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Greenland now up for uranium grabbing?

Thanks To Global Warming, Everyone Wants To Mine Greenland’s Uranium Deposit
Business Insider, Rob Wile | Feb. 6, 2013  “……Denmark’s Politiken via Presseurop reports that thanks to global warming, Greenland’s icy surface is melting away, and many believe it’s too poor to refuse the opportunity. The country sits on top of the fifth-largest uranium deposit in the world….. The plan has Irked some environmentalists. And technically, the Danish parliament would still have to approve a final decision.

But a majority in the Danish parliament is prepared for the first time to repeal Denmark’s nominal zero-tolerance policy on the radioactive metal, according to Euractiv.

……  http://www.businessinsider.com/race-for-greenland-uranium-deposits-2013-2#ixzz2KFWg91ok

February 7, 2013 - Posted by | business and costs, EUROPE

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