Melting ice, good for the Inuit
'China muscles in on the Arctic resource rate. With money and clout, it seeks a share of bounty unlocked by melting ice.' The New York Times (September 19th) warns the world against Chinese ambitions to buy exploitation rights in Greenland, where abundant supplies of oil, gas, and rare minerals have become accessible thanks to climate change. We can hear Greenpeace warning as well: hands off the Arctic, the last virgin place on earth! Forget the deep sea foraging, the Arctic belongs to nobody but nature. This may be...