Greenland issues "strong warning" as American oil firm illegally drills wells

ck2

Denmark needs to send in their military that was preparing to destroy airport runways and instead destroy that equipment before it is too late 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 * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGpC91qs8yA

digitalsurgeonz

lets see if the vassal states of USA will let one of their own getting sucked dry.

abcd_f

F*cking hell. 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.

Phelinofist

The US is no longer a trusted partner. Actually hasn't been for quite a while.

PyWoody

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”. Beyond parody. EDIT: To clarify, Greenland Energy is a Texas based company.

scottLobster

As an American, we've had to watch this administration almost directly defy our own Supreme Court. A "warning" from Greenland or Denmark that doesn't include ordnance pointed at those shipping containers isn't going to mean anything. The tagline of the Trump administration is "who's going to stop me?"

teraflop

I guess the headline has been changed? The HN title says "illegally drills wells" but the article now says "prepares to drill". 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".

sys32768

Please fix the inflammatory clickbait title to the actual Guardian headline: Greenland issues ‘strong warning’ as Trump-linked oil firm prepares to drill

bb123

So let me get this straight - a foreign company landed their gear on Greenland without authorisation and is starting to drill for oil without permission. And the government's response is a strongly worded letter? 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.

flowerlad

As an American I’d like Europe to stand up to Trump. If little Iran can, so can Europe.

jonnybgood

This article is borderline ragebait. Just read the actual Greenland government statement to know what’s happening. https://naalakkersuisut.gl/Nyheder/2026/07/3007_80_Mile

asgTasc

Maybe Iran should join NATO to defend Denmark/Greenland. /s

ChoGGi

Oh, well, that explains it. Trump's been smelling oil these past months or bribe money...?