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The Metals Company contracts CSIRO-led consortium to develop environmental monitoring and management plan for deep-sea nodule collection

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The work will form the scientific foundation of TMC’s future Adaptive Management System (AMS), a predictive system that will use environmental and operational data to enable the company to mitigate operational impacts in the deep-sea environment as much as possible. —Gerard Barron, Chairman and CEO of The Metals Company. Earlier post.).

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The Metals Company and Low Carbon Royalties form strategic partnership

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gross overriding royalty on any future revenue derived from TMC’s NORI area in the Clarion Clipperton Zone of the Pacific Ocean. —Gerard Barron, Chairman and CEO of The Metals Company The world’s transition to a low-carbon future requires a generational change in our energy production and infrastructure.

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Rejoice My Tongan Brothers and Sisters! You Will Soon Be Rid of Your Ridiculous Royal Family & You Can Now Save Yourselves

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For months now I’ve tried to work with King George Topou V and the rest of the Royal Family of Tonga in an attempt to inform them about the risks their kingdom faces from climate change and to get them to act on behalf of their people. You needed a solar Tonga project like yesterday. So you might as well get started today.

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We Are ALL Tongan

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The idyllic island kingdom of Tonga. My friend Elizabeth is from the South Pacific Island Kingdom of Tonga, an exotic locale long fixed in my memory with images of Polynesian paradise. Tonga has sadly been in the news lately after an inter-island ferry sank on August 5 drowning over 70 people. Mine too of course.

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DeepGreen lifecycle analysis argues for sourcing EV battery materials from deep-sea polymetallic nodules

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Their removal kills the attached organisms and reduces the surface area available for future attachments. Nodules’ surfaces serve as attachment points for certain organisms and are used for laying eggs and other critical life functions. Suspension of sediment (plumes) at the seabed by nodule-collection machines.

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