FILE PHOTO: Greenpeace's Arctic Sunrise ship navigates through floating ice in the Arctic Ocean, September 15, 2020. Picture taken September 15, 2020. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Natalie Thomas
OSLO (Reuters) - Norway's supreme court upheld government plans for Arctic oil exploration on Tuesday, dismissing a lawsuit by campaigners who said they violated people's right to a healthy environment.
While most of Norway's oil output flows from south of the Arctic, the government believes the greatest untapped potential lies in the Barents Sea off Europe's northernmost coast.
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