No Tidings of Comfort and Joy: Calling Out Norway’s Fossil Fuel Hypocrisy

4 December 2025: The Norwegian state owns 67% of Equinor, the multinational that continues to push oil and gas production. Their energy minister Terje Aasland has shamed Ed Miliband in the UK press for not being pro-oil enough. So to signal discontent at this bleak state of affairs Three Kings, accompanied by singers, travelled far to offer three ‘Rosebank gifts’ at the door of the Norwegian Embassy. The gifts consisted of millions of tons of carbon dioxide, a hurricane, and a devastated ocean. Not carols but protest songs rang out at the embassy door which opened onto astonished embassy staff. Afterwards the Climate Choir went to Trafalgar Square for the lighting of the Norwegian spruce tree. Songs rang out from the National Gallery steps: O Christmas Tree and Stop Rosebank. Despite most Norwegian citizens being green-minded their government is not. It is actively sabotaging the world’s efforts to reach net zero. Christmas is a time of giving and it’s time the Norwegian state started giving instead of taking from the oceans and the air.