Rare Earth Mine Takes Centre Stage In Greenland Vote By Christian SOLBECK, with Camille BAS-WOHLERT in Copenhagen
04/06/21 AT 8:04 PM
Greenland went to the polls Tuesday after an election campaign focused on a disputed mining project in the autonomous Danish territory, as the Arctic island confronts the impact of global warming.
Snow fell over the capital Nuuk as voters queued at polling stations, with roughly 40,000 people eligible to vote in the legislative elections.
Face masks were handed out to voters entering a Nuuk polling station. There have only been a total of 31 confirmed Covid-19 cases and no deaths in the isolated territory.
Rare Earth Mining Centre Stage As Greenland Votes By Christian SOLBECK, with Camille BAS-WOHLERT in Copenhagen
04/06/21 AT 11:41 AM
Greenland went to the polls Tuesday after an election campaign focused on a disputed mining project in the autonomous Danish territory, as the Arctic island confronts the impact of global warming.
Snow fell over the capital Nuuk as voters queued at polling stations, with roughly 40,000 people eligible to vote in the legislative elections.
Greenland s two main parties are divided on whether to authorise a controversial giant rare earth and uranium mining project, which is currently the subject of public hearings.
Supporters, including the ruling social democratic Siumut party, say the mine would yield an economic windfall. Opponents, such as the opposition left-green IA party, argue it could harm the vast island s unspoiled environment.
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Electoral posters are displayed ahead of the April 6 parliamentary election, in Nuuk, Greenland. | RITZAU SCANPIX / VIA REUTERS
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Nuuk, Greenland – Her traditional hand and face markings a sign of Inuit pride, Seqininnguaq Lynge Poulsen is part of a new generation in Greenland seeking a fresh cultural identity with an eye to independence one day.
In Greenland, a Danish autonomous territory in the Arctic holding legislative elections on Tuesday, almost 40% of the 56,000 inhabitants are under the age of 25.
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