<story><title>Left-wing party opposed to rare earth mining project wins Greenland election</title><url>https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20210407-left-wing-party-opposed-to-rare-earth-mining-project-wins-greenland-election</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>arsome</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m not too sure one this one - we need rare earths to make things like lithium cells. Moves like this one could cripple our production capacity or price competitiveness for moving away from fossil fuels - I&amp;#x27;d argue far more environmentally  pressing than rare earth mining.</text></item><item><author>zingplex</author><text>As someone who lives in a country that is essentially a collection mining companies with a flag (Canada), I&amp;#x27;m glad to see other people are starting to take this seriously.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>nicklecompte</author><text>While I don’t disagree with the sentiment, you are making an abstract argument with zero consideration for the facts at hand. The environmental need for rare earth metals does not mean that every rare earth metals mining project is a net positive for the environment.&lt;p&gt;In particular, this specific mine in Greenland is also a uranium deposit, and could be especially devastating to the environment, at relatively little yield[1]. Greenlanders are correct to be skeptical and concerned (especially given that Greenland Minerals is actually an Australian-Chinese company).&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.rcinet.ca&amp;#x2F;eye-on-the-arctic&amp;#x2F;2021&amp;#x2F;01&amp;#x2F;08&amp;#x2F;canadian-geologist-raises-questions-about-controversial-greenland-mining-project&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.rcinet.ca&amp;#x2F;eye-on-the-arctic&amp;#x2F;2021&amp;#x2F;01&amp;#x2F;08&amp;#x2F;canadian-...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Left-wing party opposed to rare earth mining project wins Greenland election</title><url>https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20210407-left-wing-party-opposed-to-rare-earth-mining-project-wins-greenland-election</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>arsome</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m not too sure one this one - we need rare earths to make things like lithium cells. Moves like this one could cripple our production capacity or price competitiveness for moving away from fossil fuels - I&amp;#x27;d argue far more environmentally  pressing than rare earth mining.</text></item><item><author>zingplex</author><text>As someone who lives in a country that is essentially a collection mining companies with a flag (Canada), I&amp;#x27;m glad to see other people are starting to take this seriously.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>bryanlarsen</author><text>Rare earths are not used in the popular lithium battery chemistries.&lt;p&gt;They are needed for high performance electric motors though.</text></comment>