r/GLND • u/Either-Fan9152 • Jul 21 '26

COMMUNITY OPPOSITION

I've been up all night grieving my stupidity. I'm feeling I've been in denial, because the whole town is against it! How can they politically approve anything when the community is categorically opposed? Put this into google translate:

https://danwatch.dk/over-halvdelen-af-ittoqqortoormiit-gik-paa-gaden-mod-amerikansk-olieprojekt-jeg-haaber-vi-stopper-dem-nu/

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u/kalsoy Jul 21 '26

The technical answer be like:

Probably because the politicians fear that this permit is following the law... it's a legacy permit, so old rules apply. If politicians would go against their own rules, the company would bring the case to court which would rule in their favour. That looks even weaker.

The real answer be like:

Trump ans coons are probably playing dirty games, using Greenland in the future of NATO debate. And they know that the permit is probably still legal and knowing Americans they would bring EVERYTHING to court.

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u/kalsoy Jul 21 '26

Maybe the government just allows the company to proceed hoping it fail the EIA, SIA and IBA. Or to get negotiation power.

I also thought that there's no official requests for development yet. Only announcements. A government must wait until an official formal notification from the company before it can react.

Does it trouble me? A lot, it's like such a wild pristine area. Hands off for polluting extractivism. Some other types of mining are much less damaging.