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Chatting about deep-sea mining with the Marine Conservation Happy Hour and Outside/In

Posted on July 31, 2025July 31, 2025 By Andrew Thaler
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“The health of the ocean is not beholden to the burn rate of private companies.”

In May, right after the congressional hearing, I recorded an episode of the Marine Conservation Happy Hour talking about deep-sea mining, the current push from within the United States, and what that might mean for the International Seabed Authority.

Earlier this summer, I appeared on the Outside/In podcast talking less about the politics and machinations of deep-sea mining and more about the history of the industry and the wild, wild origin story of deep-sea mining in the United States.


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