Denmark urged to clean up US military waste in Greenland

[TomVilmer]

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 doesn’t specify who’s responsible for any cleanup. Tired of waiting, Greenland’s 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/

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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]

1. Thats a drop in the bucket compared to how much oil the Deepwater Horizon leaked. nt

[burrowowl]

2. The UofA ain't going to pay for it

that's for sure.

[SeattleVet]

3. Last sentence in the article:

“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?