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Sea Floor Mining Project Now in Jeopardy
Green Lifestyle  (tags: environment, protection, mining, destruction )

Cher
- 156 days ago - greenerideal.com
A dispute between Papua New Guinea and a Canadian company has put an innovative sea mining project on hold. The CEO of Nautilus Minerals announced this week that the company has had to suspend operations because the PNG government has pulled out of a
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Donna Hamilton (79)
Thursday December 13, 2012, 8:20 am
Noted. Thanks, Cher.
 

Patricia H. (9)
Thursday December 13, 2012, 12:05 pm
noted
 

Neil B. (3)
Thursday December 13, 2012, 12:14 pm
Noted. Thanks for that, good news really as we've already destroyed too many ecosystems so don't want to add the deep sea ecosystem to the list (we are already damaging it though through pollution, climate change and existing deep sea mining/drilling operations).
 

Christeen Anderson (179)
Thursday December 13, 2012, 12:23 pm
This is good news. Thanks for updating us.
 

Ruth R. (146)
Thursday December 13, 2012, 4:03 pm
Noted. Is there a petition somewhere. Thank you Cher.
 

Aaron Bouchard (10)
Thursday December 13, 2012, 5:48 pm
Noted thanks
 

janet f. (26)
Thursday December 13, 2012, 10:43 pm
yay!
 

Jennifer C. (154)
Friday December 14, 2012, 4:47 am
Thanks.
 

Ela V. (73)
Friday December 14, 2012, 4:51 am
however the title of this article seems to express support for the mining company...sea mining? wtf? i hope the project will be dead forever.
 

Penny AWAY FOR A WHILE (97)
Friday December 14, 2012, 6:22 am
Noted.
 

Carol H. (215)
Thursday December 20, 2012, 3:44 am
noted, thank you Cher
 
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