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[https://insideclimatenews.org/news/01072022/deep-sea-mining-could-help-the-clean-energy-transition-but-is-it-worth-the-risk/ by Kristoffer Tigue 1/7/22 Inside Climate News] | [https://insideclimatenews.org/news/01072022/deep-sea-mining-could-help-the-clean-energy-transition-but-is-it-worth-the-risk/ by Kristoffer Tigue 1/7/22 Inside Climate News] | ||
Three Pacific island nations announced this week that they had formed a new alliance calling for a moratorium on deep-sea mining until the environmental risks of the nascent industry are better understood and appropriate regulations are put in place. Whether countries should be allowed to extract minerals from the seafloor has become an increasingly important debate as countries race to find the metals needed for batteries that will power the clean energy transition. | Three Pacific island nations announced this week that they had formed a new alliance calling for a moratorium on deep-sea mining until the environmental risks of the nascent industry are better understood and appropriate regulations are put in place. Whether countries should be allowed to extract minerals from the seafloor has become an increasingly important debate as countries race to find the metals needed for batteries that will power the clean energy transition. | ||
=====Focus: Chile's parched mines race for an increasingly scarce commodity: water===== | |||
[https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/chiles-parched-mines-race-an-increasingly-scarce-commodity-water-2022-05-06/ by Fabian Cambero 6/5/22 Reuters] | |||
SANTIAGO, May 6 (Reuters) - A record-breaking drought in Chile is impacting mining operations and forcing companies to escalate their search for more sources of water, from water treatment and pricey desalination plants to even encouraging workers to use less water in the shower. | |||
