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NPR
@npr.org

Countries have debated for decades whether to allow mining on the ocean floor, a potential trove of critical minerals. Now, companies are telling regulators they plan to move ahead, whether or not rules are in place.

npr.orgThere's no rulebook for deep-sea mining. Companies want to push forward anywayCountries have debated for decades whether to allow mining on the ocean floor, a potential trove of critical minerals. Now, companies are telling regulators they plan to move ahead, whether or not rul...

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Don Comer
@doncomer.bsky.social

Companies tell governments what to do under oligarchies. Governments rationally regulate companies, for the public good, under free societies & democracies. Billionaires aren't the solution - billionaires are the problem.

remydejesus.bsky.social
@remydejesus.bsky.social

The problem with mining is the true cost is not borne by the mining operation, but it’s passed on to society in externalities that we all have to live with for the future. Everyone make an effort to read the history of the past 200 years and the damage caused around the planet due to mining

Roz
@relver.bsky.social

I'm not really surprised. If anything I'm surprised they waited this long after scientists realized the ocean floor is producing oxygen. This has to be stopped. We don't know how important that oxygen production is and we need to protect it.

Nik
@nikmaximus.bsky.social

Многочисленные Аварии, которые неизбежно происходят теперь не только в Мексиканском Заливе, испортившие климат на всей Планете Земля, не просто не радуют, и не просто вызывают опасение? Сколько гневное отторжение всей деятдельности этой Империи Паразитов Человекообразных, явно Не являющихся людьми!

Becca Granato
@chthonian1974.bsky.social

Then we need to figure out what they're planning to mine, where they plan to sell it and or create items and then boycott those companies and those items they want to sell to prevent a profit off our Ocean Floors. Maybe if we hit them in the pockets they'll reconsider.

Cookieman_a
@ajoshcookieman.bsky.social

Do people not understand that the various eco systems on the earth are the only things keeping Humans alive? If you alter the ecosystems faster than they can adapt, they will fail and life dies. Humans can't survive without functioning ecosystems.

dtorchie.bsky.social
@dtorchie.bsky.social

“It’s also possible, these scientists warn, that deep-sea mining could disrupt the way carbon is stored in the ocean, contributing to the climate crisis.” www.cnn.com/2024/07/22/s...

cnn.comScientists discover ‘dark’ oxygen being produced more than 13,000 feet below the ocean surface | CNNNew research is challenging a long-held assumption about the role of oxygen in the deep sea, with scientists finding oxygen produced without photosynthesis in a region known as the Clarion-Clipperton ...