Thank you! As someone who has been campaigning against the issue of deep sea mining for over a decade and more broadly the greenwashing of extractivism for over two decades it is heartening to see such brilliant journalism that centres the most important voices. Our partners in the Pacific need intelligent reporting like this. On behalf of the Deep Sea Mining Campaign we will make sure this is disseminated far and wide.
Nat's right. But what I want to add is that in terms of the specific concerns expressed in the article, I would think that a security deposit would be a good start. It would be useful to know why and how the PNG ended up such a large debt following the Nautilus collapse (the debt was news to me). Alternatively, I wonder whether any insurance company would insure TOML against failure. Has this been done elsewhere? As for the Tongan fishermen, the concern would presumably be with the outfall (rather than the collector), which is supposed to occur below the level at which it can affect the upper few hundred metres. However, large "cold-core" eddies can draw water from similar depths. That would be my concern. It may be that Deep Green has already taken them into account in their planning, but I have not found specific mention of it.
Thank you! As someone who has been campaigning against the issue of deep sea mining for over a decade and more broadly the greenwashing of extractivism for over two decades it is heartening to see such brilliant journalism that centres the most important voices. Our partners in the Pacific need intelligent reporting like this. On behalf of the Deep Sea Mining Campaign we will make sure this is disseminated far and wide.
Nat Lowrey
Nat's right. But what I want to add is that in terms of the specific concerns expressed in the article, I would think that a security deposit would be a good start. It would be useful to know why and how the PNG ended up such a large debt following the Nautilus collapse (the debt was news to me). Alternatively, I wonder whether any insurance company would insure TOML against failure. Has this been done elsewhere? As for the Tongan fishermen, the concern would presumably be with the outfall (rather than the collector), which is supposed to occur below the level at which it can affect the upper few hundred metres. However, large "cold-core" eddies can draw water from similar depths. That would be my concern. It may be that Deep Green has already taken them into account in their planning, but I have not found specific mention of it.