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



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In Norway’s far north, members of the Sami minority and environmental activists try to dam the development of a copper mine. Whereas Norwegian authorities and the challenge’s Canadian homeowners put it up for sale as a contributor to the inexperienced transition, critics warn it’ll pollute a close-by fjord and disrupt reindeer herding. Beaska Niillas of the Sami Parliament explains his neighborhood’s opposition.

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