The US has rights to minerals and whatnot, but the pesky local governments keep putting up roadblocks to extraction and development. The US wants total control.
Is that something you know and has articles on, or is that what you're vibing? Because Greenland putting up any issues with US industrial efforts is news to me.

Yes, there was a specific case of Greenland passing a law banning the exploration and extraction of Uranium, but Uranium is often found in and around sites of rare earth metals. There's no reason to believe other mining wouldn't face the same obstacles as the opposition was in regards to environmental preservation concerns.

https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/dispatches/greenlands-critical-minerals-require-patient-statecraft/

https://www.americanbar.org/groups/environment_energy_resources/resources/natural-resources-environment/2026-winter/testing-greenlands-legal-autonomy-regulate-minerals/

https://www.csis.org/analysis/greenland-rare-earths-and-arctic-security

As for the security concerns there's plenty of wishy washy shit from Trump on it, but that is the subtext I get from the constant barrage of "oh god China and Russia are all over the waters near Greenland. The boost of troops and the NATO members stating they're ready to step up security seem to imply there could be at least a little bit of legitimate concern there.

But it could just be Trump on a colonization run after whetting his appetite with Venezuela.

[–] Keld@hexbear.net 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

There's no reason to believe other mining wouldn't face the same obstacles as the opposition was in regards to environmental preservation concerns.

No, there is not. There is absolutely no reason to suspect that Greenland would oppose mineral extraction of other resources that aren't nuclear. There is a recent history of both Greenland attempting to partner with anyone who wants to to develop their mining sector (Including the US) to achieve economic independence from Denmark and the US/Denmark covering up Greenlandic citizens getting cancer from US nuclear material. Greenland both have an inflamed relation with nuclear material and a strong desire for an expanded mining sector.

[–] BanMeFromPosting@hexbear.net 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Thank you for the articles. As @Keld@hexbear.net explained there is no reason to treat uranium extraction as a common example. The rest of it though? Oh boy. I appreciate the insight