Norway's controversial approval of deep-sea mining divides European Parliament

Norway's controversial decision to approve commercial deep-sea mining in its waters has highlighted a left-right rift in the European Parliament.

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00:00 [Music]

00:19 How is it possible that this proposal has been approved,

00:22 which is opposed by 800 scientists and with the negative statement of the Norwegian Environmental Agency?

00:29 The European Commission has to act now.

00:32 How will the Norwegian government control the environmental impact?

00:35 How will it ensure that unknown species do not die out?

00:38 How will it affect its actions in fisheries?

00:41 What impact will it have on the potential of marine funds?

00:45 How will these actions affect the ecosystems so vulnerable in the Arctic?

00:49 Let's not reproduce at sea the mistakes we have made on Earth.

00:54 The scientific community is unanimous. Yes to exploration, no to exploitation.

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01:07 The honest story is that we are currently extracting the raw materials we need in the energy transition

01:12 from countries like China, Russia and the Congo.

01:15 The supply chain is unstable and the working conditions and environmental requirements in those countries

01:21 are not up to our standards.

01:23 If we want to continue on the path of clean energy,

01:26 and we want to, that also means making difficult choices.

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