Norwegian government leaders and environmentalists alike are all but scoffing over some unexpected -- and unjustified -- praise doled out to them by American arch-conservative Newt Gingrich. Environmental activist Frederic Hauge said he really wondered who Newt Gingrich had been talking to in Norway. "Certainly not the fishermen," Hauge said, noting their longstanding opposition to oil drilling and sonar exploration. PHOTO: OLE MAGNUS RAPP Norway's environmental minister, Erik Solheim, was also quick to rebut many of Gingrich's conclusions about Norwegian oil drilling. PHOTO: STIAN LYSBERG SOLUM/SCANPIX Newt and Callista Gingrich while in Norway last month. Gingrich, the former Republican leader of the US House of Representatives, recently spent six days with his wife on board one of the coastal voyage vessels known as...
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