Greenland Banned New Oil Licenses in 2021, but a Trump-Orbit Company Is Drilling Anyway

Greenland moved to end its future as an oil frontier in 2021, halting all new exploration licenses. But a company tied to Donald Trump’s orbit is pressing ahead on three permits that predate the ban.

The Trump-connected oil firm has already shipped camp gear into a protected Arctic wetland, and Greenland regulators say it never had permission to do so.

The company is aiming to spud its first well in October, in a bird sanctuary that is supposed to be off-limits.

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