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They have a permit issued by an international body
by thehappypm 4y ago
They have a permit issued by an international body
- pauljurczak 4y ago> international body Where some nations are more equal than the others...
- a_bonobo 4y agoFun fact: the people in that international body (The International Seabed Authority) are very close to the mining industry https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2022-04-19/gold-rush-in-the-deep-sea-raises-questions-about-international-seabed-authority https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2022-04-19/gold-rush-... >Mining firms have found an ally in Lodge, a 62-year-old British lawyer first elected as secretary-general in 2016 after serving at the ISA since it began operations, according to former authority staffers, activists and scientists. >“I am disturbed by the fact that popular perception of deep seabed mining is increasingly subject to wildly inaccurate and distorted scenarios portrayed by some sections of the media and interest groups,” Lodge said in a 2018 speech to a business group in Hamburg, Germany. “Suggestions that deep seabed mining will inevitably cause large-scale irreversible damage and ecosystem collapse appear to be grossly exaggerated and lack any basis in fact.”