UNCLOSDebate

Crowdsourcing a database of arguments and resources in the debate over U.S. ratification of the Law of the Sea at

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U.S. sidelined in international debate on deep seabed mining as a non-party to UNCLOS
https://t.co/ZLwoysIXfY

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More tradeoffs for the debate on whether the resource benefits for green technology / climate change are worth the risks from deep seabed mining:

https://t.co/MG5kc8rSZU

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Group of Dems pushing for UNCLOS ratification by adding an amendment for a "sense of Congress" to the America COMPETES act, with focus on countering China: https://t.co/ulh21k8yB5

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PBS NewsHour covers debate over deep seabed mining and the conflict between the risks to the seabed environment and the need to source metals for the clean-energy economy:

https://t.co/Wn3qICrQaE

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Argument: U.S. would have more success at arguing for a rules-based international order with China if it cited specific agreed-upon rules (ex. UNCLOS) and was also party to those agreements:

https://t.co/HZ80DJL3hc

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U.S. CNO Admiral Michael Gilday tells media forum in Singapore that U.S. defends UNCLOS as “enforceable”, “unambiguous” and that it "had lifted societies out of poverty.”

https://t.co/vyNbn9dQzX

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US DOE outlined plans to try and move lithium battery production away from reliance on problematic source of nickel and cobalt, a move that would impact the market for deep seabed mining:
https://t.co/G2HXK0sAfa

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Argument: U.S. would be better served by more discretion when conducting FONOPs against its ally India, recognizing they have the same goals: https://t.co/6mU2AElmfM

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Chinese government-funded marine seafloor survey identifies a number of "strategically important" deep seabed mineral deposits
https://t.co/20RF5ufnmY

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U.S. challenging China's nominee for International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, China quickly points out U.S. isn't currently a party to the underlying treaty:
https://t.co/8A4WLyEj07

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Good assessment of the implications of recent U.S. policy change on South China Sea: https://t.co/FCyWDv7k1V

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Seabed 2030, a global, collaborative effort to map the seabed by 2030 will provide necessary information for ocean conservation and deep seabed mining efforts: https://t.co/FC9CLZZvmJ

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Researchers caution not enough is known about the effect of deep seabed mining (ex. the noise and sediment plumes it generates) on the deep midwaters that compromise almost 90% of the biosphere:
https://t.co/u473ZGaDP6

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High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy finds deep seabed mining should not begin until enviro assessment can be completed:
https://t.co/DK6PZA13YD

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Melting ice in the Arctic Ocean and thawing permafrost in Arctic lands have created shared problems among all Arctic states.

https://t.co/uwFB7UmorX

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Understanding more about the biological processes that form poly-metallic seabed nodules could mean we could develop a synthetic process, farming metals from the ocean and leaving the nodules on the sea floor undisturbed:
https://t.co/d75cBILROy

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Pro- seabed mining enviro- perspective, looking at how it fares comparably to land-based mining and how it will meet demand for key metals for electric vehicles and green tech: https://t.co/zRNRwnAL3R

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U.S. agressiveness with conducting freedom of navigation operations in South China Sea are angering the allies they are meant to support:
https://t.co/ft8Vx4x0hz

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New Study: Review of 250 "scientific and other" sources finds consensus that deep seabed mining would "would be extensive, severe, and last for generations, causing essentially irreversible species loss”

https://t.co/7IhyRwztTi

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U.S. conducting naval FONOPs in Arctic waters for first time in over 3 decades to demonstrate resolve against China & Russia: https://t.co/33QIQolRjR