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[https://insideclimatenews.org/news/29072025/nations-denounce-deep-sea-mining-bid-pacific-us/ by Teresa Tomassoni 29/7/25 Inside Climate News] | [https://insideclimatenews.org/news/29072025/nations-denounce-deep-sea-mining-bid-pacific-us/ by Teresa Tomassoni 29/7/25 Inside Climate News] | ||
As delegates from member states of the International Seabed Authority entered the third and final week of high-stakes negotiations on deep-sea mining, they condemned a move made earlier this year by The Metals Co. to bypass the authority’s protocols by applying for a permit to mine in international waters under U.S. law. | As delegates from member states of the International Seabed Authority entered the third and final week of high-stakes negotiations on deep-sea mining, they condemned a move made earlier this year by The Metals Co. to bypass the authority’s protocols by applying for a permit to mine in international waters under U.S. law. | ||
=====Mining is an environmental and human rights nightmare. Battery recycling can ease that.===== | |||
[https://grist.org/energy/mining-is-an-environmental-and-human-rights-nightmare-battery-recycling-can-ease-that/ by Tik Root 26/3/25 Grist] | |||
Rows of dead batteries stretch across some 30 acres of high desert, organized in piles and boxes that are covered to shield them from the western Nevada sun. This vast field is where Redwood Materials stores the batteries it harvests from electric vehicles, laptops, toothbrushes, and the litany of other gadgets powered by lithium-ion technology. They now await recycling at what is the largest such facility in the country. | |||
