Denmark urged to clean up US military waste in Greenland
Source: Salon.com
... The 1951 deal under which NATO member Denmark allowed the U.S. to build 33 bases and radar stations in the former Danish province doesnt specify whos responsible for any cleanup. Tired of waiting, Greenlands local leaders are now urging Denmark to remove the junk that the Americans left behind, including Camp Century, a never-completed launch site for nuclear missiles under the surface of the massive ice cap. ...
Read more: http://www.salon.com/2016/11/26/denmark-urged-to-clean-up-us-military-waste-in-greenland/
Nobody asked the Inuits, and nobody asked the people of Denmark, when nuclear weapons were allowed up there and a giant underground railway for missiles were planned. And now the melting icecap could release all the hidden pollution.
cstanleytech
(26,080 posts)burrowowl
(17,605 posts)that's for sure.
SeattleVet
(5,468 posts)Denmark is responsible for cleaning up after the Americans, Hammond told AP. I see a potential political crisis between Greenland and Denmark.
How about making America being responsible for cleaning up after ourselves? Or is that too much to ask?