Arctic Avarice?

Global warming appears to have stimulated 'exploitation fever' in the Arctic region. Even rich and civilised Norway (producing all their electricity from hydroelectric schemes) seems keen to grab much of the newly-accessible oil, precious stones, uranium, rare metals and gas as possible (http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/damian-carrington-blog/2011/jul/06/norway-arctic-natural-resources?INTCMP=SRCH). This seems certain to exacerbate the effects of warming on that region as well as having profoundly detrimental effects on the organisms and peoples who operate in that icy region.