3/2023 “High Seas Treaty exempts deep-sea mining from stricter environmental rules”

Fiery skipper (Hylephila phyleus)

Driftless Area South Central Wisconsin, Dane County USA

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30% set aside to conserve the Ocean is a great sound bite.

But without cracking down on deep sea mining, offshore fossil fuel expansion, and bottom trawling over the other 70%? Yeah, ok,… good luck with that. You might want to take measures to keep the water over the 70% separate from the 30%. And what about hypoxia? acidification? plastic & other pollution? over fishing? Oh, excuse me, technology will take care of that at some point in the future and everything will be fine, golly I forgot about that.

“High Seas Treaty exempts deep-sea mining from stricter environmental rules”

“climatechangenews.com - Despite the setback campaigners hope countries will be emboldened to protect marine ecosystems as they negotiate seabed mining rules”

https://www.climatechangenews.com/2023/03/08/high-seas-treaty-exempts-deep-sea-mining-from-stricter-environmental-rules/