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Biden Administration Blocks Offshore Drilling Across 625 Million Acres of U.S. Waters
U.S. President Joe Biden will ban new offshore oil and gas development along most U.S. coastlines, a decision President-elect Donald Trump, who has vowed to boost domestic energy production, may find difficult to reverse.gcaptain.com
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Government at it's finest. Current building has a capacity of 3431 workers but over the last year only 72 were actually using the building. Thats 1.2 million square feet of space being used by 72 people from 2 different agencies and I have no idea what either agency is. USAGM and VOA. 2 agencies that probably wouldn't be missed at all.This is from the SWLing Post (short wave radio source) but it's a bit political so.............
Congress Orders Sale of Massive Federal Building Steps From National Mall
by Dan Robinson This article appearing in the Washington Business Journal reports that President Joe Biden signed legislation that orders the sale of the Wilbur Cohen Building at 330 Independence A…swling.com
Greenland's leader steps up push for independence from Denmark.
Greenland's Prime Minister Mute Egede emphasised his desire to pursue independence from Denmark, its former colonial ruler, during his New Year speech, marking a significant change in the rhetoric surrounding the Arctic island's future.
Egede's speech, which comes on the heels of comments by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump expressing his wish for "ownership and control" of Greenland, also expressed a desire to strengthen Greenland's cooperation with other countries.
"It is about time that we ourselves take a step and shape our future, also with regard to who we will cooperate closely with, and who our trading partners will be.
The history and current conditions have shown that our cooperation with the Kingdom of Denmark has not succeeded in creating full equality.
It is now time for our country to take the next step. Like other countries in the world, we must work to remove the obstacles to cooperation – which we can describe as the shackles of colonialism – and move forward," Egede said.
He added that it was up to the people of Greenland to decide on independence but did not say when a vote could be held.
Historical Background. When the Danish-Norwegian union was dissolved in 1814, despite the fact that the island of Greenland originally belonged to Norway, it went to Denmark and remained this way until 1953.
However, in 1941, the United States (with the consent of the Danish government) took the island under its protection and put its troops there, which remain in Greenland to this day.
This was done under the pretext of preventing Hitler's Germany from using Greenland as its base (after the Wehrmacht occupied Denmark itself).
The treaty on the use of the territory of Greenland by the Americans for military purposes is still in force today.
This interest eventually led to the U.S. making its first offer to Denmark to sell its colony in 1946. But Denmark refused.
The second and third offers came in 2017 and late 2024 from President Donald Trump and were declined again.
And now, less than a month after Trump's latest proposal, Greenland's prime minister has talked about seeking independence.
The island's right to do so is spelled out in the "Greenland Self-Government Act" passed in a referendum in 2008 and ratified by the Danish authorities.
Accordingly, there are no formal reasons not to allow the people of Greenland to leave Denmark. All the island needs to do is hold a referendum and get more than 50% of the votes for independence.
Taking into account the position of the U.S., who will find it easier to negotiate with an independent Greenland, there is no way Denmark can withdraw its consent, even if it wished to do so.
Prime Minister Egede's statement suggests that such an attempt will be made during Trump's term in the White House. The chances of the supporters of independence getting their way with the referendum currently look very high.
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