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Deep sea mining industry fails to get green light but remains a threat
The International Seabed Authority (ISA) negotiations end today with deep sea mining companies failing to get an immediate green light to start plundering the oceans.
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Indigenous Pacific leaders call on countries to support ban on deep sea mining
Video projections featuring civil society leaders from the Pacific region calling for a halt to deep sea mining were seen in various cities.
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Deep sea mining is a concrete threat we can shut down now
The natural wonders of the deep ocean are in danger despite the adoption of a historic Global Oceans Treaty. Right now, the greedy deep sea mining industry is hoping to rip up the seabed for profits.
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Defusing Disaster: Oil transfer from FSO SAFER to turn off the Ticking Time Bomb
Greenpeace demands polluters be held financially responsible and rise up to the needs of the next stage of the salvage operation of the FSO Safer, abandoned off Yemen's Red Sea port of Hudaydah after the civil war broke out in the country in 2015.
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UN operation to make safe Big Oil-abandoned FSO SAFER in the Red Sea begins
The hazardous operation to remove more than a million barrels of oil from the decaying FSO SAFER supertanker off Yemen’s coast has commenced after years of delay.
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Critical deep sea mining meeting resumes as coalition of governments pushes for halt
"Governments must put an immediate stop to this risky industry in order to secure long-term protection for the oceans."
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European Court of Human Rights rules ‘Arctic 30’ were arbitrarily detained
The European Court of Human Rights ruled today that Russian authorities arbitrarily detained the Arctic 30 (28 Greenpeace activists and two freelance journalists) and violated their right to freedom of expression.
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Antarctic Ocean Commission fails again to agree action plan on ocean protection
The Antarctic Ocean Commission has once again failed to find a path forwards to protect the Antarctic’s waters.