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Nature replaces coal mining in Norway's far north

Julia Mielke
December 14, 2023

Coal mining was the main industry on Norway's Svalbard Islands for over a century. But the site of a mining town is now being returned to nature in one of the country's biggest-ever restoration projects. Critics, however, say Norway's motives are geopolitical.

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