A Fraught Election Just Reshaped the Next Steps for Deep Sea Mining | A Brazilian oceanographer was named secretary-general of the International Seabed Authority, which is tasked with completing regulations around mining the seabed for minerals used in EV batteries.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-08-02/a-fraught-election-just-shaped-the-next-steps-for-deep-sea-mining?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTcyMjYyNTMwMCwiZXhwIjoxNzIzMjMwMTAwLCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJTSExVMzdUMEFGQjQwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiIyMjc1RTYyODc5NjY0NjIyOUExMkRCMjU1OEYzNjQ2QiJ9.Gh9mCYn5Q1Yk4UzbGKsmftWskgInVz6ltnwOlHJTYkE
by silence7
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This *seems* like a good result. have to look into it more . . .
>a leadership change that could slow the rush to strip-mine deep sea ecosystems for electric vehicle battery metals.
Given the finding [just a few days ago](https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-discover-dark-oxygen-on-the-ocean-floor-generated-surprisingly-by-lumps-of-metal-180984778/) that the mineral nodules the miners are targeting actually produce oxygen, can we just have a hard stop until they actually have a good idea how much damage they’ll actually do?