Norway appointed on Wednesday a skeptic on wind power and climate change as its new oil minister who will oversee oil and gas drilling and wind turbine installations on and offshore
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The appointment of Petter Stordalen, a former energy minister, is a blow to the government of Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, which has been pushing for more wind power and has been criticized by environmentalists for not doing enough to curb greenhouse gas emissions.

Stordalen,