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[https://www.greenpeace.org/usa/deep-sea-mining/ by Greenpeace] | [https://www.greenpeace.org/usa/deep-sea-mining/ by Greenpeace] | ||
The global Greenpeace network is working to prevent a new destructive extractive industry from ever getting started in the oceans. Our position: no deep sea mining, not ever! To achieve that, we are joining Pacific Island communities, champion nations, environmentally concerned companies, and dozens of allied organizations across the globe in calling for a UN moratorium on deep sea mining. | The global Greenpeace network is working to prevent a new destructive extractive industry from ever getting started in the oceans. Our position: no deep sea mining, not ever! To achieve that, we are joining Pacific Island communities, champion nations, environmentally concerned companies, and dozens of allied organizations across the globe in calling for a UN moratorium on deep sea mining. | ||
=====Report finds that mines and other brownfields are an untapped resource for accelerating the clean energy transition.===== | |||
[https://www.nature.org/en-us/what-we-do/our-priorities/tackle-climate-change/climate-change-stories/mining-the-sun-solar-energy-former-mine-sites/ by Nels Johnson 18/7/24 The Nature Conservancy] | |||
Fortunately, there’s a promising solution. Mining the Sun, a report by The Nature Conservancy, suggests that siting clean energy infrastructure on degraded lands like mining sites, landfills and brownfields can be a win-win solution for climate, conservation and communities. | |||
