That, critics say, is because it is not as climate-friendly as once thought, and the pollution it causes in the short run may outweigh its long-term benefits.
According to a statement by Greenpeace Norway, "Norway is also still engaged in Arctic oil drilling, so while this is great news, there is still lots of work to do for Norway before it can brand itself as truly climate friendly".
Agencies such as the NOW promote the hydrogen and fuel cell technologies as climate-friendly and economically sustainable solutions for the maintenance of modern mobility requirements [22].
The dispute is the latest skirmish in a fight over whether power plants fueled by wood should be promoted as climate-friendly, or discouraged for putting more carbon into the atmosphere and imperiling forests.
The new plan means more time tacked onto the end of both pipeline review processes to allow for GHG assessment, but activists with environmental group 350.org criticized the plan, saying in a statement, "there's no such thing as a climate friendly pipeline".
It is climate friendly as reduces emissions from power generation and transmission lines and has enabled operators of industrial, commercial, municipal buildings as well as homeowners to take part in greening the grid.
RESs are also represented as clean sources; emitting comparatively lower Greenhouse Gases (GHGs) emissions; thus, they are climate friendly.
"They have cut the funds that were the most climate friendly," he said.
"We'd therefore encourage the Scottish government to continue support efforts to speed up the roll-out of climate-friendly cars as well as to reduce the need for people to drive in the first place".
White House senior adviser John Podesta earlier this year defended the decision to emphasize natural gas as a more-climate friendly source of power generation.
