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Deep-sea mining is unregulated. Some want to forge ahead anyway
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The Trump administration announced this past week that it has entered talks with the Cook Islands to research and develop seabed mineral resources.
The Polynesian archipelago is one of only a handful of countries worldwide that has begun permitting this type of exploration, called deep-sea mining.
Deep-sea mining is not regulated. There's no blueprint for how to do it safely, or responsibly. Which is why, for the last decade, the UN's International Seabed Authority has worked to draw up regulations.
But President Trump — and one Canadian company — have posed a question: Why wait?
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The Polynesian archipelago is one of only a handful of countries worldwide that has begun permitting this type of exploration, called deep-sea mining.
Deep-sea mining is not regulated. There's no blueprint for how to do it safely, or responsibly. Which is why, for the last decade, the UN's International Seabed Authority has worked to draw up regulations.
But President Trump — and one Canadian company — have posed a question: Why wait?
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The Trump administration announced this past week that it has entered talks with the Cook Islands to research and develop seabed mineral resources.
The Polynesian archipelago is one of only a handful of countries worldwide that has begun permitting this type of exploration, called deep-sea mining.
Deep-sea mining is not regulated. There's no blueprint for how to do it safely, or responsibly. Which is why, for the last decade, the UN's International Seabed Authority has worked to draw up regulations.
But President Trump — and one Canadian company — have posed a question: Why wait?
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The Polynesian archipelago is one of only a handful of countries worldwide that has begun permitting this type of exploration, called deep-sea mining.
Deep-sea mining is not regulated. There's no blueprint for how to do it safely, or responsibly. Which is why, for the last decade, the UN's International Seabed Authority has worked to draw up regulations.
But President Trump — and one Canadian company — have posed a question: Why wait?
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