Polluters are holding governments to ransom: lawfare or warfare?
This story is outrageous: Fearing toxic waste, Greenland ended uranium mining. Now, they could be forced to restart - or pay $11bn.
Australian polluters wanted to exploit uranium mining in Greenland that causes radioactive waste
Greenland citizens said “no thanks” in the 2021 election dubbed “the mining election”
The government shelved the plans for the mine
Now the polluters are suing for billions of dollars that might overturn the government decision
This is happening via the investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) process which is “increasingly being used to sue governments that bring in environmental laws to meet climate targets or protect biodiversity and the environment” and has so far resulted in $84bn in payouts from governments to fossil fuel companies.
Balls to this kind of nonsense lawfare. The answer is simple:
Ban any employee or contractor of the polluting company from entering Greenland
State that any attempt at such business operations in Greenland will be interpreted as an act of terrorism
Enforce this decision through the immediate dispatch of armed forces if the polluters want to FAFO
We are way way past the point of acceptability with these polluting lunatics: they need to be stopped with extreme prejudice.