'Completely bonkers.' Trump's Greenland mining dreams in Greenland collide with reality

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

63% : " Environmental factors The climate crisis has caused melting ice and rapidly rising temperatures in the Arctic, leading some to hope for new economic opportunities.
57% : Of course, those regulations reflect the local population's desire to keep the environment pristine.
56% : " Despite its name, approximately 80% of Greenland is covered with ice.
54% : Researchers say it would be extremely difficult and expensive to extract Greenland's minerals because many of the island's mineral deposits are located in remote areas above the Arctic Circle, where there is a mile-thick polar ice sheet and darkness reigns much of the year.
45% : There's just less ice freeze," said Humpert of The Arctic Institute.
40% : Relatedly, Greenland's stringent environmental regulations would add expense and difficulty to widespread mining.
38% : While ice melt has opened up some shipping routes, it has also made the ground less stable to drill and raises the risk of landslides.
21% : If the Trump administration somehow made those regulations disappear, it might prove deeply unpopular.

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