This could be momentous for Greenland, which has long relied on half a billion dollars a year in welfare payments from Denmark, its parent state. Mining profits could help Greenland become economically self sufficient, and may someday even render it the first sovereign nation created by global warming.

A Melting Greenland Weighs Perils Against Mining Potential
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∞  10/04/12 at 09:44pm via The New York Times
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  10. amazing-kayak-adventure said: Oh geez! Keep this info out of the hands of American politicians or they’ll be boasting about how we made this happen and we should do more global warming!
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  12. dom72 said: Horrible. you should do fracking and “clean” coal commercials. Waste byproducts of rare earth mineral extraction and processing include. excessive acids, sulfates, ammonia, flourine, sulfur and radioactive materials. Baiyunebo, inner Mongolia where most extraction is done…
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