(MENAFN) After many years of greenhouse gas reductions, Norway's emissions rose by 1.5 percent in 2015 due to higher emissions from oil and gas extraction and from industry, based on reports.
According to preliminary figures published by Statistics Norway, greenhouse gas emissions from Norway were 53.9mn tons of carbon dioxide equivalents in 2015, a rise of 0.8 million tons compared with 2014.
Greenhouse gas emissions from extraction of oil and gas amounted to 15mn tons of carbon dioxide equivalents in 2015, which is 0.3 million tons, or 2.3 percent, more than the preceding year.
The surge was mostly due to a growth in the use of natural gas offshore, plus emissions from oil and gas mining made up 28pct of greenhouse gas emissions, hence it's the top backer to greenhouse gas emissions from Norway.
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