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EU Export Policies: Double Standards on Toxic...

Introduction The European Union's export policies in 2025 reveal a...

Effects of Continental Glacier Melt on Arctic Coastal Carbon...

Introduction The Arctic is undergoing rapid transformation due to climate...

Mining Waste & Tailings Management

The 2025 Initiative Targeting Glencore’s Environmental Toll in Deep-Sea Mining

Introduction Switzerland, renowned for its neutrality and financial prowess, is once again the stage for a heated debate on corporate responsibility. The "Pour des multinationales responsables" initiative, relaunched in January 2025, builds on a 2020 effort that garnered popular support but failed at the cantonal level, resulting in a weak counterproposal focused on reporting rather than enforcement . This new...

The High Stakes of Deep-Sea Mining: Environmental Risks and Sustainable Alternatives

Introduction In recent years, the world has witnessed an intensifying scramble to secure resources essential for renewable energy technologies, particularly metals like cobalt, nickel, and copper, which are pivotal for manufacturing electric vehicle batteries and solar panels. However, terrestrial mining operations have been mired in controversies over environmental degradation and human rights abuses. Deep-sea mining is posited by some as...

Norway’s Deep-Sea Mining Dilemma: Balancing Green Transition and Ocean Conservation

The Push for Underwater Riches Norway has earmarked approximately 281,000 square kilometers of its continental shelf for potential mining, targeting essential metals like cobalt and manganese which are pivotal for...

The Deep Dilemma: Balancing Critical Metal Demand with Ecological Risks in Deep-Sea Mining

Unraveling Environmental Impacts Deep-sea mining at depths approaching 4,000 meters poses profound environmental issues, primarily due to sediment plumes that can devastate complex ecosystems largely unknown to science. Studies including...

Deep sea mining, American Legislation, Multinationals, and Threatened Biodiversity

The Big Turn: American Legislation and Donald Trump's Declarations The United States has just crossed a decisive threshold in regulating seabed mining. Under the Trump administration, speeches and legislative projects...