‘Sami rights are in danger’: Reindeer herders, environmentalists oppose mine in Norway's Arctic

In Norway’s far north, members of the Sami minority and environmental activists are attempting to dam the development of a copper mine. Whereas Norwegian authorities and the undertaking’s Canadian house owners market it as a contributor to the inexperienced transition, critics warn it would pollute a close-by fjord and disrupt reindeer herding. Beaska Niillas of the Sami Parliament explains his neighborhood’s opposition.[/gpt3]