Norway Wants Longer Jail Time for Environmental Crimes

Norway wants to hand down longer jail sentences for environmental crimes, but the nation’s top industry group said the proposed penalties are unnecessary.

Under Norway’s Pollution Control Act and Product Control Act, minor environmental crimes are punishable by up to three months in jail, but now the country wants to increase that to one year.

More serious violations under the Pollution Control Act would be punished with up to three years imprisonment, up from two years currently. While the five-year penalty for the most serious violations of the Pollution Control Act wouldn’t go up, the envisioned changes ...