#muskoxen — Public Fediverse posts

Licensed to drill? How a #Trump-linked Texas #OilCompany is elbowing its way into #Greenland

#GreenlandEnergy says billions of barrels of crude could lie beneath territory and claims it has permission to bring drilling kit ashore – a claim denied by #Nuuk

by Tom Burgis, 9 Jul 2026

"On 10 June, a snowy-haired American in his 60s addressed the residents of a remote Greenland hamlet. He was there to tell them about a business venture supported by figures linked to Donald Trump. 'So,' Robert Price said via an interpreter, 'we have a project to drill for oil here.'

"The Texas oil company that Price represents, Greenland Energy, hopes to prove that billions of barrels of crude lie underground by bringing in 300 shipping containers of drilling kit.

" 'We have the permit to put the equipment on the land,' footage of the gathering in Ittoqqortoormiit shows Price saying. 'And then we’ve filed our permits – pending approval – to drill.'

"But Greenland’s resources ministry said that contrary to Price’s claim, there were
'no actually active permissions for any exploration activity or permissions for preparations for these activities'.

"The dispute threatens a showdown between the Trump-linked backers of Greenland Energy and the authorities in the vast, sparsely populated territory. Trump’s lieutenants are using the prospect of an American oil find in Greenland to bolster their case for an American takeover."

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"The wells are expected to be drilled in an area protected by the global #RamsarConvention to preserve #wetlands. David Boertmann, an expert on Greenland’s birds, said the #ConservationZone hosts important numbers of barnacle geese and pink-footed geese as well as whimbrel, golden plover, Sabine’s gull and snowy owl, plus #muskoxen. Oil exploration activities could threaten the birds’ habitat, Boertmann said."

Read more:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/09/licence-to-drill-trump-linked-texas-oil-company-elbowing-into-greenland

#USPol #WorldPol #PhilMcGraw #NoDrilling #ConservationLands #BigOilAndGas #TrumpSucks #Oiligarchy #CorporateColonialism #HandsOffGreenland #HandsOffKalaallitNunaat #KalaallitNunaat

The animals of the #Arctic have a remarkable strength like few others, and the marvel of them is for good reason.

🔗 Learn more about them, like the incredible #MuskOxen: http://dlvr.it/TTDkbG

#news #animals #arcticanimals #nature #funfacts

Duck joins World Cup parade, DJ donates to cat rescue, swans visit man’s house, muskox plays soccer, and more.

Photographer Encounters One of Greenland’s Most Iconic Species

A striking wildlife video captured by expedition leader and wildlife photographer Jonas Beyer showcases a herd of musk…
#Conflict #Conflicts #War #Danmark #denmark #expeditionleader #Greenland #muskoxen #videocaptured #wildlifephotographer
https://www.europesays.com/3054650/

https://www.europesays.com/3054650/ Photographer Encounters One of Greenland’s Most Iconic Species #Conflicts #Danmark #denmark #ExpeditionLeader #Greenland #MuskOxen #VideoCaptured #WildlifePhotographer

https://www.europesays.com/dk/104552/ Photographer Encounters One of Greenland’s Most Iconic Species #ExpeditionLeader #Greenland #MuskOxen #VideoCaptured #WildlifePhotographer

Aulavik: Kingdom of the Muskox

Located on Banks Island in the NWT, Aulavik National Park is home to the highest concentration of muskoxen in the world. The park, whose name means 'place where people travel' in Inuvialuktun, protects these shaggy ice-age survivors and the pristine Thomsen River, one of North America's most northerly navigable rivers. #Canada #Aulavik #NWT #Muskoxen 🇨🇦

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aulavik_National_Park

Aulavik: Kingdom of the Muskox

Located on Banks Island in the NWT, Aulavik National Park is home to the highest concentration of muskoxen in the world. The park, whose name means 'place where people travel' in Inuvialuktun, protects these shaggy ice-age survivors and the pristine Thomsen River, one of North America's most northerly navigable rivers. #Canada #Aulavik #NWT #Muskoxen 🇨🇦

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aulavik_National_Park

Aulavik: Kingdom of the Muskox

Located on Banks Island in the NWT, Aulavik National Park is home to the highest concentration of muskoxen in the world. The park, whose name means 'place where people travel' in Inuvialuktun, protects these shaggy ice-age survivors and the pristine Thomsen River, one of North America's most northerly navigable rivers. #Canada #Aulavik #NWT #Muskoxen 🇨🇦

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aulavik_National_Park

2 points about this video of a muskox opening a giant pumpkin:

1) it's ridiculously cute
2) I can never get over the arrogance of "discovery!: other animals use tools too!"-type statements. This muskox uses a boulder to assist in opening the pumpkin. That's tool use. Animals use tools all the time. They're not dumb.

https://youtu.be/IgA-GDn6UgI?si=Y348e2Brskg9YHv7

#animals #cute #pumpkins #october #muskoxen

Aulavik: Kingdom of the Muskox

Located on Banks Island in the NWT, Aulavik National Park is home to the highest concentration of muskoxen in the world. The park, whose name means 'place where people travel' in Inuvialuktun, protects these shaggy ice-age survivors and the pristine Thomsen River, one of North America's most northerly navigable rivers. #Canada #Aulavik #NWT #Muskoxen 🇨🇦

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aulavik_National_Park

During his first day in office, #Trump signed an #ExecutiveOrder opening the #Arctic National Wildlife Refuge — home to migrating #caribou, #PolarBears, #MuskOxen, millions of #birds & other #wildlife — to #drilling. But a lease sale there held in January flopped, ending without a single bidder.

#ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #Climate #FossilFuels #PublicLands #LandConservation #EnvironmentalLaw #law

The #tundra is a cold, dry land

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Where is the tundra region?

Tundra shirts the northern comes of daya are short and days bring a briel,

#Muskoxen live in the tundra, one of the world's harshest environments. Trees don't grow here their roots can't penetrate the thick layer of frozen soil called permafrost

The #tundra is a cold, dry land

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Where is the tundra region?

Tundra shirts the northern comes of daya are short and days bring a briel,

#Muskoxen live in the tundra, one of the world's harshest environments. Trees don't grow here their roots can't penetrate the thick layer of frozen soil called permafrost

Herbivore Diversity Helps Maintain #Arctic Tundra Diversity
https://eos.org/articles/herbivore-diversity-helps-maintain-arctic-tundra-diversity #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange

"#tundra #biodiversity decreased across all of their sites over time. That wasn’t entirely a surprise given that the area has warmed by nearly 1°C on average during the 15-year study period... the losses at their site weren’t uniform, however: the presence of large #herbivores like #MuskOxen and #caribou seemed to forestall biodiversity losses."

#ClimateCrisis: As #Arctic warms, #caribou and #muskoxen slow biodiversity loss https://phys.org/news/2023-06-arctic-caribou-muskoxen-biodiversity-loss.html

Large herbivore diversity slows sea ice–associated decline in arctic #tundra diversity https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.add2679

"Rapidly #warming conditions in the Arctic and the loss of #SeaIce caused by #ClimateChange are driving a steep decline in #biodiversity, including among #plants, #fungi and #lichen... But the presence of caribou and muskoxen helps to reduce the rate of loss by roughly half"