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By: Rosa Capacola
Global Warming - $2 Trillion in Natural Resources Uncovered
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Several countries are fighting over territories being uncovered in the Arctic because of global warming: Canada, Denmark, Norway, Russia, Sweden, and the United States. The feud is fueled by a potential $2 Trillion in natural resources. The folks who live there, Intuits (Eskimos) and Sami are being dissed in lieu of visions of black gold flowing into the aforementioned nation’s coffers. However, there are environmental groups supporting them and making sure that they do not become casualties of the dispute.
I don’t know about you, but if I was an Intuit, with all that bubblin crude in my back yard, I’d forget herding reindeer and switch to Wampas.
Hans Island Photo credit: Associated Press
Intuit Woman Photo: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inuit
With all the squabbling over ownership, Tristan Pearce, a research associate at the University of Guelph's Global Environmental Change Group in Canada, reminded Arctic nations of who got there first: indigenous peoples like the Inuits and the Sami.
"Everybody is talking about the potential for minerals, diamonds, oil and gas, but we mustn't forget that people live there, all the way across the Arctic," he said. "They've always been there and they have a major role to play."
(comcast.net)
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Comments:
 Revive the movie Ice Station Zebra & the Canada DEW Line from Cold War era.
Megabucks alone.
Need some Arctic Economics Dev Council estd.
Seat at UN
State Dept Rep.
EU Rep.
Gateway cities/towns./
Makes Prodhoe Bay nothing.
Wow 2T$$$$.By: rocketranger on Mar 26, 07 | 0 Trends | 2067 Comments |
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