Europe looks to open up Greenland for natural resources extraction

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/jul/31/europe-greenland-natural-resources


European commission chairman, Jose Manuel Barroso, (right) and Greenland prime minister, Kuupik Kleist. The EU sees potential in a massive opening up of mining operations across the world's biggest island. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

Europe is looking to open a new frontier in the ever more urgent quest for new natural resources – the pristine icy wastes of Greenland.

Oil and gas have been the focus of exploitation so far – but the EU sees just as much potential in a massive opening up of mining operations across the world's biggest island, according to Antonio Tajani, the European commission's vice-president and one of the most powerful politicians in the union. He called the move "raw material diplomacy".

Latest satellite data reveal that 97% of the surface of the Greenland ice sheet underwent surface melting over four exceptionally warm days in July, indicating natural resources will become more available for extraction in the coming decades.

[madrchsod]

1. if greenland loses it`s glaciers then we`ll have an ice age

all those riches won`t mean shit.

[truebrit71]

3. If Greenland loses it's glaciers running out of fossil fuel will be the LEAST of our worries...

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[truebrit71]

2. Further convincing me that humans are a virus...

...and one day Mother Earth will get rid of it..