deep-sea mining

Despite the international political debate, the protests of environmentalist associations and the studies of numerous scientists, Norway has become the first nation in the world to start the deep-sea mining:the controversial deep-sea mining of critical minerals that in the name of the energy transition it would risk damaging the environment.The decision was taken by Parliament with 80 votes in favor and 20 against and will allow the scraping of a marine area of ​​approximately 281,000 square km, which will be divided into lots which will be assigned to the mining companies responsible for extracting lithium, magnesium, cobalt, copper, nickel and all other rare earth metals present in the seabed of the Norwegian Sea.Currently, timing and deadlines have not yet been defined as there would first be the intention to "see if it can be done in a sustainable way".However, the news has already sparked the reaction from environmental organizations such as Greenpeace and th...

It started today third part from the 28th session of the ISA, the International Seabed Authority, the intergovernmental body responsible for overseeing deep-sea mining operations and protecting the oceans.The meeting session will last until November 8th.Marking what is a key step for global ocean policies was the request presented on Wednesday by around a hundred environmental groups who asked for a moratorium on underwater mining precisely in view of the meeting that opened today in Kingston, Jamaica.Opponents to deep sea mining in fact, they fear that the way is being paved for the beginning of exploitation in the near future, despite the devastating consequences - still little explored - that mining on the ocean floor will have on the marine ecosystem.The worst - the activists point out - is that everything is being passed off as a practice that will make the world more sustainable by helping the energy transition away from fossil fuels. I'm alone 21 countries who took sides a few m...