Guardian Australia · Environment

This is one of Norway’s most pristine fjords. So why is it being used as a dumping site for mine waste?

· By Daniel Shailer in Vevring, Norway
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The Norwegian government has given a permit to a mining company to release waste into Førde fjord despite a 17-year battle by campaigners and a supreme court ruling against itShortly after the Norwegian stock market closed on 17 June 2026, a few dozen local people from the small west coast town of Vevring crowded ar…

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