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Europe looks to open up Greenland for natural resources extraction | Environment | guardian.co.uk
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UE Jose Manuel Barroso with Greenland Prime Minister Kuupik Kleist
European commission chairman, Jose Manuel Barroso, (right) and Greenland prime minister, Kuupik Kleist. The EU sees potential in a massive opening up of mining operations across the world’s biggest island. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images
Europe is looking to open a new frontier in the ever more urgent quest for new natural resources – the pristine icy wastes of Greenland.
Oil and gas have been the focus of exploitation so far – but the EU sees just as much potential in a massive opening up of mining operations across the world’s biggest island, according to Antonio Tajani, the European commission’s vice-president and one of the most powerful politicians in the union. He called the move “raw material diplomacy”.