Our elitist approach makes it impossible to decouple economic growth from the extraction of natural resources, and our paths to net zero are paved with accelerating extraction.
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Greenland has an election on Tuesday. Why are the U.S. and China so interested in its outcome?
On an Arctic island with some of the world’s largest supplies of rare-earth elements, a heated debate about mining and its environmental costs will have big consequences for global superpowers Bookmark Please log in to listen to this story. Also available in French and Mandarin. Log In Create Free Account
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Elections in Greenland rarely get much notice beyond the shores of the ice-covered island. But when Greenland’s 41,000 voters head to the polls on April 6 in a snap election, the results will be followed closely in Beijing, Washington, Brussels and beyond.