work to offset that melt but the us will continue to fund research projects across the island to study it instead the new funding will allow us agencies to work with the greenlandic ministry of mineral resources and ministry of industry energy and research to develop its natural resources in a competitive and transparent way and ward off corruption or poor environmental practices the senior official said adding us investment was better and safer than chinese funding for the mineral extraction that they said was inevitable more watch billions of tons of ice collapse at once how climate change is impacting greenlands glaciers this is something that i think is going to have a positive impact on the development of those sectors in greenland and ensure that when they do develop and they will develop theyll develop in a manner thats consistent with the best practices they said wednesday during a briefing previewing the new assistance while the aid was welcomed by greenlands government the offer has angered some danish lawmakers still bothered by trumps initial comments and abrupt cancellation last summer more greenland responds to reports trump talked about buying the territory financial aid is something you say about thirdworld countries when you provide development aid but greenland is not a developing country it is a western democracy i think its reprehensible soeren espersen of the opposition danish peoples party told danish broadcaster dr according to the associated press the senior state department official dismissed those criticisms as part of a democratic society with a broad range of political views adding that the package was developed in consultation with the kingdom of denmark and the government of greenland