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Strypey<p>"Last week 2,000 scientists recommended to governments that all deep sea exploration be paused whilst further research is carried out; just 0.001% of the seabed has been mapped."</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/EsmeStallard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EsmeStallard</span></a>, 2025</p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq69e4j6jz8o" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq69e4</span><span class="invisible">j6jz8o</span></a></p><p>Meanwhile the NatACT government in Aotearoa is actively encouraging mining corporations to "invest" in large-scale destruction of the seabed around our islands.</p><p>Will no one rid us of these turbulent priests? Well, there is an election coming ...</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/SeabedMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeabedMining</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/NZpols" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NZpols</span></a></p>
ClareBear 💚 :tinoflag:<p>"Is this council going to stand with us, are you part of us or are you going to stand on the side on you're little island away from the rest of us who've been fighting this, away from the rest of us who have to confront this ... where do you belong."</p><p><a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/563692/taranaki-regional-council-rebuffs-calls-to-oppose-seabed-mining" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rnz.co.nz/news/national/563692</span><span class="invisible">/taranaki-regional-council-rebuffs-calls-to-oppose-seabed-mining</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/nzpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nzpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/seabedmining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seabedmining</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/TRC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TRC</span></a></p>
ClareBear 💚 :tinoflag:<p><a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/563483/nothing-short-of-disastrous-seabed-mining-project-another-muru-raupatu-for-taranaki" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rnz.co.nz/news/national/563483</span><span class="invisible">/nothing-short-of-disastrous-seabed-mining-project-another-muru-raupatu-for-taranaki</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/nzpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nzpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/seabedmining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seabedmining</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/environmentaldisaster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environmentaldisaster</span></a></p>
michael<p>4-Jun-2025<br>Top scientists call for permanent ban on high seas exploitation</p><p>Extractive activity in international waters - including <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fishing</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/seabedMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seabedMining</span></a>, and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/oil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oil</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gas</span></a> exploitation - should be banned forever, according to top scientists. </p><p><a href="https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1085880" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">eurekalert.org/news-releases/1</span><span class="invisible">085880</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/conservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conservation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MarineProtectedAreas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarineProtectedAreas</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/oceans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oceans</span></a></p>
Bytes Europe<p>Cook Islands seabed minerals consultations under fire for excluding environment groups again <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/1064753/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/1064753/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CookIslands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CookIslands</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SBMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SBMA</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SeabedMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeabedMining</span></a></p>
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬<p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> Is Reviewing <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/ImpossibleMetals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ImpossibleMetals</span></a> Proposal to <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Mine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mine</span></a> the <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Seabed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Seabed</span></a><br>The Interior Department said it would review a new proposal for operations off the coast of <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/AmericanSamoa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanSamoa</span></a>.<br>The move follows an <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/executiveorder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>executiveorder</span></a> that urged government agencies to expedite permits for <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/seabedmining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seabedmining</span></a> in US territorial waters as well as international waters. Most other nations argue US does not have the legal right to mine the seabed beyond its own territorial waters. <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/climate/trump-seabed-mining-impossible-metals-american-samoa.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/05/21/climate</span><span class="invisible">/trump-seabed-mining-impossible-metals-american-samoa.html</span></a><br><a href="https://archive.ph/B5zn4" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.ph/B5zn4</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
ClareBear 💚 :tinoflag:<p><a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA2505/S00139/te-pati-maori-condemns-fast-track-approval-of-seabed-mining.htm" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">scoop.co.nz/stories/PA2505/S00</span><span class="invisible">139/te-pati-maori-condemns-fast-track-approval-of-seabed-mining.htm</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/nzpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nzpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/fasttrack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fasttrack</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/seabedmining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seabedmining</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/worstgovtever" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>worstgovtever</span></a></p>
cuNha<p>🇬🇧 The race to underwater mining is “humanity's last act of collective irresponsibility”</p><p>🇵🇹 A corrida à mineração submarina é “o último acto de irresponsabilidade colectiva da humanidade” </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@greenpeace" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>greenpeace</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.green/@mongabay" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mongabay</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://www.publico.pt/2024/06/08/azul/noticia/corrida-mineracao-submarina-ultimo-acto-irresponsabilidade-colectiva-humanidade-2093422" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">publico.pt/2024/06/08/azul/not</span><span class="invisible">icia/corrida-mineracao-submarina-ultimo-acto-irresponsabilidade-colectiva-humanidade-2093422</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DeepSeaMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeepSeaMining</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/oceans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oceans</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OceanConservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OceanConservation</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EnvironmentalImpact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalImpact</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SeabedMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeabedMining</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MarineProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarineProtection</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MineralExtraction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MineralExtraction</span></a></p>
