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Equinor Bay du Nord rig off Newfoundland. 

Talk about biting the hand that feeds.

Norway’s sovereign wealth fund — the world’s largest — is set to support climate resolutions at the shareholders meetings of Exxon and Chevron even as its state oil company expands oil and gas exploration in what climate activists describe as giving “the middle finger” to the Paris Accord.

Feds to approve massive offshore drilling in the east

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Shaun Polczer is the Business Reporter for the Western Standard, based in Calgary. Formerly, a business reporter for the Calgary Herald, he has also held senior positions at the Daily Oil Bulletin, and the London Petroleum Economist. 

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Rusty Pipes

Norway is the biggest country of hypocrites on the planet.

Woodrow George

Yet here we are in Canada with lots of oil and gas which we could supply to the EU BUT, thanks to the Turdiot-Singh-Notley Coalition and Québec, we can't get pipelines to the east coast.

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