Inuit advocate against uranium mining in Greenland

Greenland’s environment should come before profits from mining, a leading Inuit spokesperson told American broadcaster CBS

The president of the International Circumpolar Council in Greenland believes mining companies should not be permitted to remove uranium from Greenland’s underground, under any circumstances.
‘Why should be spoil our nature and our people’s health,’ Aqqaluk Lynge told CBS News.

The Greenlandic and Danish parliaments banned uranium mining over two decades ago, but the question has arisen after some mining companies requested permission to extract uranium obtained during the mining of other types of metals.

Lynge said that with the intensifying hunt for natural resources in the Arctic meant the country needed to be careful not to get caught up by dreams of quick riches.

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