General Motors Shareholders Support First-Ever Deep-Sea Mining Proposal
June 04, 2024
June 04, 2024
OAKLAND, California, June 4 -- As You Sow Foundation issued the following news release:
The negative consequences of deep-sea mining (DSM) can be severe and long-lasting. Dredging for minerals on the sea floor obliterates marine life while releasing sediment plumes laced with toxic metals, poisoning marine food chains. Deep sea organisms are slow-growing and fragile, with little to no ability to recover. Industrial-scale exploitation of the seafloor could also have grave consequence . . .
The negative consequences of deep-sea mining (DSM) can be severe and long-lasting. Dredging for minerals on the sea floor obliterates marine life while releasing sediment plumes laced with toxic metals, poisoning marine food chains. Deep sea organisms are slow-growing and fragile, with little to no ability to recover. Industrial-scale exploitation of the seafloor could also have grave consequence . . .