cuNha<p>History made: 🇵🇹 takes lead in effort to stop deep-sea mining</p><p>While countries like Spain and France have adopted parliamentary resolutions in opposition to deep-sea mining, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Portugal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Portugal</span></a> is - so far - the only European country to have translated these concerns into a binding law to adopt a deep-sea mining moratorium.</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@greenpeace" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>greenpeace</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.green/@mongabay" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mongabay</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://oceanographicmagazine.com/news/history-made-portugal-takes-lead-in-effort-to-stop-deep-sea-mining/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">oceanographicmagazine.com/news</span><span class="invisible">/history-made-portugal-takes-lead-in-effort-to-stop-deep-sea-mining/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DeepSeaMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeepSeaMining</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/oceans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oceans</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OceanConservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OceanConservation</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EnvironmentalImpact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalImpact</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SeabedMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeabedMining</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MarineProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarineProtection</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MineralExtraction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MineralExtraction</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BiodiversityLoss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BiodiversityLoss</span></a></p>
cuNha<p>Excellent work by <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TheGuardian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheGuardian</span></a> on their visual explainer about deep-sea mining, highlighting the key issues at stake.</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2025/mar/12/as-countries-scramble-for-minerals-the-seabed-beckons-will-mining-it-be-a-disaster-visual-explainer" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/environment/ng</span><span class="invisible">-interactive/2025/mar/12/as-countries-scramble-for-minerals-the-seabed-beckons-will-mining-it-be-a-disaster-visual-explainer</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DeepSeaMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeepSeaMining</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OceanConservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OceanConservation</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SustainableMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SustainableMining</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EnvironmentalImpact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalImpact</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SeabedMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeabedMining</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MarineProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarineProtection</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MineralExtraction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MineralExtraction</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OceanGovernance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OceanGovernance</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BiodiversityLoss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BiodiversityLoss</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/1653958/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/1653958/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Norway suspends deep-sea mining projects, government ally says <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/2025Budget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>2025Budget</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/controversy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>controversy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DeepSeaMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeepSeaMining</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EnvironmentalGroup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalGroup</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ExplorationRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExplorationRights</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/lawsuit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lawsuit</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MarineEcosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarineEcosystems</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Noreg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Noreg</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Norge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Norge</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/norway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>norway</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NorwegianChapter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NorwegianChapter</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/nyheter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nyheter</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/parliament" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>parliament</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/RenewableEnergyTechnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RenewableEnergyTechnology</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SeabedMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeabedMining</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SocialistLeftParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialistLeftParty</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/WesternEurope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WesternEurope</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/WWF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WWF</span></a></p>
anna_lillith 🇺🇦🌱🐖<p>THE FIGHT AGAINST SEABED MINING </p><p>The South Taranaki Bight is home to blue <a href="https://mas.to/tags/whales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>whales</span></a>, Māui and Hector’s <a href="https://mas.to/tags/dolphins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dolphins</span></a>, kororā (little <a href="https://mas.to/tags/penguins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>penguins</span></a>), and key fishing grounds. You may already know that it is under threat once again by the possibility of <a href="https://mas.to/tags/SeabedMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeabedMining</span></a>. Trans Tasman Resources ( <a href="https://mas.to/tags/TTR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TTR</span></a> ) is seeking consent to <a href="https://mas.to/tags/mine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mine</span></a> the seabed of the South Taranaki Bight - to dig up to 50 million tonnes of ironsands a year for over 30 years, dumping 45 million tonnes back onto the seafloor.</p><p>1/5</p>
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