Reading the article and the linked government statement, it sounds like the issue is that the company did receive permits to ship their equipment to one location in Greenland, and then moved that equipment to a second location without permission, while the overall drilling operation is still waiting for approval.
Still bad in the sense that they're presumably trying to push boundaries, but it's a far cry from actually carrying out "illegal drilling".
1. the US president has previously threatened a war of conquest in Greenland, a territory of a NATO nation
2. the executive chair of the firm that is doing the illegal not-yet-drilling -- and also a top stakeholder -- is friends with said US president and donated to his campaigns.
How can one be guilty (“illegal”) of something if you’re not doing it (“not-yet”)?
No. Check internet archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20260808055323/https://www.thegu...
The HN poster got the title wrong.
Unrelated to the topic here, but does anyone else get pissed when news sites change articles, without any indication, without any differences and/or old version linked somewhere?
I've sometimes read the article, had a whole argument with someone, where they quoted something from the article that completely changed the meaning of the first version of the article and what I was arguing about. With more and more sites blocking archiving services (archive.org etc.), it's even harder to find the original texts, some existing for weeks or even months before being changed.... it gives me a total "Oceania had always been at war with Eastasia" vibe.
I take that as a strong indication that the news outlet is not to be trusted.
Maybe the article never changed, it always read how the other person interpreted it.
You read it through your filters and took something completely different than what it said.
I’ve seen this happen heaps. Even with articles where I’ve been able to prove it hasn’t been edited, and books too.
The tagline of the Trump administration is "who's going to stop me?"
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out
Denmark and/or Greenland needs to seize those containers, keep them under armed guard, and then give Greenland Energy a reasonable deadline to come and retrieve them or else they'll be destroyed.
Worse: from day one, he enacted a playbook designed to sabotage the country within and abroad. This administration is a wet dream for every US adversary.
A stiff warning! This needs to be nipped in the bud, equipment confiscated, people arrested. Using a military force if needs be. It's the only way bullies understand.
But yes, easy enough to stop them arrest the execs and block access to the area. All I can guess is that will happen if that company starts off-loading the equipment.
Greenland issues ‘strong warning’ as Trump-linked oil firm prepares to drill
that massive 300 container delivery due in September and then drilling in October has already been completely unloaded NOW, months ahead
there's no "prepare" it's already in progress
Greenland Energy has retained Phil McGraw, better known as Dr Phil, a prominent rightwing former chatshow host who served on Trump’s religious freedom commission, to make a documentary series that will “capture the mission of these modern-day wildcatters”.
EDIT: To clarify, Greenland Energy is a Texas based company.
Jeff Landry is just going to get a federal pardon, may already have it written and in his pocket already
There's video of this massive container ship unloading all those containers already:
> A Greenland Energy representative has said a vessel carrying its 300 shipping containers of drilling equipment is to set sail from Canada on 12 September. Sinking the wells would begin in October
> Jeff Landry, the hard-right Louisiana governor serving as Trump’s Greenland envoy, has said Greenland could be pumping oil next year
adding: video segment from Rachel Maddow Show last night on this subject
Why would you not just send the local police to shut it down, impound the ship and expel the people running it? Surely thats trespass, vandalism of public property, theft, illegal importation of goods etc.
No, you didn't get it straight. When you re-read it you will see they have not started drilling, but are preparing to start once they get permission (their application is currently under processing).
Is also a real risk of a faux flag operation to force the US army to enter the area "in defense of the US citizens that were just doing their drilling job and were unfairly attacked".
See: Rachel Maddow: Is this how we invade Greenland?!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGpC91qs8yA
This is a direct stab to NATO in the heart. And EU market is being closed for USA at full speed.
there's no local police to swoop in and arrest foreigners
that's actually how Landry is getting with it under Trump's support
Denmark must send in their military and destroy all the equipment like they were preparing to destroy runways when Trump was going to invade (this is still a stealth invasion)
what is a stealth invasion?
Or something.
In your mind "starting to do something" is equivalent to "getting ready to do something"?
That's weird.
For one, getting ready means you have NOT started to do the thing.
Why confuse the two?
When I'm starting to go to bed, I usually take the dogs out one last time, go turn the lights off, etc.
When I'm starting a new team, that might mean selling execs on the idea that I need headcount, finding space for them to sit, etc. all of which are also getting ready.
> For one, getting ready means you have NOT started to do the thing.
Started and starting are very very different.