{"id":52489,"date":"2021-07-01T07:59:29","date_gmt":"2021-07-01T04:59:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/?p=52489"},"modified":"2021-07-01T12:22:52","modified_gmt":"2021-07-01T09:22:52","slug":"2-55","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/environmental-news-en\/2-55\/","title":{"rendered":"EU warned about environmental impact of deep seabed mining"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\"><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Deep seabed mining for minerals used in car batteries and other green technologies should not be permitted in Europe until there is sufficient knowledge on the environmental impact it may cause, said the Portuguese minister of maritime affairs. \u201cWe cannot proceed without proper knowledge and good technology,\u201d said Ricardo Serr\u00e3o Santos, who spoke at an online event last Friday (25 June). \u201cWe know that we have strong issues for certain environmental impacts of seabed mining,\u201d Santos said at the event, which was organised by the Portuguese EU Presidency and the Mission of Norway to the EU. \u201cThere will be no seabed mining without biodiversity loss for sure,\u201d Santos warned.<\/p>\n<p>In September last year, the European Commission launched an action plan on critical raw materials, with the aim of strengthening the EU\u2019s \u201cstrategic autonomy\u201d on metals such as rare earths, which are used in applications ranging from electric car batteries to wind turbines and smart phones. Deep seabed mining is not currently allowed in international waters, but a growing number of countries are looking into it as a chance to retrieve deposits of minerals needed for green technologies such as electric car batteries. Proponents of deep-sea mining say the extraordinary richness of the underwater ores would result in far lower environmental impacts than mining on land. \u201cMining deep-sea polymetallic nodules is indeed calculated to release less CO2 per kilogram than mining on land,\u201d says a report commissioned by the High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy.<\/p>\n<p>Around the world, more and more countries are looking at deep sea mining as an economic development opportunity. Under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, private mining companies must be sponsored by a state in order to do seabed mining.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/energy-environment\/news\/eu-warned-about-environmental-impact-of-deep-seabed-mining\/\">EurActiv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Deep seabed mining for minerals used in car batteries and other green technologies should not be permitted in Europe until there is sufficient knowledge&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18534,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_FSMCFIC_featured_image_caption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_nocaption":null,"_FSMCFIC_featured_image_hide":null,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[31,77],"tags":[75,4253,13831],"class_list":["post-52489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-environmental-news-en","category-weeks-highlights","tag-eu","tag-raw-materials","tag-seabed-mining","wpcat-31-id","wpcat-77-id"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/etel%C3%A4manner.jpg?fit=100%2C100&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52489"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52489\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52637,"href":"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52489\/revisions\/52637"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}