Norway's vital climate leap

Norway now judges approval of undersea oil wells counting the carbon emissions from burning the fossil fuels extracted from the well.

This is a necessary part of any regulatory system intended to curb global heating from fossil fuels. The fossil fuel companies fight against this, not only in law but in people's minds. They emit publicity about their efforts to reduce the (fairly small) emissions from their own activities, distracting people from the emissions from burning the fuel they sell