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Greenland Voters Go Green in Rejecting Pro-Mining Government

Members of the Inuit Ataqatigiit party celebrate following exit poll results  in Nuuk, Greenland on April 6. — Members of the Inuit Ataqatigiit party celebrate following exit poll results in Nuuk, Greenland on April 6.
Photographer: Emil Helms/AFP/Getty Images

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April 7, 2021, 6:49 AM UTCUpdated onApril 7, 2021, 1:03 PM UTC

Voters in Greenland ousted a government that wanted to attract foreign companies eager to tap the island’s rare-earth metals.

The opposition Inuit Ataqatigiit (IA) took 36.6% of the votes for the 31-seat parliament in Tuesday’s election. Siumut, the party of outgoing Prime Minister Kim Kielsen, won 29.4%, according to Danish state broadcaster DR.