTTAWA: Canada’s environment minister approved Wednesday a controversial offshore oil project expected to see 300 million barrels of oil extracted over 30 years — and to set back efforts to curb climate change.
In a statement, Steven Guilbeault said Norwegian firm Equinor’s proposed development of oil discoveries in the Flemish Pass Basin, some 500 kilometers east of St. Johns, Newfoundland, passed an environmental assessment.
That four-year review, the minister said, determined that the Bay du Nord project “is not likely to cause significant adverse environmental effects when mitigation measures are taken into account.”
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