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Mining Extreme Depths
HuffPost Live March 16 2013 Companies around the world are aiming to cash-in on deep-sea mining expeditions. Is this the future, or are the consequences of mining the unknown too great?
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The Conversation Sara Bice | 15 April 2013 Sara Bice a Senior Associate of the Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility and Research Fellow at the Centre for Public Policy, University of Melbourne raises concerns about the potential impacts of deep sea mining in the Pacific. Photo: Amid global demand for rare earth minerals, there [...]
Read moreDr Jack says no to seabed mining
Solomon Star By Elliot Dawea | Tuesday 16 April 2013 Photo: http://blogs.oceanswatch.org/solomons-png/?m=201108 A lecturer in education at the University of the South Pacific (USP), Solomon Islands Campus has petitioned the Temotu Provincial Government against underwater mining. Dr Jack Maebuta made the petition through online appealing for all members of the Temotu Public Forum on facebook [...]
Read moreIs SOPAC in cahoots with the deep sea mining industry?
SOPAC Expedites New Seabed Mining Legislation for Lockheed Martin FOREIGN POLICY IN FOCUS | Cross-posted from Moana Nui | MARCH 20 2013 Arnie Saiki is the coordinator for Moana Nui Action Alliance, Currently, US military contractor Lockheed Martin is negotiating with Fiji’s Bainimarama administration to fast-track and sponsor new legislation that would allow the private [...]
Read moreExtraordinary Creatures of the Deep Sea need to be protected from mining
Deep sea vents: Exploring a strange world | BBC News | 20 February 2013 Deep sea vents are fissures on the seabed where geological activity heats the seawater to extreme temperatures, issuing chemicals and minerals in the process. In 2010, scientists from the UK’s National Oceanography Centre and the University of Southampton were the first [...]
Read moreBritain uses the world’s largest defense contractor to join the rush to plunder the deep seas in the Pacific
Britain uses the world’s largest defense contractor, American owned Lockheed Martin, to join the rush to plunder the deep seas in the Pacific … meanwhile SOPAC is questioned by leading Pacific NGO about their role in Lockheed seabed mining bid. In the following news articles they talk about the minerals that Lockheed will be aiming [...]
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