Despite Greenland banning fossil fuel drilling in 2021, U.S. President Donald Trump continues to show aggressive interest in controlling and extracting the island’s oil and minerals. Strategic hearings in the U.S. Congress have reignited focus on Greenland’s resource potential, but rising climate risks and geological instability threaten such ambitions.

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• Greenland banned fossil fuel drilling in 2021 due to climate concerns
• Trump still keen on accessing Greenland’s critical minerals and oil
• U.S. senators recently discussed Greenland’s strategic resource value
• Trump open to seizing Greenland if diplomatic efforts fail
• Greenland is an autonomous territory under Denmark
• Experts omitted climate risks in recent congressional hearing
• Ice melt and unstable fjords make extraction risky and expensive
• Climate change amplifying challenges to mining and drilling
• Hydropower, minerals like rare earths also seen as key assets
• Trump’s interest seen as geopolitical move against China & Russia