A Canadian deep-sea mining firm has revealed it has been negotiating with the Trump administration to bypass a UN treaty and potentially gain authorisation from the US to mine in international waters.
The revelation has stunned environmentalists, who condemned the move as “reckless” and a “slap in the face for multilateralism”.
In a statement on its website on Thursday, Gerard Barron, chief executive of The Metals Company (TMC), said: “We believe we have sufficient knowledge to get started and prove we can manage environmental risks.
“What we need is a regulator with a robust regulatory regime, and who is willing to give our application a fair hearing. That’s why we’ve formally initiated the process of applying for licences and permits under the existing US seabed mining code.”
I’m Canadian and utterly disgusted by this shit.
Fuck The Metals Company and fuck Gerard Barron. They should be banned from operating in Canada and sued up the ass for this.
Canadian mining companies are some of the most ruthless, oppressive and damaging organizations in the world. It’s not surprising that they’re entirely willing to work with the fascists.
I’m American and I’m utterly disgusted too.
Fuck!!! Can we stop wrecking the planet for like 15mins? This may be the most tedious extinction event yet. At least with a comet you get a good show and it’s over relatively quickly. Fucking dinosaurs don’t know how good they got it.
Can the Canadian government do anything to stop this company from doing any work with the American administration and save our planet!? Please!
Please don’t destroy fragile ecosystem we just learned about!!
What part of stripping every single resource from every nook and cranny earth has to offer doesn’t sound appealing to you? I
Sounds like mine company needs the Tesla treatment before they go destroying things Musk style
I read this as land mines in the seabed and really had to wonder why anyone would do that
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