Greenland permanently bans all oil and gas exploration

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In exciting news for the planet and environmentalists, Greenland has announced it is permanently halting all new oil and gas exploration in the country.

Despite the recent discovery of potentially significant oil reserves off the island’s east coast, the country’s government says the costs for our planet far outweigh any potential financial gains: “The future does not lie in oil. The future belongs to renewable energy, and in that respect, we have much more to gain.”

In addition to banning oil and gas exploration, the country has also introduced legislation to halt the investigation, exploration, and extraction of uranium.

Hopefully, Greenland’s actions will inspire other countries to follow suit and accelerate their divestment from fossil fuels.

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semtex94 on January 5th, 2022 at 18:14 UTC »

ITT: people not realizing Greenland is part of NATO via Denmark, and therefore an invasion by anyone would either completely implode NATO or start WW3.

Gullible_Location705 on January 5th, 2022 at 16:23 UTC »

Keep Greenland green!

ArsCortica on January 5th, 2022 at 16:13 UTC »

On one side of the planet, US authorities suddenly realized Greenland had been secretly supporting jihadis in the middle east all along.

On another side of the planet, Russian authorities suddenly realized Greenland has a sizeable Russian minority that was in need of protection.

On yet another side of the planet, Chinese authorities suddenly realized Greenland had always been a Chinese province, and to claim otherwise was to meddle in internal affairs.